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This year we're bringing the museums to you!Normally, the summer is a busy time for museums with all sorts of family events and activities happening throughout the holidays. This year, although many of our museums are not open to visitors just yet, you can still enjoy some museum-themed fun. See the University of Cambridge Museums website for detai…

The staff of the Whipple Museum are saddened to learn of the passing of longtime friend of the Museum Francis Hookham, who died peacefully on March 25th. Francis is known to many of our visitors through his much-loved collection of pocket electronic calculators, which he donated to the Museum in 1988. The collection was begun in 1975, just as elect…

Objects and Investigations: to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of CambridgeThe diverse objects of The Whipple Museum of the History of Science's internationally renowned collection are brought into sharp relief by a number of highly regarded historians of science in fourteen essays.Each chapter focuses on a …

Novermber 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of Robert Whipple's donation of scientific instruments and rare books to the University of CambridgeWe are celebrating this with an exhibition dedicated to his collection, which is the foundation of the internationally renowned Whipple Museum of the History of Science.Located in the Special Exhibition Gall…