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.
Discover more about our current exhibition Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today.
This tour is suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors.
To book tickets, please click the ‘Book Now’ button below or call 01223 748100.
During the audio described tour, you will be guided around the galleries by our Learning Team who will tell you about some of the key artworks on display in the exhibition. You will then have the option to be assisted in the Kettle's Yard Shop.
Discover more about our current exhibition Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today.
Discover more about our current exhibition Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today.
Draped forms, anatomical shapes, and clusters of fungi disrupt the Victorian Parlour in an installation inspired by 19th-century anatomist Dr Louis Auzoux. Auzoux’s meticulously detailed papier-mâché models helped transform scientific education, combining accuracy with accessibility. His models can be taken apart into labelled sections for the study of human anatomy, animals, and plants.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution? Hear these stories and more on a guided tour around the Museum of Zoology.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution? Hear these stories and more on a guided tour around the Museum of Zoology.
Moving Objects is an exciting new exhibition sharing stories about the objects we care for at the Museum, from the different people who have worked with them over the years.
Join us for Little Stars – a relaxed morning at the Whipple Museum. We’ll have picture books, drawing materials, and sensory play resources. We’d also love to hear what you’d like to see in future activities for little ones at the museum.
There’s no need to book, just drop-in. All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
Meet in the Learning Gallery.
