Unwind with us at the end of the day and explore the Museum in an atmospheric evening setting.
Drop into a range of activities throughout our galleries. Take inspiration from LGBTQ+ people in our collection's history to help create a new artwork for the Museum, collaborating with environmental artist Kaitlin Ferguson. Join a mini-tour celebrating the Museum's queer history, do some sketching, explore our handling collection of real fossils, or if this all sounds too busy - just soak up the atmosphere.
This event is FREE, but a ticket is needed.
We'll welcome you with a glass of wine and our friendly instructors will offer you expert guidance to build your confidence and artistic skills. Get inspired by the ancient masterpieces in our Cast Gallery and try your hand at drawing, all while you enjoy after-hours access to the Museum. Whether you’re an experienced artist or just looking to have a fun evening with friends, this is the event for you.
All levels of experience are welcome and materials will be provided.
Imagining Coastlines brings together environmental artist Kaitlin Ferguson and Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health at UCL, to explore how art and geology can help us imagine and understand future coastal change.
Through a series of walks along East Anglia’s present and predicted future coastlines, Kaitlin and Ilan have investigated long-term environmental processes, local experiences of change, and the futures that coastal communities may face.
Throughout the evening:
Build your confidence sketching from collections. Learn to use your sketchbook as a visual diary, to document not just the visual aspects of an object but also your personal feelings, ideas, and observations. The goal is not perfection but to rediscover the joy of drawing, interpreting things in your own unique way, and turning the act of creating into a playful adventure.
James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be giving a series of book launch lectures around UK during May and will be speaking on 13 May at 5.30 - 6.30pm at the Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street.
Don't miss our Board Games Night! Games will be freely available to play throughout the museum and you can also bring your own.
Eat, drink and play together and also take part in a tournament of hungry hippo-sized proportions.
Attendees at the event will also have 10% off at the Museum gift shop on the evening!
And there's a bar!
Games available include:
Canopy, Birdwatchers, Ecosystem, Planet, Hive, The lost words, Tucano, Don't be a Dik Dik, Snakes and ladders (Of course), Nature Fluxx, It's Bananas, and more.....
Join us for a celebratory late opening marking the exhibition launch of The Auzoux Project at the Whipple Museum. Over the past six months, artist Anna Brownsted and our Whipple Scribble community have been co-creating a takeover of our Victorian Parlour, inspired by the incredible papier-mâché models of Dr Louis Auzoux. Experience the installation up close and explore the Museum after-hours with a glass of wine.
Be one of the first to see the latest creative collaboration between Tom de Freston and his wife, award-winning novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
An exclusive after-hours takeover of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Explore our ‘Tau o Mai | Journeys with Mai’ display and enjoy an evening of art, music, performance and screenings inspired by the show’s themes.
Students from the Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts will also present an array of creativity spanning fashion, graphics, illustration, fashion branding and communication, art, design, music and performance.
