Craftswomen is a new exhibition at the Whipple Museum exploring the work of women in the British instrument trade between the 17th and 19th centuries. It exposes the often unseen work of the ‘craftswomen’ who made instruments for measuring, modelling and investigating the world.
Bringing together extraordinary antiquities, Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean takes visitors on a 4,000-year journey from life in the ancient Mediterranean to today.
Celebrating one of the most significant potters of the twentieth century, this major new exhibition is a rare opportunity to experience Lucie Rie’s (1902-1995) ground- breaking practice across six decades.
Visitor information
To help plan your visit, the address and access information for the libraries are available on their website:
Wisbech Library
Soham Library
Ely Library
Huntingdon Library
Barnwell Road Library
Milton Road Library
Cambridge Central Library
01/06/2023
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Free
Pop into the library and join us for a conversation about our Museums and their complex, challenging and contradictory stories of power.
Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing 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.
Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing 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.
A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology explores the traces of where people have lived, worked and died for thousands of years in Cambridgeshire.
Come along to learn all about butterfly and moth life cycles. We’ll also be discovering what has been caught overnight in our moth trap and making fabulous paper caterpillars to take home.
At this workshop we will be making leaf artworks. Using some of the most interesting shaped leaves we will create pictures using leaf rubbing with crayons and watercolours.
The Scott Polar Research Institute Library
Lensfield Road
Cambridge
CB2 1ER
15/09/2023
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Free
Discover the story of how the Scott Polar Research Institute was founded through archival displays and a new interactive textile work created by textile artist, Lindsey Holmes.
The Botanic Garden is home to lots of different animals – come along to learn about them and make an animal mask decorated with autumn seeds and leaves.
We’ll be using hessian, sticks and natural plant fibres to make nature wall hangings that you can hang on your wall or bedroom door. Drop-in to join in the fun.
This group exhibition is based on the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-chia (1929 – 1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery which he founded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian’s Wall.
Get festive at this drop-in activity where you can learn all about the history of the Christmas tree and make some Christmas craft to take home with you.
