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    Adam Sedgwick

    Discover more about our namesake

    Adam Sedgwick's boots return to Cambridge after 191 years

    A pair of worn black leather work boots, one boot on its side, the other stands upright with a small handwritten paper tag tied to its laces.

    Adam Sedgwick's 'Paper Time Machines'

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    Museum Opening Times

    Opening hours:

    Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm

    Saturday: 10am - 4pm

    Sunday: Closed

    Admission Free

    No booking required (except groups)

     

    Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

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    Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EQ
    Email:sedgwickmuseum@esc.cam.ac.uk
    Phone:01223 333456

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