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17/07/2026
07/09/2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Free with normal Garden admission
Event information
Time
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Price
Free with normal Garden admission
What
Summer with the Museums,
Tours and trails
Where
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Who
All ages,
Families

Professor Filbert is searching around the Botanic Garden because they have heard that humans have made some exciting discoveries about plants. Follow in the Professor’s pawprints and discover what incredible information they found.

Suitable for all ages 3+.

Children must be accompanied at all times.

Included Events

Cultured Canines: Evolution, Emotion, Imitation. An exhibition by Allison Ksiazkiewicz. 22 July - 18 Oct.
Cultured Canines: Evolution, Emotion, Imitation
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free

An exhibition by Allison Ksiazkewicz

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A child holding a bowl filled with various fresh green leaves, including kale, lettuce, and parsley.
Helpful herbs
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free with normal Garden admission

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to find out more about herbs.

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Background image shows sandpit and archaeology tools. Foreground reads "archaeology week" with Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum logo
Archaeology Week at Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Admission applies

Free archaeology themed children's crafts and archaeological activities - including a mock archaeology dig at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

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A cluster of Venus flytrap plants with open green and red leaves surrounded by various small green plants.
Cool carnivorous
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free with normal Garden admission

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to discover some of our carnivorous plants.

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Background shows broken roman pottery shards. Foreground reads Roman Week and shows the Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum logo
Roman Week at the Farmland Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Admission applies

Re-assemble Roman pottery and create your own mosaic design to explore what life may have been like for some of the first settlers on the site of Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum.

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Two knights on a blue background. One holds an axe and the other a sword and shield. The text tells the event information.
Knight School
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Included with entry

Have you ever wanted to be a knight? Complete the tasks and activities to earn your title at Ely Museum.

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A table displays art supplies and nature-themed prints. There's a red roller, sheets with leaf prints and various dried leaves and twigs.
Plant printing
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free with normal Garden admission

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create prints using leaves and petals.

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Image shows colourful bunting
Arts Award Discover SEND
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
£15 per participant

We are excited to be running Arts Award Discover SEND across TWO fun and creative sessions at the Norris Museum! 

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Image shows Denny Abbey and a walnut tree.
Medieval Week at the Farmland Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Admission applies

Take part in free medieval themed activities - including free crafts! All at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

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Background shows hands working clay. Foreground reads Tudor week and shows the Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum logo
Tudor Week at the Farmland Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Admission applies. Some activities are free, some have a small charge.

Have you got what it takes to be a Tudor? Make Tudor tiles like those uncovered in the Refectory and have a go at some Tudor themed crafts at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

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Various stylized insects and bugs are illustrated, including butterflies, a caterpillar, an ant, a bee, a ladybug, beetles, and a worm. Green leaves are scattered among them. The colours are vibrant and varied.
Marvellous minibeasts
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free with normal Garden admission

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create craft inspired by insects.

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Image shows colourful bunting
Arts Award Discover SEND
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
£15 per participant

We are excited to be running Arts Award Discover SEND across TWO fun and creative sessions at the Norris Museum! 

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A hand arranges sprigs of lavender and small green leaves on rolled-out clay.
Nature impressions
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free with normal Garden admission

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create impressions of leaves and petals in clay.

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Background shows an image of a mangle and a dolly tub and dolly peg. Foreground reads Victorian Week with the Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum logo
Victorian Week at the Farmland Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Admission applies

Step back in time to explore the lives of the Victorians. Experience Victorian washday using a dolly tub and mangle and create Victorian inspired crafts at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

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A variety of wildflowers and leaves are arranged on a white background. Various green leaves and sprigs add contrast.
Summer nature wand
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free with normal Garden admission

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create a summer wand.

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Child with adult doing a paper craft activity. Photo by Mike Cameron.
'Oceans' Family Day at the Museum
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Free

Join us for a day of Family Fun at the Museum of Zoology.

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Background shows a spinning top and wooden toys. Foreground reads Toys from the Past week and shows the Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum logo.
Toys from the Past Week at the Farmland Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Admission applies

Have a go at playing with toys and games from different historical time periods at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

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The image shows some Scratch code with the background of the Broken Internet game.
Rex Runner
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Workshop Participant (including accompanying adult): £25.50 | Additional participant (under 16): £15

Learn how to code the ‘broken’ Internet T-Rex game using Scratch at the Centre for Computing History.

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Paint patterns
Squidgy pictures
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Child: £5

Get experimental with paint to make one-off paintings at St Neots Museum.

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Printing Drop In
Printing
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Included in museum entry

Experience printing in different ways.  Explore cyanotype or sun printing (weather dependent) and printing by hand at this free drop-in, included in museum entry at Cambridge Museum of Technology.

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Event poster including 2 old maps.
Time-Hopping Holiday
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
FREE with museum admission

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

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A bright green and orange strip of card hold a number of different brightly coloured feathers. Below the feathers are brown straw like strips which add texture. The band also has brightly coloured jewel embellishments..
Colourful Feather Crown
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
£4.80 per child Normal adult admission costs apply

Impress the crowd with a colourful feather crown. Saffron Walden Museum have many beautiful hats and bird feathers on display, to help you draw inspiration. 

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