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Welcome to the Whipple Museum

We will be closed on the Spring bank holiday, Monday 29th May.

We are normally open five days a week, Monday to Friday 12.30 - 16:30

 

Detail of glass fungus model

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In-depth articles about some of our key collections.

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Learning

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Opening Times

We will be closed on the Spring bank holiday, Monday 29th May.

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

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

We hope to see you soon!

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Frog-plates

Frog plate

These tools for microscopists are among the Whipple Museum's oldest objects designed for use with frogs. Natural philosophers used microscopes and vivisected frogs to witness and display bodily motions like circulation firsthand.

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