Portals to the World at the Museum of Zoology
Portals to the World is a long-running University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) project for adults with dementia and their care partners. This spring, we brought the programme to the Museum of Zoology for a dedicated 6-week long course, delving into the natural world through current research stories and the Museum collection. Read on to discover how we shaped the course…
The day five collections teamed up to create “crime scenes”
How do you get thirty six 8-11 year olds excited about science in museums? Give them a ‘crime scene’ and skills to solve the crime. Early one Saturday morning in August, we welcomed our budding scientists for Science Detectives, a full day of forensic fun. The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, the Polar Museum, the Sedgwick Museum of…
Operation Survival
What can our museums contribute to audiences understanding issues about the environment? Find out about the work behind our new puzzle solving team-game, Operation Survival. What is Operation Survival? It’s a live action team game facilitated by actors and staff from games company Fire Hazard Games. Teams are set the challenge of solving a series of puzzles and clues, with the…
