If you feel like you’re slowing down and would like to become more active, this is the programme for you.
Each Museum Boost session explores a story from one of the eight University of Cambridge Museums or the Botanic Garden. These stories provide the inspiration for creative dance and movement.
Led by dance for health artist Filipa Pereira-Stubbs, sessions combine chair-based and standing movement. Everybody’s body is different, and you will be supported to take part at a level that feels right for you.
Led by dance for health artist Filipa Pereira-Stubbs, each session begins with an exploration of museum objects and their stories. These provide the inspiration for a creative dance and movement session.
Sessions combine chair-based and standing movement. Everybody’s body is different, and you will be supported to take part at a level that feels right for you.
We finish with refreshments and another opportunity to look closely at the objects.
Companions are very welcome.
Museum Encounters was developed in consultation with Parkinson’s UK Cambridge branch.
About the event
Join us at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's off-site store, the Centre for Material Culture (CMC), for an evening inspired by Moving Objects: Stories from Behind the Scenes at the Museum, where you'll discover the remarkable work behind the Museum's Stores Move Project.
Explore the exhibition after hours and enjoy a drink with friends at our pay bar.
We are proud to present our LGBTQ+ tour as part of the University of Cambridge Museums Bridging Binaries programme.
It's hard to say for certain that a 19th century scientist was queer just from their memoirs. It's difficult to know whether they were in a romantic relationship with the ‘secretary’ they lived with, or were they just that – a secretary? In the same era, were the two women who lived together for thirty years really just ‘close friends’? Looking for gender queerness in museum collections can be challenging.
We are proud to present our LGBTQ+ tour as part of the University of Cambridge Museums Bridging Binaries programme.
It's hard to say for certain that a 19th century scientist was queer just from their memoirs. It's difficult to know whether they were in a romantic relationship with the ‘secretary’ they lived with, or were they just that – a secretary? In the same era, were the two women who lived together for thirty years really just ‘close friends’? Looking for gender queerness in museum collections can be challenging.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Ages 12+
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Ages 12+
The Unicorn of Remote Sensing: Reconstructing Antarctic Glaciers using Historic Aerial Photographs
Eva Rowe is a PhD candidate at the Scott Polar Research Institute and British Antarctic Survey after completing her MPhil at SPRI in 2024. Her work involves identifying and digitising archived aerial photographs to build Digital Elevation Models and calculate the change in surface elevation, extent and area of Antarctic glaciers.
From Eva:
