Join us in the galleries for an informal exhibition tour of Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso with exhibition curator Habda Rashid.
FREE, come along
During museum opening times: Wed - Sat 10am - 4pm this half-term
Pick up our Reindeer Escape trail at the Polar Museum this half-term. Using UV torches, you will able to see in UV light, just like reindeer do! Using your new UV sight, find the letters to help spell out the name of predator that wants to eat you for dinner!
Animals don’t do sexual identity; they just do sex.
From same-sex sexual behaviour in giraffes and penguins to the scientists working in the field of zoology. How do the labels and categories we give animals affect the way we interact with the natural world?
Our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology.
Please book your FREE ticket in advance - as numbers are limited.
Take a look around the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery, and the dominant impression is that Greek and Roman sculpture is as pale as it is interesting.
But Greek and Roman sculpture was not colourless. In this trail, we explore what difference it might make to see Greek and Roman sculpture with its pigment restored. We also explore the consequences over the centuries of seeing the Greek and Roman world without colour.
Join Uncomfortable Cambridge for an interactive walking tour to explore the connections between Cambridge and Empire.
Through questions and group discussions the tour will explore local entanglements with the transatlantic slave trade, and ongoing- legacies of imperialism. It will consider the uncomfortable histories surrounding museum collections, and academic pursuits. As well as leading the group to reflect on current issues of equality, history and memory, and how easy it is to escape objectivity.
Join curator Richard Kelleher on a tour of Defaced! Money, Power, Conflict, where he will share his exclusive highlights from the exhibition.
Free tickets available on request for students, university staff and companions of guests with disabilities, please email tickets@museums.cam.ac.uk
Join curator Richard Kelleher on an exclusive tour of Defaced! Money, Power, Conflict, where you will explore some of the objects and artists that have told stories of political struggles, justice, and protest for the last 200 years.
Clive Oppenheimer, Professor of Volcanology and contributor to True to Nature, will share his exploration of volcanoes around the world and give us insights into how far volcanologists have come in understanding how volcanoes work, and how their eruptions have acted to change history.
If you are a student and would like to request a free ticket for this talk, please contact tickets@museums.cam.ac.uk
Please note this is a hybrid event:
Animals don’t do sexual identity; they just do sex.
From same-sex sexual behaviour in giraffes and penguins to the scientists working in the field of zoology. How do the labels and categories we give animals affect the way we interact with the natural world?
Our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology.
Please book your FREE ticket in advance - as numbers are limited.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution? Here these stories and more on a guided tour around the Museum of Zoology.
Suitable for ages 12+
Recommended donation of £5 per person. All proceeds support the work of the Museum.
