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Scientists' work isn't always in the laboratory! Pack your case and join an expedition around the world with games and crafts to help you exchange knowledge, observe, and experiment.

Free, drop in. Ages 3+.

Part of Summer at the Museums.

Have you got what it takes to join our ship's crew? Navigate treacherous seas, play the Tools of the Trade game, handle seafaring objects and make your own to take home.

Free, drop in. Ages 3+

Part of Summer at the Museums

Fitzwilliam Museum with the Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Trumpington Street
Enjoy a star-lit adventure both inside and outside the Museum. With special light displays, music, craft and astronomy. Bring your torches and see the Museum come to life.

Catch us at Anglia Ruskin University alongside other Cambridge University Museums, making planet and globe decorations.

Location: Anglia Ruskin University (walk through to Bradmore Street entrance from Petersfield).

Free, all ages, drop in

Get ready for Halloween this half term with our ‘spooky’ bone activities at the Sedgwick Museum. We will be exploring old x-rays, studying the bones in your hand and coming face to face with Bony Tony.

Location: The Sedgwick Museum

All ages, drop in, free

Join us for a day exploring the Arctic and the animals and people that live there! Crafts and activities for all ages throughout the day as well as a chance to see live reindeer and find out about the people that live and work with them.

Visit the Whipple Library for a special display of pamphlets, books, models and ephemera relating to phrenology with the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.

Learn how people from across the world have navigated the oceans with help from the Whipple Museum. Use a compass to explore the Museum and play a Pacific-themed trading game.

Spotted an animal in the wild? The Whipple will use past zoologists' tried and tested techniques to help you hone your investigative skills so you can get a better look.

Calling all detectives in training! Join us for a day of science and problem solving at the University of Cambridge Museums. Hone your scientific skills in preparation for a forensic investigation at the Botanic Gardens in the afternoon.