Summer at the Museums 24 July – 3 September 2014
Thursday 24 July
The Iron Age Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Make reed swans and ducks with artist Sue Kirk. Part of the Living on Land and Water exhibition.
Celtic shield making – make a Celtic face and use Celtic printing blocks.
All ages
What’s On
FREE (donations welcomed) – Drop-in
Archaeology Day Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey Another chance to find out what is really inside ancient poo! See real archaeologists at work, and lend a hand. Then have a go at searching for finds. 12.00 – 16.00
Discover hands-on family fun in Cambridge and beyond
All ages Normal admission applies – Drop-in
www.cam.ac.uk/museums/summer
Friday 25 July
@camunivmuseums #SatM2014
Cambridge Science Centre, Cambridge, CB5 8BQ www.cambridgesciencecentre.org 01223 967965
Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon, PE29 3LF www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/museums/cromwell Ely Museum, Ely, CB7 4LS
www.elymuseum.org.uk
01480 375 830 01353 666655
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PQ www.dennyfarmlandmuseum.org.uk 01223 860988 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, CB2 1RB www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk 01223 332904 Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ www.kettlesyard.co.uk 01223 748100 Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ www.maa.cam.ac.uk 01223 333516 Museum of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ www.museumofcambridge.org.uk 01223 355159
Tuesday 29 July
The Polar Museum, Cambridge, CB2 1ER www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum 01223 336540 Ramsey Rural Museum, Ramsey, PE26 2XD www.ramseyruralmuseum.co.uk 01487 815715
Join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections. 11.00 – 13.00/14.00 – 16.00 All ages
Our first tour for children. Find out all about the Polar Regions and everything from explorers to shamanism. Create your own Polar stamp in a craft session inspired by our Polar Post displays. 10.00 – 11.00 Ages 7 – 13 FREE – Pre-book museumevents@spri.cam.ac.uk
Learn about these fascinating creatures and find out more about where they lived. Follow the slippery trail and make your own eel-man.
All ages
Family Drop-In: Light & Reflection Stained Glass Museum, Ely Get creative – use recycled translucent and reflective materials to create an artwork inspired by stained glass and mirrors. 14.00 – 16.00
FREE – Drop-in
Thursday 31 July ‘Boy’ Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Boy’s cave is cold. Can he find somewhere warm to sleep? Join him on his prehistoric adventure to find out! Storytelling for under-5’s and their families.
Under-5’s FREE – Pre-book boystorytelling.eventbrite.co.uk
Oscar & Arabella: Hot Hot Hot Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, CB2 3ER ww.sedgwickmuseum.org 01223 333456 Stained Glass Museum, Ely, CB7 4DL www.stainedglassmuseum.com 01353 660347
14.00 – 16.00
11.45 – 12.45
Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Wisbech, PE13 1ES www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk 01945 583817
Ages 7 – 11
Under-5’s
FREE – Pre-book 01223 330402/ museum-educationclassics.cam.ac.uk
FREE – Pre-book oscararabella.eventbrite.co.uk
Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, CB2 3RH www.hps.cam.ac.uk 01223 330906
Studio Sunday Kettle’s Yard
All ages
Join us in the Learning Studio to make your own artwork inspired by our exhibitions and collection. A chance to explore, chat, sketch, make and play.
Normal admission applies – Drop-in
13.00 – 16.00
12.00 – 16.00
Awesome Artefacts: Romans Handling Session Museum of Classical Archaeology Fancy a chance to handle real Roman artefacts? Come along to find out what these 2,000-year-old objects can teach us about life in ancient Rome. 14.00 – 15.00 Ages 7 – 11 FREE – Pre-book 01223 330402/ museum-education@classics.cam.ac.uk
Eels Alive! Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Uncover yet another dastardly crime in the Museum. Look for clues and put together the evidence, tell the story and find the culprit with storyteller Marion Leeper. Just follow the trail of pomegranate seeds…
Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JL www.uttlesford.gov.uk/museum 1799 510333
Sunday 3 August
All ages FREE – Drop-in
Monday 4 August Can You Believe Your Eyes? Whipple Museum of the History of Science Explore the magical world of optical illusions through amazing scientific instruments at the Whipple Museum. Make your own spyglasses and thaumatrope to take home. 13.00 – 16.00
10.30 – 11.30
CSI Classics: Detectives at the Museum Museum of Classical Archaeology
Learn about these fascinating creatures and find out more about where they lived. Follow the slippery trail and make your own eel-man.
