What's On
We offer a range of public activities throughout the year. Our temporary exhibitions include displays of current research, work by artists, and our community cabinet displays co-curated by visitors, students and community groups.
Events and Activities
Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tour
Wednesday 15th October, 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Free, booking essential
We are proud to present our new LGBTQ+ tour as part of the University Cambridge Museums' Bridging Binaries programme.
It is hard to say for certain that a 19th century scientist was queer just from their memoirs. It is difficult to know whether they were in a romantic relationship with the 'secretary' they lived with, or were they just that - a secretary. Were the two unmarried women who lived together for thirty years really just 'close friends'? Looking for gender queerness in Museum collections can be challenging.
Join us to explore and celebrate queer histories linked to our collections and people, extricated and inferred from letters, choice words and omissions.
For age 18+.
FREE, but booking essential. Email to book your free place on the tour.
Staff Favourites tours
Mondays (1st- 29th September), 1pm - 1.30pm
Free, drop-in
Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to book your free place on the tour.
We also have regular fossil handling activities on Saturdays and in school holidays, please do phone (01223 333456) to check what's on when you plan to visit.
Exhibitions
Breaking New Ground: Celebrating Past, Present and Future Women Earth Scientists at the University of Cambridge
Join us in celebrating women Earth scientists in this temporary display, co-curated by two Earth Sciences students.
Free, drop-in
How many women Earth scientists can you name? With a focus on the University of Cambridge, Breaking New Ground is a celebration of women in Earth Sciences.
The display includes trailblazing, but historically overlooked early Earth scientists, perspectives from women who are currently researching, teaching, working or studying in the university's Department of Earth Sciences, and two local young people who share their passion for Geology.
This exhibition was co-curated by two Earth Sciences students at the university.