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We are open five days a week, Monday to Friday 12.30 - 16.30

And selected Saturdays, 10.00 - 16.00

Read more at: Annual Report 2024
Twilight event at the Whipple Museum

Annual Report 2024

Welcome to the Whipple Museum’s Annual Report, covering a truly record-breaking year. 2024 was our busiest year yet, and the start of a new era of regular weekend openings. Over 20,000 people, most of the them first-time visitors, explored the Museum and gained a taste of the research and teaching happening in the...

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Opening Times

We are regularly open five days a week, 12.30 - 16:30.

And now open the third Saturday of every month!

Monday 12.30 - 16:30

Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30

Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30

Thursday 12.30 - 16:30

Friday 12.30 - 16:30

Selected Saturdays 10.00 - 16.00

 

Summer Bank Holiday 2025
Please note that we will be closed on Monday 25 August for the Bank Holiday.

Explore Collections

Read more at: Dr. Auzoux's Papier-Mâché Models

Dr. Auzoux's Papier-Mâché Models

Papier-mache and plaster model of a May beetle.

Medical student Louis Auzoux was frustrated with the shortage of human corpses available for studying anatomy. Using his own secret papier-mâché mixture he developed 'dissectable' models, which could be used again and again. Later, he also created models of animals and plants. Real corpses or models? As a medical student...

                 

 

       

 

      

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