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.
Drop into our fun, hands-on activities and get trained up for a summer of fossil and rock hunting. Rummage in everyday gravel and be amazed by your fossil finds. Learn how to identify the three main rock types using our beautiful specimens. Go the extra mile and use our scientists’ lab techniques to reveal rocks that glow under UV light, and minerals that form a rainbow of colours under powerful microscopes.
Drop into our fun, hands-on activities and get trained up for a summer of fossil and rock hunting. Rummage in everyday gravel and be amazed by your fossil finds. Learn how to identify the three main rock types using our beautiful specimens. Go the extra mile and use our scientists’ lab techniques to reveal rocks that glow under UV light, and minerals that form a rainbow of colours under powerful microscopes.
Drop into our fun, hands-on activities and get trained up for a summer of fossil and rock hunting. Rummage in everyday gravel and be amazed by your fossil finds. Learn how to identify the three main rock types using our beautiful specimens. Go the extra mile and use our scientists’ lab techniques to reveal rocks that glow under UV light, and minerals that form a rainbow of colours under powerful microscopes.
Come and explore, play, create and have fun with materials in our Creative Studio on the lower ground floor! This month we will be getting crafty with clay.
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.
We’re open on the third Saturday of the month, 10.00 – 16.00.
Free entry.
Join us for our Saturday opening and explore the history of science through our collection of microscopes, telescopes, and globes. Take part in family trails and visit our Learning Gallery, where you can engage with interactive handling boxes to discover topics such as Light & Sound, the Human Body, and Earth & Space.
For access information, please click here.
Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th April, 2-4pm
Family Activity: Paper Fortune Teller
Join us to make your own paper fortune teller with a twist to explore the museum in a different way.
Where: Gallery 26, Ground Floor, Fitzwilliam Museum
Everyone welcome, recommended for families with children between 4 and 12 years old.
Free, drop in, no need to book.
Drop-in runs 10am-12pm
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
How can people from different generations be connected by artworks?
Young children and older adults have spent time together in community workshops exploring themes in the 'Picturing Excess' exhibition.
Come along to our drop in celebration to find out what we've been learning, and take part in creative activities yourself.
There will be music, sensory exploration, and art making.
Everybody - from babies to older adults - is welcome.
Can you trick your own eyes? Why does sound travel better through you than through the air? Do you know where your bones and organs are? Use handling objects from the Whipple Museum collection to find out more about how your body works and how you can look after it. This is a drop in activity, no need to book and feel free to arrive at any time during the session.
