Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
Get hands-on with creative activities inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard.
No art experience needed — our friendly artists and volunteers will support you step-by-step. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to participate but Studio Sunday is most suitable for children between 3–11 years.
We invite families with children who have additional sensory needs to join us for our Studio Sunday Relaxed Session. These quieter art making workshops aim to provide a comfortable creative experience at Kettle’s Yard.
In our Clore Learning Studio, participants can make art inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard, supported by artists and volunteers. No prior art experience is required.
Activities are designed for children ages 3–11 and we encourage parents and carers to create alongside their child.
Participants will get the opportunity to explore the Kettle’s Yard house and the large collection of art and objects on display, and be inspired by colourful artworks such as Joan Miró’s Tic Tic.
In this workshop, Hilary will lead an imaginative drawing and painting session encouraging participants to explore questions such as: What texture is blue? Does yellow have a flavour? Does picture have sound?
Participants will spend time in the galleries exploring our current exhibition Artists for Kettle’s Yard, particularly focusing on how Rana Begum’s sculptural mesh work blurs the lines between painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
Get hands-on with creative activities inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard.
No art experience needed — our friendly artists and volunteers will support you step-by-step. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to participate but Studio Sunday is most suitable for children between 3–11 years.
We invite families with children who have additional sensory needs to join us for our Studio Sunday Relaxed Session. These quieter art making workshops aim to provide a comfortable creative experience at Kettle’s Yard.
In our Clore Learning Studio, participants can make art inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard, supported by artists and volunteers. No prior art experience is required.
Activities are designed for children ages 3–11 and we encourage parents and carers to create alongside their child.
Step into the doctor’s secret garden with Dr Theeba Krishnamoorthy and discover the remarkable stories of early South Asian women doctors of the British Raj and Ceylon. These pioneering healers were often the first women in their communities to practice Western medicine, working within societies shaped by generations of traditional botanical healing knowledge.
They navigated the complex meeting of Western medicine and indigenous understandings of health, and their stories invite us to consider how medical knowledge travels, transforms and takes root in different lands.
Hear how researchers have investigated the lives and practices of the craftspeople who made coffins. Explore how imaging and analytical techniques have uncovered new information about the construction and decoration of these intricate creations, the immense ingenuity and skill of the artisans and how they dealt with (or, occasionally, covered up) problems that arose.
The series aims to bring the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell.
These will be in-person plant science talks taking place in the Botanic Garden Classroom for those visiting the Garden on the day.
Suitable for adults and children aged 12+. Free with standard Garden admission.
Talk programme 2026:
Join us for five inspiring talks in one day. Speakers from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science will share insights from their research and expertise for the Cambridge Festival 2026.
Drop in anytime – all talks are free and will take place in the Learning Gallery at the Whipple Museum.
What's On
Linnaeus and Clouds
