Join us for a night-time adventure at our special after-hours opening for families. We are turning our lights down very low, so bring a torch and search the museum for dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, some of whom roamed Cambridgeshire hundreds of thousands of years ago. 

Drop in to our hands-on activity stations for further investigations: discover minerals that glow in the dark under UV light and explore beautiful, colourful minerals close up, under our powerful microscopes.

Ever since prehistoric painters used constellations to decorate rocks, people have always been interested in the moon, stars and planets. Explore the solar system with orreries, astrolabes and telescopes, check out globes of the moon and planets and invent your own constellation! 

This event is part of Twilight at the Museums.

Shipwreck ahoy! We need your help to reunite the hero Odysseus with his shipwrecked men.

The Fitzwilliam Museum invites you to experience our collection and galleries under a different light...

Come to get hands on with free, activities in the galleries. Enjoy live mime performances that will bring the artworks to life. Get cosy and read your favourite stories together, or pick up a self -led activity at the entrance that will take you to explore the museum.

All activities are free, simply turn up. Activities in the galleries have limited capacity.

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