Celebrating all that’s great about farming and the Fens, crafts, trails and activities focus on our special part of the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Lots of Fen cottages had a donkey living in their garden, and we’ll have Cobwebs Donkeys with us, offering donkey rides around our grounds.
Crafts and trail free with entry to the museum.
Donkey rides: £4 payable by cash or card on the day
Come along with your teddy bear to enjoy a day full of fun crafts and bear-themed activities!
Pre-book your own teddy bear’s picnic via our website and collect from our cafe.
Come along with your teddy bear to enjoy a day full of fun crafts and bear-themed activities!
Pre-book your own teddy bear’s picnic via our website and collect from our cafe.
What would your family’s life have been like in Victorian times?
Find out by following our trail, trying out a Victorian washday, making some crafts and learning about life in the past at Denny Abbey.
Did you know Charles Darwin was fascinated by plants that can eat insects? Come along to this hands-on session to join staff from the Botanic Garden and Cambridge University Library to get up close with some of these amazing plants.
Join staff from Cambridge University Library for this hands-on session exploring how seeds can be transported through making observations and looking at nature just like Darwin. Children will get the chance to dissect an owl pellet and discover what was eaten through the bones left behind.
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Join staff from the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and Cambridge University Library for this hands-on session exploring rocks from the Isla Santiago. Find out how scientists from the Earth Science Department used Darwin's notebooks to follow in his footsteps, handle volcanic rocks from Isla Santiago and learn about Charles Darwin’s work as a geologist.
Join staff from the Whipple Museum and Cambridge University Library for this hands-on session exploring how to collect and observe plants just like Darwin and his friends Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port. Children will get the chance to use microscopes at the University Library and learn about the structure of a plant.
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Join staff from the Whipple Museum and Cambridge University Library for this hands-on session exploring how to collect and observe plants just like Darwin and his friends Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port. Children will get the chance to use microscopes at the University Library and learn about the structure
Join staff from the Zoology Museum and Cambridge University Library for this hands-on session searching for minibeasts just like Charles Darwin. Children will get the chance to search for insects in the grounds of the University Library followed by a craft activity where they will get to create their own creature to take home.
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