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.
Established in 2021, Cambridge Takht & The Pomegranates is a vibrant and dynamic Arabic music ensemble based in Cambridge. The group is dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich traditions of Arabic music. Comprised of talented musicians from diverse backgrounds and countries, the group brings together a unique blend of traditional and folkloric Arabic music with contemporary influences. Beyond their musical endeavours, the ensemble is dedicated to fostering a sense of community and cultural exchange in Cambridge.
Experience the timeless beauty of Persian classical music with the Cambridge Nahoft Ensemble in a special performance at MAA. With vocals alongside the evocative sounds of the Ney, Daf, Tonbak, and Oud, this concert offers a unique journey into the rich traditions of Persian music. The programme will centre on improvisation, interwoven with a selection of traditional melodies and songs, as well as original compositions created by the Ensemble. Join us for an evening of vibrant rhythms, soulful expression, and musical dialogue that bridges past and present in inspiring harmony.
In the halls of natural history museums all over the world, you can peer through the glass and come face-to-face with the ghosts of extinction. Extinction has been going on as long as there has been biological life—in fact over 99% of all species that have ever existed on Earth are extinct--but extinction usually happen at a slow place. We are now, however, living through the Sixth Mass Extinction, with species rapidly going extinct because of human actions. These are the ghosts of extinction that now make their homes in the museum.
