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University Library
Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR
20/06/2025
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9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Free
Discover a time when unusual ingredients and questionable remedies mixed with curiosity about bodily functions, creating a world of revolting recipes, stargazing and surgery in this exhibition at Cambridge University Library.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
17/07/2025
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Free
Join Professor Filbert on our summer trail and search for some amazing plant discoveries
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Faculty of ClassicsSidgwick AvenueCambridgeCB3 9DA We do not have an entrance on the road. Find us inside the Sidgwick Site.
24/07/2025
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Get crafty and explore the Museum from a dog's-eye view!
Norris Museum
The Norris Museum, 41 the Broadway, St Ives, Cambs, PE27 5BX
24/07/2025
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free
Complete a trail at the Norris Museum each week to earn stickers for your sticker book.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RB
05/08/2025
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12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free
Play Pavilion: free family fun in August, whatever the weather.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
26/08/2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free
Come along to this family drop in event and make a beautiful crown made of flowers and leaves from the Garden
The National Horseracing Museum
Rothschild Yard, National Horseracing Museum, Palace Street, Newmarket, CB8 8EP
27/08/2025
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free with museum admission
Enjoy a day out at the National Horseracing Museum, meet the horses, take our trail and join a family-friendly drop-in creative session from 11am - 3pm.
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
27/08/2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free
Have you found a rock or fossil that you'd like identified? Drop in and meet our Museum scientists for help, and get hands-on with our amazing rocks and fossils. 
The Polar Museum
27/08/2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Drop in on a summer day to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities
Museum of Cambridge
Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle St, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ
27/08/2025
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free
What job might you have had in Cambridge 300 years ago? This summer explore the forgotten trades and crafts of the past at the Museum of Cambridge.
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Faculty of ClassicsSidgwick AvenueCambridgeCB3 9DA We do not have an entrance on the road. Find us inside the Sidgwick Site.
27/08/2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free
Step into the sandals of the young athletes from the classical past...
St Neots Museum
St Neots Museum, 8 New Street, St Neots, PE19 1AE
27/08/2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Child: £5
Re-use materials to make a rag picture with St Neots Museum.
The Cromwell Museum
Huntingdon Town Hall, 53 High St, Huntingdon PE29 3AQ
27/08/2025
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free
Make your own clay medal with Cromwell Museum.
Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden Museum, Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1BN
27/08/2025
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM, 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM, 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM, 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM, 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Child: £2.40
Make your own plant stamps with funky foam and print onto paper at Saffron Walden Museum.
The Polar Museum
28/08/2025
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free
Drop in for a craft, object handling and the chance to learn all about the art of navigation. 
Burwell Museum and Windmill
Burwell Museum and Windmill, Mill Close, Burwell, Cambridge CB25 0HL 
28/08/2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Child: £6.50
Visit Burwell Museum on Thursdays in August to create your own artworks based on objects in the Museum's collections.
Cambridge Museum of Technology
Cambridge Museum of Technology, The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Lane, CB5 8LD
28/08/2025
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
£12.50
Build your own pneumatic monster and discover how air pressure can be used to make things move with the Cambridge Museum of Technology.
Centre for Computing History
The Centre for Computing History, Unit 1, Rene Court, Coldhams Road, Cambridge CB1 3EW
28/08/2025
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshop participant: £50 | Accompanying adult: £12
Build your very own cube-shaped robot named Q-B at the Centre for Computing History.
Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey and the Farmland MuseumEly RoadWaterbeachCambridgeCB25 9PQ
28/08/2025
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.
Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life - from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 
Norris Museum
The Norris Museum, 41 the Broadway, St Ives, Cambs, PE27 5BX
29/08/2025
9:45 AM - 12:15 PM, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
One child: £12 | Two children: £22 | Three children: £30
Make your own beautifully decorated Magic Wishing Stick with the Norris Museum.
Museum of Cambridge
Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle St, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ
29/08/2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Free
What job might you have had in Cambridge 300 years ago? This summer explore the forgotten trades and crafts of the past at the Museum of Cambridge.
St Neots Museum
St Neots Museum, 8 New Street, St Neots, PE19 1AE
29/08/2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Child: £5
Re-use materials to make a rag picture with St Neots Museum.