Can you trick your own eyes? Why does sound travel better through you than through the air? Do you know where your bones and organs are? Use handling objects from the Whipple Museum collection to find out more about how your body works and how you can look after it. This is a drop in activity, no need to book and feel free to arrive at any time during the session.
Join artist Sally Todd who will lead fun, hands-on, playful activities for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and their grown-ups. This relaxed and social session takes place around the Museum.
The afternoon session, 1-2pm, is suitable for babies aged 0-18 months and their parents and carers.
Please note: A Family Ticket is for up to 2 adults with up to 3 children
Join artist Sally Todd who will lead fun, hands-on, playful activities for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and their grown-ups. This relaxed and social session takes place around the Museum.
The morning session, 10-11.30am, is suitable for children aged 18 months-5 years and their parents and carers.
Please note: A family ticket is for up to 2 adults with up to 3 children.
Join us for a day of free activities for all the family! Our hands-on activities and trails for curious kids bring to life the fascinating stories of science, materials and making behind the artworks and objects in our collection.
What amazing new technologies reveal the secrets hidden beneath the surface? And what did artists from 200 years ago know about colour and clouds? Find out the answers to these questions and more through our series of imaginative and playful activities.
Come and meet the scientists of the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. Take part in hands-on activities and find out what it's like to research fossils, earthquakes, tackle environmental challenges and more.
Activities include:
Microfossil Wonderland - use powerful microscopes to investigate tiny fossils of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. Find out how these microfossils help us learn about past climates and environments.
Women have been involved in science throughout history, but they are often forgotten in histories of science.
To mark our display celebrating Rosalind Franklin and her work on DNA, come and find out more about other scientific women with links to our collections. Among others, we'll be telling the stories of the astronomer who impressed the King, the computer programmer who learned maths because her mum didn't want her to become a poet and the chemistry lecturer who made cupcakes to explain elements.
Talk by Alison Giles.
Join us for the Cambridge Festival family weekend opening!
Join us for the Cambridge Festival Family Weekend and explore the history of science through our collection of microscopes, telescopes, and globes. Take part in family trails and visit our Learning Gallery, where you can engage with interactive handling boxes to discover topics such as Light & Sound, the Human Body, and Earth & Space.
Events happenings:
Join us for a special Saturday workshop on 15 March led by artist James Tunnard, where we'll dive into the magic of colour and light.
As you may have heard, we’re creating a new art installation for the Learning Gallery ceiling and the activities in this workshop will inspire and contribute to this exciting piece!
Get creative with these hands-on activities:
Discover animal senses, feel textures handling real museum specimens, and uncover amazing stories of the evolution of animal colours. We will be joined by researchers working on the bright colours of passion vine butterflies, the changing populations of UK moths and more.
Drop-in. No need to book.
This event is part of the Cambridge Festival.
Date:
Saturday, 29 March, 2025 - 10:30 to 16:30
Meet the remarkable scientific community behind the Cavendish Laboratory’s astonishing physics in this talk with Whipple Museum curator Dr Hannah Price.
