Arts Pioneers is a monthly art club based at the Fitzwilliam Museum for young people aged 11-19 of mixed abilities. We offer a friendly, supportive and flexible environment to enable young people to work with professional artists and develop their art skills and express their creativity. Assisted by support workers and museum educators, the group explore the over half a million art works and objects, participating in lots of different fun art activities.  

Members of the group work towards an Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification that supports young people to develop their creative practice and leadership skills. More information about Arts Award

If your child is interested in attending please contact your Social Worker or Disabled Children’s Early Help Co-ordinator, to see whether you can use your personalised budget to join the group. More information about short breaks funding. If you are not in receipt of funding, there is a self-referral form.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the group please speak to Marie mfk25@cam.ac.uk or 01223 332898/ 07707282822. We offer free taster sessions which Marie can organise for you. 

 

What's On

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
22 Jul 2026
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Meet Dr Rayssa Martins-Pimentel, a cosmochemist who studies the chemistry of meteorites to find out what planets are made of at the Sedgwick Museum.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
29 Jul 2026
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Meet volcanologist Julian Pahl, who studies lava rocks from Hawaii to investigate volcanic eruptions, and take part in fun, hands-on activities relating to his research.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
05 Aug 2026
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Drop in to the Sedgwick Museum for mountains of geological fun as we explore real fossil and rock specimens from our collection.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
12 Aug 2026
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Drop into the Sedgwick Museum to celebrate the ground-breaking palaeontologist, Mary Anning. 'Meet' Mary in person and hear about her revolutionary fossil discoveries, and have fun dressing up as Mary and her brother Joseph. 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
19 Aug 2026
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Meet Earth scientists Jeannie Booth, Mengyao Du and Simon Crowhurst and investigate tiny, beautiful 5000-year-old fossils using powerful microscopes at the Sedgwick Museum.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
26 Aug 2026
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Have you found a rock or fossil that you’d like identified? Perhaps found over the summer holidays? Drop in and meet our Museum scientists for help.

The Polar Museum
05 Aug 2026
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Drop in to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities

The Polar Museum
12 Aug 2026
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Drop in to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities

The Polar Museum
19 Aug 2026
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Drop in to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities

The Polar Museum
26 Aug 2026
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Drop in to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities

The Polar Museum
11 Aug 2026
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Join us at the Polar Museum as we read some of our favourite children's books about the polar regions

The Polar Museum
18 Aug 2026
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Join us at the Polar Museum as we read some of our favourite children's books about the polar regions

The Polar Museum
25 Aug 2026
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Join us at the Polar Museum as we read some of our favourite children's books about the polar regions

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
23 Jul 2026
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Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
30 Jul 2026
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Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
05 Aug 2026
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Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
12 Aug 2026
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Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
23 Jul 2026
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Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to find out more about herbs.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
29 Jul 2026
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Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to discover some of our carnivorous plants.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
04 Aug 2026
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Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create prints using leaves and petals.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
13 Aug 2026
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Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create craft inspired by insects.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
20 Aug 2026
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Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create impressions of leaves and petals in clay.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
26 Aug 2026
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Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create a summer wand.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
22 Jul 2026
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Free drop-in family activities at the Centre for Material Culture.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
06 Aug 2026
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Free drop-in family activities at the Centre for Material Culture.

Stained Glass Museum
28 Jul 2026
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Come and try something new at the Stained Glass Museum in this exciting children's glass fusing session for beginners.

Stained Glass Museum
29 Jul 2026
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In this unique session at the Stained Glass Museum, you and your child/children can work alongside each other to make a beautiful fused panel.

Stained Glass Museum
11 Aug 2026
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Come and try something new at the Stained Glass Museum in Ely in this exciting children's glass fusing workshop for beginners over 7 years.

Stained Glass Museum
12 Aug 2026
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A fun, interactive children's story writing workshop at the Stained Glass Museum led by the inspirational local teenage author Hephzibah Akinwale.

Stained Glass Museum
04 Aug 2026
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Enjoy a drop-in morning of art activities linked to beautiful stained glass art at the Stained Glass Museum.

Ely Museum
23 Jul 2026
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Make a light-up dragon using simple electrical circuits at Ely Museum.

Ely Museum
24 Jul 2026
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Join this drop-in family event immersing you in worlds of brave knights and fiery dragons at Ely Museum.

Ely Museum
03 Aug 2026
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Have you ever wanted to be a knight? Complete the tasks and activities to earn your title at Ely Museum.

Ely Museum
18 Aug 2026
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Make your very own jousting knight and challenge your friends at Ely Museum.

Ely Museum
19 Aug 2026
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Join the Raptor Foundation at Ely Museum to learn more about their magnificent birds.

Centre for Computing History
22 Jul 2026
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Learn about algorithms with the help of the Code-a-Pillar at the Centre for Computing History!

Centre for Computing History
24 Jul 2026
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An exciting treasure hunt but all the clues are secret codes! At the Centre for Computing History you can become a spy and help 'crack' these secret messages. 

Centre for Computing History
27 Jul 2026
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Who needs an expensive fitness gadget when you have the micro:bit! In this activity, at the Centre of Computing History, you'll be turning the tiny device into a personal trainer.

St Neots Museum
29 Jul 2026
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A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

St Neots Museum
31 Jul 2026
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A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.