Take a voyage of discovery into how animal senses and characteristics have adapted over millions of years. find out how some animals can change colour and body temperatures and how others; including humans, adjust to widely different temperatures and environments.
Please note due to space restrictions adult numbers are limited to 1 per child.
Pre-book: Eventbrite
Ages 7+
Free, pre-book
Discover animals without legs with stories and play and make your own worm to take home with you.
Pre-book: www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Visit the museum for an afternoon of coral-themes activities. Learn about these amazing animals, the habitats they create and the threats they face with hands-on activities and crafts. Visit the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on the same day to learn about people from the Pacific Islands of Kiribati and how they rely on corals.
Be inspired by the Museum's temporary exhibition and create mammal skeletons to take home with you.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Discover animals without legs with stories and play, and make your own worm to take home with you.
Pre-book www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events
Artist led workshops for families.
Join us in our new Clore Learning Studio for free, practical art making workshops all day. Respond to the displays and exhibitions to make your own artworks. Get creative with artists and our education volunteers for as long as you like between 12 and 4pm.
This workshop is free and for families with children of all ages. Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years.
No previous art experience is necessary just drop in and have fun!
Artist led workshops for families.
Join us in our new Clore Learning Studio for free, practical art making workshops all day. Respond to the displays and exhibitions to make your own artworks. Get creative with artists and our education volunteers for as long as you like between 12 and 4pm.
This workshop is free and for families with children of all ages. Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years.
No previous art experience is necessary just drop in and have fun!
Mas Camp is a place where mas costumes are assembled for carnival celebrations. Mas is an abbreviation of the word masquerade. Come along to our Mas Camp and join in the workshop to get ready for the carnival and procession on 8 June 2019.
FREE, everyone welcome
Drop-in anytime between 12-4pm
Activities are open to all ages and abilities, come along!
Travel back 580 million years and make your own sun catcher inspired by some of the earliest forms of life on our planet. Once you have made your sun catcher have a look at the beautiful examples of Ediacaran fossils in our new temporary display.
Storyteller Marion Leeper tells adventure stories inspired by the drawings of Charles Darwin’s children.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Suitable for age 3+
