Plan a school or group visit
All group visits need to be booked in advance via our online booking system. Please book at least two weeks in advance. All of these services are free of charge however we welcome donations.
The Sedgwick Museum encourages visits from school groups of all ages, we also welcome higher education and all other community groups.
What can I book for a school?
Facilitated workshops led by the Education Coordinator
Self-led visits led by you
Loan boxes to use in the classroom
You may also want to know about our fossil, rock and dinosaur activities on the University of Cambridge Museums web site. Refine your search to Sedgwick Museum to find them easily.
Additional Resources
If you have children in your group with autism or other sensory conditions, you can download our visual story before you arrive. Please tell the Education Coordinator when you book how we can best support your group.
Please look at the Museums risk assessment and carry out your own before your visiting us.
Further Information
Group Size
The maximum number per group is 35 plus adults and we can only accommodate one group at a time. Please make sure that you bring enough adults with you to conform to LEA guidelines in terms of pupil/adult ratio for trips. Larger groups can be accommodated over two or more sessions. Many large groups choose to combine a visit to the Sedgwick Museum with visits to other nearby University of Cambridge Museums. The Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Whipple Museum are all within a few minutes walk. The opening hours and group visiting policies vary so please contact individual museums for specific details.
Charges
We offer group visits, facilitated workshops at no charge. We invite donations from school parties visiting the Museum and using the education service.
Eating
The Sedgwick Museum does not have a café on site and eating and drinking is not allowed in the Museum. The Whale café at the nearby Museum of Zoology is open to the public. Our team will be happy to tell you about other local places to eat and drink. There are several open spaces nearby for picnics in good weather. The Downing Place United Reform Church is right next door and has a special deal for schools who want to rent a room for lunch.
Coats and bags
There is a rack for hanging up bags and coats in the Museum entranceway. The Museum cannot accept any responsibility for loss of, or damage to, items left here.
Behaviour
The Museum is a public space as well as a place of work for University staff and is used by many different groups and individuals. Please help us to make everybody’s visit to the Museum safe and pleasant and respect the needs of people working nearby.
It is the responsibility of the group leader to make sure that members of the group are aware of these points, and to also inform helpers that it is their shared responsibility to maintain these standards during the visit.