Summer at the Museums 2025: Optics and Observations

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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 free, hands-on activities in the Learning Gallery this summer.

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.

Mark your calendars—here’s when we’ll be hosting sessions:

  • Monday 28, Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 July, 3-4pm
  • Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6 August, 3-4pm
  • Saturday 16 August, 1-2pm and 3-4pm