Becoming an Arts Pioneer

Join us at the University Library for this fascinating talk by the Assistant Director of the Museum of Zoology, Jack Ashby. 

Drop-in for family crafts and activities on a treasure island theme

Examine the interplay between money, power and dissent over the last 200 years.

Craftswomen is a new exhibition at the Whipple Museum exploring the work of women in the British instrument trade between the 17th and 19th centuries. It exposes the often unseen work of the ‘craftswomen’ who made instruments for measuring, modelling and investigating the world.

An exciting new exhibition where the displays harness the allure and power of colour to inspire reflection and creativity.

Howardena Pindell: A New Language, the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition in the UK. 

The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless – cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to sit upon a pedestal. But this, of course, is a lie. Classicist Caroline Vout reaches beyond texts and galleries to expose Greek and Roman bodies for what they truly were: anxious, ailing, imperfect, diverse, and responsible for a legacy as lasting as their statues.

Sign up to this creative workshop with artist Aida Wilde, where you will have the opportunity to learn new techniques making your own artwork based on Aida’s piece ‘Dreamboat II’.

Explore Cambridge's connections with Empire led by Uncomfortable Cambridge 

Visit the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology after-hours!

Explore the significance of goldweights with Benjamina Efua Dadzie.

Visit the Polar Museum and try out our re-launched interactive Arctic Ice Exhibit

Visit the Polar Museum and try out our re-launched interactive Arctic Ice Exhibit

Borrow a work of art from the Kettle's Yard collection.

The 2022-23 Chamber Music programme includes a diverse and exciting season of recitals to enjoy in the House at Kettle’s Yard. This year we are delighted to be welcoming back some old favourites as well as new faces to Kettle’s Yard.

A trail to bring colour to Classics

Curated by student intern Eleanor Brittain, Secret Science showcases quirky objects that are not what they seem.

Collecting the Nation examines how geology relates to nationalism and colonialism.

Can you make your clothes last longer? How do you transform old clothes into something new? Join us for a fun, practical evening all about sustainable fashion. 

Join us for your FREE tours as our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology

Pick up our Reindeer Escape trail at the Polar Museum this half-term.

Join us this Half Term as we learn all about barnacles! 

Impressions of carnival by Paul Dash, Errol Lloyd & John Lyons in dialogue with works from The Fitzwilliam Museum & Kettle’s Yard

Browse the specimens whilst listening to a string quartet! 

Join us at Kettle’s Yard to celebrate the opening of our next exhibition Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso. Explore the galleries after hours and enjoy a drink with friends.

Join us in the galleries for an informal exhibition tour of Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso with exhibition curator Habda Rashid.

FREE, come along

Join us in the galleries for an informal exhibition tour of Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso with Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Eleanor Ling and exhibition artist Paul Dash.

Join us for a disability friendly quiet Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

Join us in our Clore Learning Studio for free, practical art making workshops. Respond to the displays and exhibitions to make your own artworks. Get creative with artists and our education volunteers, no previous art experience needed!

Join us in the galleries for an informal exhibition tour of Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso with Curator Guy Haywood and artist Errol Lloyd.