Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Ages 12+
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Ages 12+
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Ages 12+
Each artwork will be for sale in the galleries. Selected works will also be available through Sotheby’s modern and contemporary sales opening in June 2026.
Encompassing painting, sculpture, photography, and ceramics this special exhibition will include work by celebrated contemporary artists Rana Begum, Antony Gormley, Jennifer Lee, Veronica Ryan, Megan Rooney and Caroline Walker and many others; as well as renowned 20th Century artists such as Ben Nicholson and Lucie Rie.
Explore a remarkable range of scientific instruments used to make sense of the world, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Discover objects from astronomy, navigation, surveying, drawing and calculation, including sundials, mathematical instruments, early electrical apparatus—and even a microscope once owned by Charles Darwin.
Step into the doctor’s secret garden with Dr Theeba Krishnamoorthy and discover the remarkable stories of early South Asian women doctors of the British Raj and Ceylon. These pioneering healers were often the first women in their communities to practice Western medicine, working within societies shaped by generations of traditional botanical healing knowledge.
They navigated the complex meeting of Western medicine and indigenous understandings of health, and their stories invite us to consider how medical knowledge travels, transforms and takes root in different lands.
Part of the ‘Sounds New Festival’, this lunchtime concert showcases innovative new works across contemporary classical and popular music.
Performers include:
Hear how researchers have investigated the lives and practices of the craftspeople who made coffins. Explore how imaging and analytical techniques have uncovered new information about the construction and decoration of these intricate creations, the immense ingenuity and skill of the artisans and how they dealt with (or, occasionally, covered up) problems that arose.
‘Future Karaoke’ is an event series curated by the Cambridge Writing Centre at Anglia Ruskin University, where local writers and students perform new pieces in response to different places, artworks, books or stories. Part of this year’s Cambridge Festival.
The series aims to bring the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell.
These will be in-person plant science talks taking place in the Botanic Garden Classroom for those visiting the Garden on the day.
Suitable for adults and children aged 12+. Free with standard Garden admission.
Talk programme 2026:
