Join us for an afternoon of hands-on family fun as we explore the fascinating world of Roman portraits. Discover how Romans showed their status, style and personality through art and create your own Roman portrait to take home.
Follow a special Roman trail through the museum to uncover hidden stories among our sculptures, design and decorate your own Roman armour, and imagine life in ancient Rome.
This is a Cambridge Festival event.
Visit the Museum to discover more about our collections, how they are cared for and chat to us about some of the research that we are involved in.
Everyone welcome. FREE.
These monthly walks are for pre-school age children to spend time outdoors engaging with the Garden, plants and wildlife through seasonal activities. Each session will include a Garden walk, activity and a story.
This session takes place entirely outside in the Garden so please dress accordingly.
Free child tickets for this event must be booked online. Ticket sales open one week before the event. Adults do not need to book to accompany however please note that adults will be required to pay for Garden entry on arrival.
Children must be accompanied at all times.
Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year at the museum and mark the start of the Year of the Horse, with free drop-in craft sessions. Activities will include calligraphy, creating paper cut art, and colouring.
Drop-in runs 10am-12pm.
All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
This month we will be based in our Arts of the Far East Gallery (Gallery 28) and will be exploring the theme of the Lunar New Year.
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!
Space to park prams is available at the Courtyard Entrance.
From 11 February to 12 April, Talking Plants invites you to take part in a live experiment exploring how artificial intelligence can help us connect more deeply with the plant kingdom. By scanning QR codes positioned throughout the Glasshouses, you’ll be able to talk to 20 remarkable plants, each represented by a generative AI chatbot.
Ask questions, follow your curiosity and discover more about each plant’s habitat, life cycle, ecological role and cultural significance. Every conversation is unique, shaped by what you choose to ask and how you choose to engage.
Explore the collections of the Whipple Museum to find out more about measuring time, travelling around the world and how ideas have changed and moved through history. Find out about scientists in different times and places and create your own time travelling adventure!
All activities are drop in. Additional information to follow soon.
This event is part of the Cambridge Festival programme 2026.
Access Update at the Whipple Museum: Lift Works 2026
Join us for our third Little Stars session – a relaxed morning at the Whipple Museum. We’ll have picture books, drawing materials, and sensory play resources. We’d also love to hear what you’d like to see in future activities for little ones at the museum.
There’s no need to book, just drop-in. All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
Meet in the Learning Gallery.
Access Update at the Whipple Museum: Lift Works 2026
Drop in to investigate fascinating igneous rocks from Greenland, under the microscope and in your hands. These rocks contain rare earth elements, which are important components of electric vehicles, wind turbines and devices such as mobile phones and laptops.
Meet our scientists from the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences who study these rocks, and chat with them about their fieldwork. Join them in looking for clues that the rocks contain rare earth elements. Handle rocks that the scientists collected and place them under UV light to see if they glow.
Drop in to investigate fascinating igneous rocks from Greenland, under the microscope and in your hands. These rocks contain rare earth elements, which are important components of electric vehicles, wind turbines and devices such as mobile phones and laptops.
Meet our scientists from the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences who study these rocks, and chat with them about their fieldwork. Join them in looking for clues that the rocks contain rare earth elements. Handle rocks that the scientists collected and place them under UV light to see if they glow.
