See if you can spot the forgeries in our new exhibition, "The Art of Deception", all about making fake scientific instruments. Take the quiz, then head to the learning gallery for a chance to handle replica instruments (not fakes because we're being honest about them!). Explore illustrations used by instrument forger Lloyd Evan Williams and see if you can use them to create your own convincing designs.
This is a drop in event, there will be a short talk about the handling objects at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm but you are welcome to arrive or leave at any time.
Step inside Cambridge’s world-renowned museums for a thought-provoking journey into African collections and histories within the University.
Step inside Cambridge’s world-renowned museums for a thought-provoking journey into African collections and histories within the University.
Follow the trail, solve the puzzles and head to either shop to claim your prize. Trail booklets cost £1, payable at the entrance.
Recommended for ages 3+. Normal Garden admission charge for accompanying adults.
Explore a remarkable range of scientific instruments used to make sense of the world, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Discover objects from astronomy, navigation, surveying, drawing and calculation, including sundials, mathematical instruments, early electrical apparatus—and even a microscope once owned by Charles Darwin.
Visit the Museum to discover more about our collections, how they are cared for and chat to us about some of the research that we are involved in.
Everyone welcome. FREE.
Enjoy exploring a selection of stunning, winning images from the 19th International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition (IGPOTY). These will be displayed in large format, outdoors, near the Grass Maze.
The exhibition will feature a selection of photographs from across the competition’s main categories as well as a selection of higher-placed winning photographs images from the ‘Around the World at Cambridge University Botanic Garden’ competition, run in partnership with IGPOTY.
If museum objects could talk, what questions would you ask them? If you could create your own scrimshaw, what images would you use?
As part of the AI for Cultural Heritage Hub project (ArCH), members of the SPRI collections teams, have been working on an experimental research project with other academics, library and archive professionals and computing specialists to see if/how computer vision, language models and other AI tools can address important questions in cultural heritage.
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.
Book your free tickets here!
