Evolution Expedition

Date/time:

Wednesday 28 October 2026 10:00am to 1:00pm

Location:

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

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Drop in and take part in fun, hand-on activities to discover how life on Earth has changed over millions of years of evolution.

Three children in the museum are exploring fossil specimens. On the left, a child in a rainbow coloured dress holds a T-rex tooth as long as their forearm. In the middle a child in a blue top reaches for another fossil to hold, and on the right a younger child shines a torch on a vertebra fossil and inspects it carefully.

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Did all of the dinosaurs disappear? Is it true that whales used to live on land? Just how old are the oldest animals?

Travel back in time with us and take part in our hands-on activities to find the answers to these questions and more!

Meet scientists from the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences who are studying the fossils of ancient animals to understand how they evolved. Chat to them about their work and find out what it's like to research some of the earliest animals on Earth.  

Journey through the history of life on Earth in our new trail to discover how life on Earth has changed over millions of years. If you complete the trail, tell us in the shop to win a prize.