Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Ages 12+, drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Ages 12+, drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Ages 12+, drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Ages 12+, drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Did you know that hidden behind a Victorian facade on Free School Lane is the original 1618 hall of Cambridge’s Free School? Join the Whipple Museum’s Curator Dr Hannah Price for a walk up one of Cambridge’s most historic and scientific streets. Along the way, we’ll encounter medieval friars and seventeenth-century schoolboys, James Clerk Maxwell and Rosalind Franklin, and many more secrets...
Drop in. Meet at the Whipple Museum’s front desk.
The Great Comet of 1618 was the very first comet to be studied through a telescope. It was so bright it was spotted all over the world! Whoosh into the Museum’s Learning Gallery for hands-on family fun, and find out more about the comet and other science stories.
Drop in. Learning Gallery.
The Whipple collection contains some astonishing scientific instruments from the 17th century, but how were they used in practice? In this special Open Cambridge talk, the Museum’s Director Dr Joshua Nall will introduce you to a short history of 17th-century instruments and their use.
Drop in. Seated talk in the Learning Gallery.
About the event
Join Dr Sarah-Jane Harknett, Head of Public Engagement and Learning, and Dr Ayesha Fuentes, an Affiliated Researcher in Conservation, as they share their recent practice-based research in impact evaluation and best practices for the safe handling of hazards in museum collections.
This is a free event. To book your place and receive the Zoom link contact admin@maa.ca.ac.uk.
About the speakers
Rowan Huntley, MA is the artist behind the upcoming special exhibition at the Polar Museum, Through Ice and Fire. This talk will give a behind the scenes look at Rowan's artistic processes and the science of creation. The artwork in Through Ice and Fire explores the scientific work of Dr Joanne Johnson and echoes Rowan's deep emotional connection with the natural world.
To celebrate Carbon Literacy Action Day, Molly Stock-Duerdoth, Learning Host and participatory researcher will look at how sustainability and care link objects, people, and the planet. Inspired by the connection between museum practice and the climate emergency, we will discuss histories of care and repair at Kettle’s Yard through its work with collections and communities.
