Make your own rat-shaped shadow puppet then use it to try some shadow experiments.
This image from a medieval illuminated manuscript shows the sun and moon arguing over whose light is the best. Colour in this detailed picture and then decide who is the winner...
Make a wonderful water lily that opens in water.
This type of tropical flower is pollinated by beetles. In the daytime these stay hidden inside the closed flower. If you want, cut out the beetle and hide it inside your flower before placing it on water!
With all this talk about machine learning, we thought we'd get our heads around it too!
Come and join the Centre for Computing History as they teach a micro:bit to recognise some basic gestures and use it on a museum trail.
Aimed at age 12+. Booking essential.
This event is part of Twilight at the Museums 2026.
Are you brave enough to descend into Hades, the Greek Underworld? It is easy enough to enter, but very few manage to leave... Fortunately for you, the Queen of the Underworld Persephone has offered you the chance to escape if you can gather her six golden pomegranate seeds.
For one night in half-term, join us with the lights down low and see our Cast Gallery in a new way. You will meet the gods, complete the challenges, and see if you can cross the river Styx to make your way back to the land of the living. Take a risk and make your journey.
The evening’s events at Great St Mary's Church will begin at 4.30pm with craft activities on the theme of how the natural world communicates.
Come along to the Botanic Garden after dark and join biofluorescent expert David Atthowe as he guides us around the Garden, looking at plants and animals and their beautiful biofluorescent.
Two walks will take place each evening, one from 6pm to 7.30pm and the other from 8pm to 9.30pm.
These will be limited to 15 per walk and are strictly for those aged eight and over.
This event is part of Twilight at the Museums 2026.
Come and make and decorate a little lantern in the Botanic Garden. Take it home with you and light up your home.
The event is free but must be booked in advance.
Suitable for ages four to 10.
This event is part of Twilight at the Museums 2026.
Find out about the history of machinery at Cambridge Museum of Technology through a Minecraft themed trail.
Find the items at each station, add them to your inventory, collect the letters and reveal the secret word.
Try your hand at crafting at the Museum's crafting tables. What will you create? A Redstone Lamp? A mine cart?
The trail will run all week. Twilight Crafting evenings on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 February 2026.
Join us for an evening at the Polar Museum all about our favourite stories and tales from Antarctica.
You'll start in the Lecture Theatre, where we'll dim the lights and you'll listen to the story of the Winter Journey, accompanied by images from our collection. We'll need your help with sound effects to really bring the story to life!
