Children's activity: Summer at the Museums

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Saturday 16 August 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane, CB2 3RH

Summer at the Museum graphics, including a dinosaur, a telescope, a butterfly and a shell.

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Summer at the Museums is back for 2025! 

Join us at the Whipple Museum for hands-on activities in the Learning Gallery this summer.

 

Optics and Observations 

Discover the wonders of optics and light through hands-on instruments and activities at the Whipple Museum — from microscopes to make-your-own spectacles!

Mr Whipple really loved optics, instruments which use light to help scientists to see things. That means that the Whipple museum is packed with microscopes, telescopes and even spectacles and opera glasses! Come and explore some of our handling instruments, find out how to bend and reflect light and create your own spectacular spectacles.

 

Two drop-in sessions on this date, 1-2pm and 3-4pm.

This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2025.