Come and explore, play, create and have fun with materials in our Creative Studio on the lower ground floor!
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. This month we will be making bunting using mixed media.
Where: Creative Studio on the lower ground floor
The Whipple Museum was established in 1944, but our building dates back to 1618, when it was built as the first Cambridge Free School.
Come and admire the original Jacobean roof, find out more about the history of the building and its surroundings, and explore 17th-century scientific instruments. The day will include family activities, curator talks, behind the scenes tours and a chance to explore the history of Free School Lane and the New Museums site.
See our website nearer the time for exact events and timings.
Inspired by Lubaina Himid’s ‘Flying Carpet’ artwork, we will create our own artwork and develop patterns by things we discover at Kettle’s Yard using collage, paints, pastels and exploring what these materials can become together.
Please visit our website for more information and FAQs.
We will explore the Kettle’s Yard house where we will look high, low and round corners to find the hidden faces in the collection, including some from our current exhibition Lubaina Humid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter.
During the workshop we will play with portraits using traces, mirrors and copies to reimagine the people in the collection and create our own unique artwork and portraits.
Discover how the Kettle’s Yard house has inspired artists Lubaina and Magda and have a go at creating your own giant artwork inspired by what you discover at Kettle’s Yard today.
Please see our website for more information and FAQs.
In these fun, hands-on workshops, children and their adults will weave together, using found branches and twigs as mini-looms, along with recycled yarn and even hair grips as makeshift needles!
Discover the calming, ancient craft of weaving and take home your own mini masterpiece.
There must be at least one adult per table. Tickets numbers include adults - making their own creations!
Aimed at children aged 8 years and up. Booking essential.
Step into the sandals of the young athletes from the classical past and join the Great Greek Gymnasium. It's a fun-filled family event exploring the world of ancient sports.
Discover how the ancient Greek gymnasium was more than just a training ground - it was also a place of learning, a little similar to a school today, Try you hand ancient sports and get creative with sporty crafts. Get the whole family involved and play, learn and explore together.
A digital alarm that you have programmed to wake you up will be so cool (at least you won't be irritated when it won't let you sleep in!). Learn how to code the micro:bit to become a light-sensitive wake-up alarm. And, if your curtains are drawn, put it under a lamp with a timer and you're still good to go!
No previous experience is required, just an interest in making tech do cool things!
In this talk, developer, geek, and digital archaeologist, Steven Goodwin, breaks down the very first program ever written to explain what it does and how it works. He covers the background of Ada and Charles Babbage (the father of computing who designed both the difference and analytical engines), and goes on to simulate the first program in an easy-to-understand manner.
He finishes up with a discussion on the controversy surrounding her involvement in computing, aiming to answer the question once and for all - "Was she really the first programmer?"
Ever wanted to build your very own moving monster? Then come on down to the Museum of Technology and try your hand at combining basic physics with a dash of creativity and build your own pneumatic monster!
Booking Essential.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2025.