Normal admission applies (children under 18 FREE) – Drop-in
Ages 5+
Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, CB3 9DA www.classics.cam.ac.uk 01223 330402 Norris Museum, St Ives, PE27 5BX www.norrismuseum.org.uk 1480 497314
Hands-On with History Saffron Walden Museum
Normal admission applies – Drop-in
Putting Your Stamp on The Polar Museum: A Children’s Tour of the Museum The Polar Museum
Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, CB2 1JE www.botanic.cam.ac.uk 01223 336265
50p per child – Drop-in
Get creative and drop into the Museum to design your very own Roman mosaic.
FREE – Drop-in
Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cambridge, CB5 8LD www.museumoftechnology.com info@museumoftechnology.com
All ages
12.00 – 16.00
Ages 5+
Burwell Museum & Windmill, Burwell, CB25 0HL www.burwellmuseum.org.uk 01638 605544
10.30 – 14.30
Mosaic Madness Museum of Classical Archaeology
14.00 – 16.00
Museum Information
Wednesday 30 July
Weave with Rush & Reed The Norris Museum, St Ives
11.00 – 15.00
Like Cambridge University Museums
Eels Alive! Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
What’s On Where
Meet two woolly mammoths who don’t like hot weather – and find out what they do about it!
Wednesday 6 August Rockets! Cambridge Museum of Technology Another chance to design, build and launch rockets with our friends from the University Engineering Department. 10.00 – 12.30
Normal admission applies – Pre-book info@museumoftechnology.com
Fossil Imprints Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Come and make your own fossil rubbing of footprints, frogs, pterosaurs and much more. See if you can find similar fossils in the museum collection. 10.30 – 12.30/13.30 – 15.30
(this workshop will take place in the nearby Huntingdon Library). Make your own puppet to take home and create your own show! 10.30 – 12.30 Ages 7 – 10 £10 – Pre-book 01480 375830/ cromwellmuseum@ cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Bear Hunting in the Garden Cambridge University Botanic Garden
(activity takes place at Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology)
Pop in during Art Week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. Explore and experiment using art materials and the museum collection for inspiration.
FREE – Drop-in
11.00 – 15.00
11.00 – 13.00/14.00 – 16.00
Ages 3+
All ages
£3 per child and normal admission for adults – Drop-in
Normal admission applies (children under 18 FREE) – Drop-in
Puppet Show: Robin Hood & His Merry Men Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon (if raining, the performance will take place in the nearby Huntingdon Library).
Family Art Week Fitzwilliam Museum Pop in during Art Week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. Explore and experiment using art materials and the museum collection for inspiration.
Games, Games, Games! Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
11.00 – 13.00/14.00 – 16.00
Celebrate the Commonwealth Games – join in some alternative sports and go for gold.
14.00 – 15.00
All ages
12.00 – 16.00
All ages
FREE – Drop-in
All ages
FREE – Drop-in
Family First Saturdays Fitzwilliam Museum On the first Saturday of each month visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point. Collect drawing materials, activities and trails to use throughout the Museum, exploring a variety of themes. 14.00 – 16.00 All ages FREE – Drop-in
Changes Changes Museum of Classical Archaeology Come along to the Museum to hear wonderful myths about people who turned into trees and bears with storyteller Marion Leeper. Design your own person-turnedinto-a-plant and tell their story. 14.00 – 16.00 Ages 4 – 7 FREE – Pre-book 01223 330402/ museum-education@classics.cam.ac.uk
Dance workshops – Pre-book: 10.30/11.30/12.30
Design and build your own glass coaster or small panel and learn how to cut glass into shapes.
Wednesday 13 August Going Postal: Storytelling & Activity Session The Polar Museum Hear stories of the Polar Regions and explore the ways we communicate with the rest of the world. Make your own Polar stamp in a craft session inspired by our Polar Post displays. 10.00 – 11.00 Ages 4 – 8 Free – Pre-book museumevents@spri.cam.ac.uk
Rockets! Cambridge Museum of Technology
Family Fun, Fenland Crafts & Wacky Windmills Burwell Museum & Windmill
Another chance to design, build and launch rockets with our friends from the University Engineering Department. 10.00 – 12.30
14.00 – 17.00
Ages 8+
All ages
Ages 4 – 12
Normal admission applies – 01223 355159/ events@museumofcambridge.org.uk
£2 per child – Drop-in
Normal admission applies – Pre-book info@museumoftechnology.com
Sunday 10 August
Fun crafts and activities with a Wind in the Willows theme.
