The Glitz, the Glamour, the SHARE East Volunteer Awards!
In 2018 I stepped down from the SHARE Museums East Volunteer Awards after helping out since 2015. Last year, the SHARE team asked if I wanted to be a Judge on the panel. YES! I said. This was going to be my year. A time where I can still be involved but not be swept up in the organising of…
Life Changing Work Experience
Nellie-Mae Morgan has just received an unconditional offer to University. This is how she thinks UCM has helped. I first became involved with the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) in 2017 when I attended a Work Experience Taster Day, which I found out about at a careers fair at my college, Cambourne Village College. The day consisted of bring 30…
Cambridge Diary: Autumn 2019
Read on for a selection of autumn highlights from across the University of Cambridge Museums… Exhibitions Happy Birthday Whipple Museum! 75 years ago Robert Whipple donated his extraordinary collection of scientific instruments to the University of Cambridge, and the Whipple Museum of the History of Science was born. The Whipple is celebrating in style with an exhibition of the founding…