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
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, 14 November, 2025 - 15:00 to 15:45
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, 10 October, 2025 - 15:00 to 15:45
Explore the Polar Museum with one of the experts! Staff from the museum will offer a brief history of the Scott Polar Research Institute and take you on a mini tour of some of their favourite objects in the collection.
Explore the Polar Museum with one of the experts! Staff from the museum will offer a brief history of the Scott Polar Research Institute and take you on a mini tour of some of their favourite objects in the collection.
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, Through Ice and Fire, drop in to the Polar Museum for the chance to speak to artist Rowan Huntley all about her art and artistic process. Rowan will be chatting to visitors in the Special Exhibitions Gallery from 12pm - 2pm.
A fusion of contemporary art and cutting-edge Antarctic research, the exhibition connects geology and our industrial past with the science of glaciers, ice-sheets and the climate. Through Ice & Fire is a conversation between two inspirational women: connecting the artist Rowan Huntley with the polar geochemist Dr Joanne Johnson.
In honour of our beautiful Jacobean building, originally Cambridge’s Free School, we’re exploring everything 17th-century, from historic scientific instruments to the secrets of our building. We’re open all day with family activities, curator talks and behind-the-scenes tours. Forsooth, gentles, it will be a merry meeting!
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The much-anticipated Cambridge Botanic Lights returns for its third year, transforming Cambridge University Botanic Garden into a spectacular illuminated trail celebrating the extraordinary world of plants. This year’s event will again bring the Garden to life after dark with stunning displays and artistic interventions – creating a beautiful landscape for everyone to enjoy.