Model Railway Day Ramsey Rural Museum
11.00 – 12.30
Come and see miniature railways past and present and take a ride on a mini steam traction engine.
Ages 5 – 11 £3 – Pre-book 01353 666655/ admin@elymuseum.org.uk
10.00 – 17.00 All ages Normal admission applies – Drop-in
Studio Sunday Kettle’s Yard
Family Art Week Fitzwilliam Museum Pop in during Art Week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. Explore and experiment using art materials and the museum collection for inspiration.
Join us in the Learning Studio to make your own artwork inspired by our exhibitions and collection. A chance to explore, chat, sketch, make and play. 13.00 – 16.00 All ages FREE – Drop-in
All ages
Mini Beasts Wisbech & Fenland Museum Have a go at making a ladybird, ant and bumble bee. 10.30 – 14.30 All ages 50p per child – Drop-in
Beastly Bedpans & Deadly Doorknobs: Art Workshop Museum of Cambridge Take one old, un-used object and transform it into a beastly, mythical creature! Join artist Abi Stevens who will help you bring your ideas to life. 10.30 – 12.00/13.00 – 14.30 Ages 5 – 13
11.00 – 13.00/14.00 – 16.00
Monday 11 August
£2 – Pre-book 01223 355159/ events@museumofcambridge.org.uk
FREE – Drop-in
Microworlds Museum of Zoology
Hands-On with History Saffron Walden Museum
(activity takes place at Whipple Museum of the History of Science)
Join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections.
The Museum of Zoology visits the Whipple Museum to zoom in on the miniature worlds of insects, worms and other invertebrates. Join us for a close look at the creepy crawlies living all around us!
Normal admission applies – Drop-in
Art & Alchemy: Glass Fusing Workshop I Stained Glass Museum, Ely
Ages 7 – 11
Dance your way back in time and learn medieval, Tudor and folk dances or make your own ‘Diddy Dancer’ puppet to take to the smallest disco in town!
FREE – Drop-in
Join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections.
14.00 – 15.00
Dance Through the Decades Museum of Cambridge
All ages
Make a bear mask and go on your very own bear hunt in the Garden.
Fancy a chance to handle real Greek artefacts? Find out what these ancient objects can teach us about life in ancient Greece.
Thursday 7 August
11:00 – 13:00/14:00 – 16:00
Hands-On with History Saffron Walden Museum
Awesome Artefacts: Greeks Handling Session Museum of Classical Archaeology
FREE – Pre-book 01223 330402/ museum-education@classics.cam.ac.uk
Wind in the Willows Ely Museum Family Art Week Fitzwilliam Museum
All ages
Normal admission applies – Pre-book info@museumoftechnology.com
FREE – Drop-in
Can You Stand the Heat?! Museum of Zoology
10.30 – 13.00
Ages 8+
All ages
Tuesday 5 August
Discover how animals have adapted to life in the hottest parts of the world. Crafts, trails and real animal specimens from the Museum of Zoology.
14.00 – 16.30
Craft workshop – Drop-in: 10.30 – 14.30
FREE – Drop-in
Puppet Making Workshop Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon
Get hands-on with some model engineering to make your own moving model.
Ages 8+
All ages
Saturday 2 August
Amazing Automata Cambridge Museum of Technology
10.30 – 13.00
Games, Games, Games! Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
All ages FREE – Drop-in
11.00 – 13.00/14.00 – 16.00 All ages Normal admission applies – Drop-in
Tudor Treasure Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
14.00 – 16.00
Celebrate the Commonwealth Games – join in some alternative sports and go for gold.
Tudors actually lived at Denny. If you follow the clues you may be able to find their treasure. Then make a treasure box to take it home in.
Ages 8+
12.00 – 16.00
12.00 – 16.00
£10 per child – Pre-book 01353 660347/ events@stainedglassmuseum.com
All ages
All ages
Normal admission applies – Drop-in
Normal admission applies – Drop-in