Drop-in runs 10am-12pm.
All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
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! Join us in Gallery 15 (Dutch Art gallery) this month.
Discover life under the sea with stories and play. The Museum of Zoology is the ‘plaice’ learn about fishes and their friends.
This event is suitable for ages 2-5. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Only children need tickets.
Discover marvellous minibeasts at the Museum of Zoology. See some of the little things that make our world go round.
The session repeats - the first session is at 10.30 and the second session at 11.30. Aimed at children aged 2-5 years, must be accompanied by an adult.
Come for a twilight ramble through the Botanic Garden and learn about the fascinating world of bats. There will be a chance to use our bat detectors, find out about what bats eat, where they live and have your questions answered.
Suitable for adults and accompanied children aged 8+. This event is weather dependent. Bookings will open soon.
What better way to celebrate summer than by making a crown of flowers? We will be using all kinds of leaves, flowers and grasses to create amazing botanical crowns that you can wear all day long while you explore the Botanic Garden. Drop-in to join in the fun. All ages welcome, no need to pre-book. Find us in the Garden Room at the Schools Garden.
Normal Garden admission applies for accompanying adults.
Join us at this school holiday drop-in activity where we will be decorating little pots and then planting them up with easy to grow herbs and salad that you can harvest and eat in a few weeks time. Drop in and make your garden grow. All ages welcome, no need to pre-book. Find us in the Garden Room at the Schools Garden.
Normal Garden admission applies for accompanying adults.
At the Disability Friendly Opening, the museum will be open exclusively for families with children with sensory sensitivities. This event is aimed at children with special educational needs who usually find visiting museums overwhelming due to conditions that affect their sensory processing and/or have a developmental disability.
Join us at this school holiday drop-in activity where we will be making a beautiful, calming card from lavender that you can take home. You can also take a closer look at the amazing lavenders growing in the Garden and watch bees collecting nectar in the bee borders. All ages welcome, no need to pre-book. Find us in the Garden Room at the Schools Garden.
Normal Garden admission applies for accompanying adults.
Join us for some (trilo)bite-sized fun as we explore the earliest animals on Earth that evolved millions of years before the dinosaurs.
Meet Lara Uttinger, a scientist researching this ancient world, from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. Chat with Lara about long-extinct animals unlike anything you might find today, and find fossil evidence of these animals in the Museum.
Investigate real fossils and use these to make your own trilobite replica fossil to take home.
All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
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!
Drop-in runs 10am-12pm.
