Join us at the Polar Museum for the chance to dive deeper into the art of map making and navigation! Get a closer look at the stunning paintings of the Arctic and Antarctic on our ceiling domes and fill in your own versions to take away. While you're here, you'll have the chance to speak to experts about some of the equipment explorers would use to navigate safely in the polar regions and use a new trail to find the objects in the museum. We'll even have a few objects from our handling collection out so you can get a closer look for yourselves!
Come and explore, play, create and have fun with materials in our Creative Studio on the lower ground floor!
Workshops are free and supported by the Fitz Families team. All materials are included, and the workshops are suitable for children aged 5-12 years with their parents and carers.
Where: Creative Studio on the lower ground floor
When: Activity slots at 10am, 11am, 2pm & 3pm. This is a pre-booked activity lasting 45 minutes.
The event is free but pre-booking is essential
Drop-in runs 10am-12pm.
All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
These free events build upon our ‘Family Welcome Project’, a participatory research project with the North Cambridge Child and Family Centre.
No need to book, just drop in! Join us in Gallery 15 (Dutch Art gallery) this month.
Discover life under the sea with stories and play. The Museum of Zoology is the ‘plaice’ learn about fishes and their friends.
This event is suitable for ages 2-5. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Only children need tickets.
Discover marvellous minibeasts at the Museum of Zoology. See some of the little things that make our world go round.
The session repeats - the first session is at 10.30 and the second session at 11.30. Aimed at children aged 2-5 years, must be accompanied by an adult.
Come for a twilight ramble through the Botanic Garden and learn about the fascinating world of bats. There will be a chance to use our bat detectors, find out about what bats eat, where they live and have your questions answered.
Suitable for adults and accompanied children aged 8+. This event is weather dependent. Bookings will open soon.
What better way to celebrate summer than by making a crown of flowers? We will be using all kinds of leaves, flowers and grasses to create amazing botanical crowns that you can wear all day long while you explore the Botanic Garden. Drop-in to join in the fun. All ages welcome, no need to pre-book. Find us in the Garden Room at the Schools Garden.
Normal Garden admission applies for accompanying adults.
Join us at this school holiday drop-in activity where we will be decorating little pots and then planting them up with easy to grow herbs and salad that you can harvest and eat in a few weeks time. Drop in and make your garden grow. All ages welcome, no need to pre-book. Find us in the Garden Room at the Schools Garden.
Normal Garden admission applies for accompanying adults.
At the Disability Friendly Opening, the 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.
Join us at this school holiday drop-in activity where we will be making a beautiful, calming card from lavender that you can take home. You can also take a closer look at the amazing lavenders growing in the Garden and watch bees collecting nectar in the bee borders. All ages welcome, no need to pre-book. Find us in the Garden Room at the Schools Garden.
Normal Garden admission applies for accompanying adults.
