Event information
At the Disability Friendly Opening, the Polar Museum 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 the museum. 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
Polar adventure awaits! From penguins to paintings, Inuit art to explorers' diaries find out about science and survival at the extreme ends of the earth.
Join Kat Murphy, Learning and Public Engagement Coordinator at the Polar Museum, to discover some Museum objects up close, or take up a SEND friendly trail around the galleries.
The events are 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 the UCM team on: info@museums.cam.ac.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you to the museum.
For accessibility information, please visit the Polar Museum website.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
