We will be LIVE online via You Tube chatting with Professor Helen Roy all about ladybirds - what would you like to know? Why are ladybirds different colours? What do they eat? How long do they live? Get your questions ready as we will be answering them live on the night! Plus we'll be chatting about the Museum's ladybird collection - one of our most important & significant collections.
Watch this space for details on how to join online.
A Land Where Our Monuments Bloom brings together archival footage of LGBTQ+ pride movements from 1979 to the present alongside contemporary material, celebrating queer history, visibility, and community.
The film was developed by artist Alexander Augustus through the Artist in Residence programme for Cambridge Pride 2025 and is now being screened for the first time as part of this year’s Pride celebrations. Following the screening Alexander will participate in a Q&A session.
Places are limited, so booking is required.
Join us for our latest online 'rummage' in the Sedgwick Museum Archives, with our archivist, Sandra Freshney. We’ll delve into the Svalbard Exploration Archive which documents decades of geological research by the University of Cambridge in this Norwegian archipelago.
You'll see beautiful images of polar bears, learn about expedition rations, hear about travelling to the region, and see footage of students valiantly attempting to cross a stream with a sledge.
This is a FREE online event.
In collaboration with the National Science and Media Museum and the Scott Polar Research Institute, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is hosting a webinar exploring the evolution of photography and cinematography in one of the most remote and visually striking places on Earth.
About the event
Join Dr Sarah-Jane Harknett, Head of Public Engagement and Learning, and Dr Ayesha Fuentes, an Affiliated Researcher in Conservation, as they share their recent practice-based research in impact evaluation and best practices for the safe handling of hazards in museum collections.
This is a free event. To book your place and receive the Zoom link contact admin@maa.ca.ac.uk.
About the speakers
Join our archivist, Sandra Freshney, as she delves into the archives of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
You'll see photos from early fieldwork expeditions, when women were first encouraged to participate. You'll hear from Eleanor Sidgwick asking about mixed classes. You'll also hear from Cambridge geologist Mary Hughes about her journey to an international geological conference, and her encounter with Millicent Fawcett, leading campaigner for women's suffrage.
Join us LIVE online as Dr Roz Wade chats with Dr Erica McAlister, expert in flies & Senior Curator at London's Natural History Museum. PLUS watch our very own Professor Ed Turner's methods for monitoring insects in Cambridge - what will Ed find in the Cambridgeshire countryside? You might be surprised by the wealth and diversity of insects that are on our doorsteps. Our Young Zoologists have also been enjoying making puppets, and these will be displayed on the livestream.
Time-travel with us to the past Christmas celebrations of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. We'll explore beautiful festive cards from Europe, a student party at the Dorothy Café (now a Cambridge bookshop) and hear how Christmas Day was spent by one graduate on Signy Island.
This is a FREE online event, please book your place.
Join us online LIVE from the Museum galleries as we chat to zoology experts, show some mini- films and answer all your zoology related questions. The talk will start at 7pm on our You Tube channel here
Hope you can join us!
Join us online for a conversation between Richard Calvocoressi, who knew Jim Ede after he moved to Edinburgh in the 1970s, and Laura Freeman, author of the new biography Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists. They will discuss Jim Ede, Kettle’s Yard and the origins of her acclaimed book.
