Arts Pioneers is a monthly art club based at the Fitzwilliam Museum for young people aged 11-19 of mixed abilities. We offer a friendly, supportive and flexible environment to enable young people to work with professional artists and develop their art skills and express their creativity. Assisted by support workers and museum educators, the group explore the over half a million art works and objects, participating in lots of different fun art activities.  

Members of the group work towards an Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification that supports young people to develop their creative practice and leadership skills. More information about Arts Award

If your child is interested in attending please contact your Social Worker or Disabled Children’s Early Help Co-ordinator, to see whether you can use your personalised budget to join the group. More information about short breaks funding. If you are not in receipt of funding, there is a self-referral form.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the group please speak to Marie mfk25@cam.ac.uk or 01223 332898/ 07707282822. We offer free taster sessions which Marie can organise for you. 

 

What's On

Museum of Zoology
09 Feb 2024
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FREE expert guided tour of the Museum's highlights

Museum of Zoology
08 Mar 2024
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Calling all 2-5 year olds! Join us for story telling and play at the Museum. 

The Polar Museum
21 Feb 2024
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Ever wanted to explore the coldest and windiest place on Earth? Immersive Antarctica is your chance to discover the wonders of the South in virtual reality.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
19 Feb 2024
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Enjoy a taste of Twilight at the Museums in the afternoon! Find out more about how light works. 

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
21 Feb 2024
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Enjoy a taste of Twilight at the Museums in the afternoon! Find out more about how light works. 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
19 Feb 2024
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Drop in to our fun, hand-on activities that explore the fascinating science of plate tectonics. Build your own mountain range, jump to create your own earthquake and become a deep-Earth scientist.

Museum of Zoology
01 Feb 2024
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NEW - exhibition 'Growing a backbone: Rise of the vertebrates' - discover how and why heads, jaws, teeth & backbones have evolved at our new exhibition, with specimens that have not been on display before. 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
23 Feb 2024
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Drop in to our fun, hand-on activities that explore the fascinating science of plate tectonics. Build your own mountain range, jump to create your own earthquake and become a deep-Earth scientist.

Kettle's Yard
22 Feb 2024
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Museum of Cambridge
19 Feb 2024
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Let your creativity shine using light and shadows to tell the story of Moses Carter, the Histon giant. With hand-shadow animals, and shadow puppet making.

Museum of Cambridge
21 Feb 2024
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Let your creativity shine using light and shadows to tell the story of Moses Carter, the Histon giant. With hand-shadow animals, and shadow puppet making.

Museum of Cambridge
23 Feb 2024
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Let your creativity shine using light and shadows to tell the story of Moses Carter, the Histon giant. With hand-shadow animals, and shadow puppet making.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
23 Feb 2024
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Discover William Blake’s universe and a constellation of European artists seeking spirituality in their lives and art in response to war, revolution and political turbulence.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
10 May 2024
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Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece Venus and Mars is the highlight of our exciting new display exploring ideas of sex and power, gender and the body through classical mythology and Italian art of the 1400s and 1500s.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
10 Feb 2024
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Join us to celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon with craft activities and a trail around the museum.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
10 Feb 2024
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Join us to celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon with craft activities and a trail around the museum.

Museum of Classical Archaeology
15 Mar 2024
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Lunchtime talk with the VIEWS Project team

Museum of Classical Archaeology
19 Mar 2024
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Lunchtime talk with Dr Michael Loy

Museum of Classical Archaeology
20 Mar 2024
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Lunchtime talk with Dr Thomas Matthew Boehmer

Museum of Classical Archaeology
22 Mar 2024
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A tour of the gallery with Dr Susanne Turner

Museum of Classical Archaeology
26 Mar 2024
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A lunchtime talk with Dr Jana Mokrisova

Museum of Classical Archaeology
27 Mar 2024
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A lunchtime talk with Dr Il Kweon Sir

Museum of Classical Archaeology
24 Feb 2024
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Explore the spectrum of identities in the Ancient World.

Museum of Classical Archaeology
09 Mar 2024
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Explore the spectrum of identities in the Ancient World.

Kettle's Yard
07 Mar 2024
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Kettle's Yard
15 Mar 2024
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Kettle's Yard
24 Apr 2024
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Join us for a special event in the Kettle’s Yard house, where artist Issam Kourbaj will be in conversation with exhibition curator Guy Haywood.

Kettle's Yard
30 Apr 2024
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden
28 Mar 2024
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Enjoy an egg-citing Easter Trail at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
23 Mar 2024
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As part of Cambridge Festival, learn about the weird and wonderful carnivorous plants that call the Botanic Garden their home.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
13 Mar 2024
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As part of Cambridge Festival, enjoy a poetry trail around the Botanic Garden which gives a voice to often overlooked plants.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
20 Mar 2024
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Enjoy exploring a selection of winning garden photos

Kettle's Yard
10 May 2024
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11 Mar 2024

The University of Cambridge Museums are inviting applications from groups of creatives or creative organisations to create a touring Pop-Up Museum in 2024 inspired by the theme: Our Planet.

Museum of Zoology
20 Mar 2024
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Join us for an evening playing board games amongst the skeletons of the Museum!