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.
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.
Join us for a day of free activities for all the family! Our hands-on activities and trails for curious kids bring to life the fascinating stories of science, materials and making behind the artworks and objects in our collection.
What amazing new technologies reveal the secrets hidden beneath the surface? And what did artists from 200 years ago know about colour and clouds? Find out the answers to these questions and more through our series of imaginative and playful activities.
Come and meet the scientists of the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. Take part in hands-on activities and find out what it's like to research fossils, earthquakes, tackle environmental challenges and more.
Activities include:
Microfossil Wonderland - use powerful microscopes to investigate tiny fossils of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. Find out how these microfossils help us learn about past climates and environments.
Join us for the Cambridge Festival family weekend opening!
Join us for the Cambridge Festival Family Weekend 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.
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