The Museum of Classical Archaeology is open from Tuesday 8 December, then weekly Tuesday to Friday. Tickets on sale Tuesday 1 December.

Walk among the gods and heroes in one of the largest surviving collections of plaster casts of Greek and Roman statues in the world. 

Collection Highlights

Explore 450 plaster casts of the some of the most iconic sculptures from classical antiquity. Don’t miss:
- The bruised and battered Terme Boxer.
- The brightly-painted Peplos Kore.
- The drama of Laocoon and his Sons.

The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is open from Thursday 3 December, then weekly Tuesday to Sunday. Entry to the Museum is via a timed ticketing system. Book your free ticket.

Two million years of human history, one million artefacts and countless amazing stories. Discover the earliest African stone tools, recent Cambridge archaeological finds, and tattoo instruments collected during Captain Cook’s voyages to the Pacific. 

The Museum of Zoology is open from Thursday 3 December, then weekly Thursday to Saturday. Entry to the Museum is via a timed ticketing system. Book your free ticket. 

The diversity of animal life is on display in the University Museum of Zoology’s brand new galleries. From moths to monkeys, mammoths to manatees, discover stories of extinction, survival, evolution and exploration. 

In line with the latest Government advice regarding COVID-19, all University of Cambridge Museums are closing to the public on Thursday 5 November until further notice, to help protect visitors, staff and the wider community. Visit our Museum Closures page for further information.

Discover Polar adventure and exploration on your doorstep.

The Botanic Garden is open, providing a green space for walking and wellbeing in the city. To visit the Garden, you must purchase a ticket online: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/purchase-tickets/ 
 

Research Enquiries and Image Permissions

For information about visiting the Garden for research purposes, visit their website.

The Whipple Museum of the History of Science is open from Wednesday 9 December, then weekly Wednesday and Friday. Tickets are booked for 2 hour time slots: 12.30pm - 2.30pm & 3pm - 5pm. Tickets on sale Wednesday 2 December.

Discover a vast array of scientific instruments dating from the Middle Ages to the present day. From microscopes and telescopes to pocket calculators and slide rules, find out more about the tools that scientists have used to understand the world around us.

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is open from Thursday 3 December, then weekly Thursday to Saturday. Entry to the Museum is via a timed ticketing system. Book your free ticket. 

A walk through the University’s oldest museum will take you on a 4.5 billion year journey through time, from the meteoritic building blocks of planets, to the thousands of fossils of animals and plants that illustrate the evolution of life in the oceans, on land and in the air. 

Kettle’s Yard is open from Thursday 3 December, then weekly Wednesday to Sunday.  Entry to the House and Gallery is via a timed ticketing system. Book your free ticket.

Kettle’s Yard is the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery. Set in a beautiful house, Kettle’s Yard has been newly refurbished to better host its remarkable collection of modern art and contemporary art exhibitions.

The Fitzwilliam Museum is open from Wednesday 2 December, then weekly Wednesday to Sunday. Entry to the Museum is via a timed ticketing system. Book your free ticket.

Housing over half a million objects, the Fitzwilliam has an amazing variety of beautiful artefacts and art from around the world. See everything from Egyptian coffins to Impressionist masterpieces; illuminated manuscripts to Renaissance sculpture; rare coins to Asian arts.