16/08/2025
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Free
Event information
Time
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
What
Whipple Museum, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RH
Who
What is an orrery? Why is the clock chiming 13? Why would you collect and display a set of plaster horses’ teeth, some green spectacles and several hundred pocket calculators?
Join us for a tour of the Whipple’s collection in 10 objects, featuring spectacular instruments, fascinating scientific stories, and links to some of Cambridge’s most famous names.
Meet at the reception point in the Main Gallery.
