Event information
Photo credit: Whipple Museum
At this Disability Friendly Opening, the Whipple Museum of the History of Science will be open exclusively for families with children with sensory sensitivities. This event is aimed at children with special educational needs who usually find visiting museums overwhelming due to conditions that affect their sensory processing and/or have a developmental disability.
We will be ensuring a quieter environment at the Museum so that you and your family can explore. During this relaxed visit discover the Learning gallery with light touch hands-on activities. There are very limited spaces to keep the museums from feeling too overwhelming. We will turn off any sounds and will control the lighting as best we can. We provide a chill-out space with sensory lighting if your child needs a break.
About the museum:
Extraordinary discoveries need extraordinary instruments (and some simple ones too.) See the microscopes, telescopes, models and calculators that scientists have used to understand the world around us at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science. During this relaxed visit discover the Learning gallery with light touch hands-on activities.
This event is free to attend but booking is required. Please book places for any family members that will be attending too.
Prior to the event you’ll be sent out a visual story.
If you have any questions about the session, please email: info@museums.cam.ac.uk
We look forward to welcoming you to the museum. For accessibility information, please visit the Whipple Museum of the History of Science website.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.