In her 1925 review of Lady Mursaki’s 11th Century novel Tale of Genji, Virginia Woolf admires the technique adopted to draw a clear vision of the male hero: he is conveyed through a method that decenters him and celebrates female intersubjectivity, ‘through the medium of other women’s minds’. Her encounter with the book clearly struck a chord, as a few years later, in an essay about women and fiction, Woolf returns to the Tale of Genji as a vital moment in the history of women’s creativity.
Join us for our new wellbeing and making workshops for adults at the Polar Museum! Meet and Make at the Museum sessions are all about giving you a supportive and social space to be creative. Making new crafts, making space for yourself, and making new connections. A chance for you to explore working with different materials and learn new skills with others. This month, Polar Maps!
For ages 16+
Tuesday 30 August: Where in the World
Join us for our new wellbeing and making workshops for adults at the Polar Museum! Meet and Make at the Museum sessions are all about giving you a supportive and social space to be creative. Making new crafts, making space for yourself, and making new connections. A chance for you to explore working with different materials and learn new skills with others.
For ages 16+
Monday 23 May: Auroras
Join us for our new wellbeing and making workshops at the Polar Museum! Meet and Make at the Museum sessions are all about giving you a supportive and social space to be creative. Making new crafts, making space for yourself, and making new connections. A chance for you to explore working with different materials and learn new skills with others.
Monday 25 April, 1pm – 3.30pm Polar Animals
Explore Polar animals with the art of Decoupage
Monday 23 May, 1pm – 3.30pm Auroras
Cambridge has a wealth of sources for those interested in the History of Science. Find out about the science archives and special collections across Cambridge, and how to access them. Discover more about the records that scientists leave behind, what they tell us about their work and life, and how they can be used for historical research.
Drop in to the event anytime over the day.
Access to the event is under the Sedgwick Museum main entrance
Cambridge has a wealth of sources for those interested in the History of Science. Find out about the science archives and special collections across Cambridge, and how to access them. Discover more about the records that scientists leave behind, what they tell us about their work and life, and how they can be used for historical research.
Drop in to the event anytime over the day.
Access to the event is under the Sedgwick Museum main entrance
Live stream talk.
The exhibition, developed from field studies carried out on the recently formed Icelandic island of Surtsey and the geologically ancient island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides focusses, amongst other things, on the impact of both human and natural forces on the two contrasting islands.
Live stream talk.
The exhibition, developed from field studies carried out on the recently formed Icelandic island of Surtsey and the geologically ancient island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides focusses, amongst other things, on the impact of both human and natural forces on the two contrasting islands.
Visit the Museum of Zoology after hours for animal-themed board games. Grab a drink from the Whale Café, play strategy games, create canine chaos or battle to be the best in our Hungry Hungry Hippos Tournament. The Museum Shop will be open throughout the event, and the Whale Café will be serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and snacks to purchase. With space to play your own games or be guided by experts from Heffers Games of Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge.
Ages 18+
£5 per person
MUSE, our series of practical art workshops for adults, is returning to the Museum in person! Art supplies will be provided. Each workshop is 2 hours long.
