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.
Founded in 2010 by Louisa Denby, Vox Cantab is a flexible chamber choir consisting mainly of Cambridge University students and alumni, many of whom are current or former choral scholars. The choir undertake a variety of projects, aiming to present imaginative and high-quality performances of a wide range of music, often with a particular emphasis on bringing live music to individuals and communities who may not ordinarily be able to experience it.
We will be LIVE online via You Tube chatting with Professor Helen Roy all about ladybirds - what would you like to know? Why are ladybirds different colours? What do they eat? How long do they live? Get your questions ready as we will be answering them live on the night! Plus we'll be chatting about the Museum's ladybird collection - one of our most important & significant collections.
Watch this space for details on how to join online.
Ever fancied sketching among telescopes, globes, and ancient scientific instruments? Join us for our second Whipple Scribble of the year! Step into Cambridge University's home for the history of science for a relaxed, creative evening.
Whether you're a seasoned artist or just curious to try something new, all abilities are welcome at this after-hours sketching session. Free to join, it’s a relaxed way to connect with fellow creatives in the Cambridge area.
A Land Where Our Monuments Bloom brings together archival footage of LGBTQ+ pride movements from 1979 to the present alongside contemporary material, celebrating queer history, visibility, and community.
Experience live performance, music, dance, and participatory workshops responding to the vibrant abstraction of Frank Bowling, in a cross-diasporic celebration that moves beyond the canvas.
Diasporas Now’s takeover invites Global Majority artists and communities into collective mapping – transforming the museum into a meeting point within a wider movement toward collective knowledge-making and the shaping of culture and identity.
Pride doesn't end in June at the Sedgwick Museum. Unwind with us at the end of the day, and explore the Museum in an atmospheric evening setting.
Join a mini-tour celebrating the queer history of the Museum and its collections. Use the tour's heroes as inspiration to help create a new artwork for the Museum, working with environmental artist Kaitlin Ferguson. Drop in and do some sketching, explore our handling collection of real fossils, or if this all sounds too busy - just soak up the atmosphere.
You'll be welcomed with a free drink on arrival (wine, beer or soft).
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.
