Engagement and awareness of our waterways and their pivotal role in our global ecology has featured significantly in a recent creative project with artist Josh Bilton and pupils from Arbury Primary School in Cambridge.
What is an orrery? Why is the clock chiming 13? Why would you collect and display a set of plaster horses’ teeth, some green spectacles and several hundred pocket calculators?
Join us for a tour of the Whipple’s collection in 10 objects, featuring spectacular instruments, fascinating scientific stories, and links to some of Cambridge’s most famous names.
Meet at the reception point in the Main Gallery.
What is an orrery? Why is the clock chiming 13? Why would you collect and display a set of plaster horses’ teeth, some green spectacles and several hundred pocket calculators?
Join us for a tour of the Whipple’s collection in 10 objects, featuring spectacular instruments, fascinating scientific stories, and links to some of Cambridge’s most famous names.
Meet at the reception point in the Main Gallery.
What is an orrery? Why is the clock chiming 13? Why would you collect and display a set of plaster horses’ teeth, some green spectacles and several hundred pocket calculators?
Join us for a tour of the Whipple’s collection in 10 objects, featuring spectacular instruments, fascinating scientific stories, and links to some of Cambridge’s most famous names.
Meet at the reception point in the Main Gallery.
The Great Comet of 1618 was the very first comet to be studied through a telescope. It was so bright it was spotted all over the world! Whoosh into the Museum’s Learning Gallery for hands-on family fun, and find out more about the comet and other science stories.
Drop in. Learning Gallery.
Find out how the Museum’s collections team cares for our delicate and intricate 17th-century objects in this special behind-the-scenes session with Whipple Collections Manager, Morgan Bell. Morgan will be sharing some of the techniques used by conservators and collections professionals to ensure the objects will remain in good condition for another four centuries and more.
10-10.30am and 10.30-11am
Drop in, but spaces are limited. Meet at the Museum front desk.
We will be celebrating all winter wildlife at this family event, with crafts, real specimens to handle and a host of other wintry fun! All FREE. Everyone welcome, all ages. No need to book, just pop in.
Date:
Saturday, 29 November, 2025 - 10:00 to 16:30
We will be live online chatting about winter wildlife, with some expert interviews and contributions from our Young Zoologists Club. You'll be able to put your questions LIVE to our experts on the night.
Join via our You Tube channel (which will be linked from the events list on the Museum of Zoology website).
FREE. Suitable for families and all ages.
Date:
Wednesday, 26 November, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:00
Get creative with our Halloween crafts and follow our trail to find out the more unusual stories behind some of our specimens. Museum entry and all activities FREE. No need to book, just pop in!
Date:
Friday, 31 October, 2025 - 10:00 to 16:30
Join our expert guide as we uncover fascinating facts about the Museum, from our fin whale to the dodo and the beetles collected by Charles Darwin.
Spaces are limited so please book ahead.
Date:
Friday 12 December 2025 - 15:00 to 15:45
