Discover more about the constellations of stars and see if you can discover your own!
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Programme
Mendelssohn: Quartet Op.13
Schumann: Fantasie (part)
Brahms: Piano Quintet Op.34
About the Session
This set of activities covers aspects of the Year 5 national curriculum unit "Earth and Space", using objects from the Whipple Museum to explore:
The solar system
Terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes
Space science today
Duration: Can be booked as:
A night sky, full of stars is a thing of wonder. In this activity, learn how to use a few simple items to recreate the magic of a starry night in a jar.
Have you ever looked up at the sky on a clear night and noticed shapes or groups of stars that appear to form a pattern? These are known as constellations. This activity shows you how to make your own viewer to help identify the constellations.
Most of these photographs were not intended as ‘artistic’ images as such, although many have strong aesthetic aspects. Rather, as so often with photographs, it is through accidental serendipity, that each highlights different layers of landscape in an effort to document the speed of change on the peninsula. The aim is to encourage visitors and inhabitants to look again, protect and cherish their shared heritage, monuments and environment.
Programme
Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major Hob.XVI:23
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor D784
Ravel: Une barque sur l’Ocean; Alborado del gracioso (from Miroirs)
Janàcek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, ‘From the Street’
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Four Lyric Pieces (homages to Haydn, Schubert, Janàcek and Ravel)
Each week we gather in the gallery for a short talk by a subject specialist, followed by related object handling or a closer look. There are six weekly sessions:
The Jazz Festival is back at the Museum of Zoology. Enjoy boundary pushing jazz in the atmospheric Whale Café, chat to researchers from the Cambridge Conservation Initiative or simply explore the newly refurbished galleries after-hours.
£10, with a cash bar serving until 9.30pm
