Drop-in runs 10am-12pm.
All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children under 5.
This month we will be based in Gallery 26 exploring Spring time themes.
These free events build upon our ‘Family Welcome Project’, a participatory research project with the North Cambridge Child and Family Centre.
No need to book, just drop in!
Space to park prams is available at the Courtyard Entrance.
Join us for Little Stars – a relaxed morning at the Whipple Museum. We’ll have picture books, drawing materials, and sensory play resources. We’d also love to hear what you’d like to see in future activities for little ones at the museum.
There’s no need to book, just drop-in. All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
Meet in the Learning Gallery.
Create a seed ball to take home and plant.
Ages 3 +
Children must be accompanied at all times.
Free child tickets for this event must be booked online. Ticket sales open one week before the event. Adults do not need to book to accompany however please note that adults will be required to pay for Garden entry on arrival.
Dive beneath the waves to the shallow tropical seas of coral reefs with stories and play. Suitable for children aged 2-5.
Go on a journey to the tropical seas and discover the amazing animals that live on corals reefs. See real specimens and make your own reef animal to take home with you.
There are two sessions, one at 10.30 and another at 11.30. Both sessions are the same.
Go on safari around the Museum of Zoology looking for animals from all parts of the alphabet.
Snuffle like an aarvark, grumble like a bear, uncover the capybara and find the antlers of a deer. Discover an animal alphabet in the Museum of Zoology with stories and play.
Suitable for children aged 2-5. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
There are two sessions, one at 10.30 and another at 11.30. Both sessions are the same.
Hear stories, play games and explore our collections with tales of monkeys and their friends at the Museum.
Solve the monkey puzzle in the Museum, and learn more about our cheeky animal friends with stories and play.
Suitable for children aged 2-5. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
There are two sessions, one at 10.30am and another at 11.30am - both sessions are the same.
Drop in and follow our new trail to explore young prehistoric animals and plants. Discover what their fossils can tell us about how they lived. If you find them all, come and tell us in the shop to win a prize.
Come along to our Earth Sciences Fair to meet the scientists studying rocks and fossils and take part in a range of activities related to their work.
Activities include:
Microfossil wonderland - use powerful microscopes to investigate tiny fossils of plants and animals that lived thousands of years ago. Find out how these microfossils help us learn about past climates and environments.
Discover meteorites - can you spot the difference between rocks from space and Earth rocks? Find out how our scientists study both to understand how the Earth formed.
Join Rose Feather for fun, hands-on, sensory, playful activities for toddlers, pre-schoolers and their grown-ups. This relaxed and social session will take place in Gallery 5.
Please note: A family ticket is up to 2 adults and 3 children.
Please join us for our Easter Family Day, providing activities for all ages throughout the museum galleries
Programme for the afternoon
Vase thaumatrope in Gallery 7
Add your own twist to the ceramic works in this gallery by creating a simple animation.
Recommended ages 5 to 10.
