| Mon 11 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Turning ideas into reality, award winning designer Tom Karen showcases examples of his drawings spanning more than six decades in the design industry. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Structure; visualising the unseen A fine art, print & sculpture exhibition by Elizabeth Fraser, Charlotte Morrison, Elizabeth Walker and Jane Pryor |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with Wolfson College, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:30AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - microworlds As the summer warms up, the mini-beasts get a wriggling! The Museum of Zoology visits the Whipple Museum to zoom in on the miniature worlds of insects, worms and other invertebrates featured in the collection. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
|
| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| Tue 12 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Turning ideas into reality, award winning designer Tom Karen showcases examples of his drawings spanning more than six decades in the design industry. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Structure; visualising the unseen A fine art, print & sculpture exhibition by Elizabeth Fraser, Charlotte Morrison, Elizabeth Walker and Jane Pryor |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Delivery by design: stamps in Antarctica Philately will get you everywhere...even Antarctica! Explore the art and history of stamps from Antarctica. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Reinventing the wheel: bicycles in the Polar Regions An exhibition demonstrating the use of bicycles in the Polar Regions |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with Wolfson College, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War See the first 7 months of WWI dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs & wood-engravings of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges & airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies & depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English & Scottish taking five o’clock tea & Indian soldiers at prayer. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The conservation of illuminated manuscript fragments This focused display highlights the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscript fragments and provides a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes into the world of contemporary conservation and some of the considerable challenges that these beautiful objects pose. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Crafting colour: beads, pattern and painting from the Kalahari Exhibition exploring the art work produced in D'Kar, western Botswana. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
|
| 1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art. |
|
| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 7:15PM - 8:15PM |
University social club swimming Cancelled This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals |
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| Wed 13 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Turning ideas into reality, award winning designer Tom Karen showcases examples of his drawings spanning more than six decades in the design industry. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Structure; visualising the unseen A fine art, print & sculpture exhibition by Elizabeth Fraser, Charlotte Morrison, Elizabeth Walker and Jane Pryor |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 10:00AM - 11:00AM |
Summer at the museums - going postal: storytelling and activity session Stories of the Polar Regions and the different ways we communicate with the rest of the world; ending with a craft making session where you can make your own Polar stamp inspired by our Polar post displays. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:30PM |
Summer at the museums - rockets! Another chance to design, build and launch rockets with our friends from the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Delivery by design: stamps in Antarctica Philately will get you everywhere...even Antarctica! Explore the art and history of stamps from Antarctica. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Reinventing the wheel: bicycles in the Polar Regions An exhibition demonstrating the use of bicycles in the Polar Regions |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with Wolfson College, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War See the first 7 months of WWI dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs & wood-engravings of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges & airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies & depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English & Scottish taking five o’clock tea & Indian soldiers at prayer. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The conservation of illuminated manuscript fragments This focused display highlights the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscript fragments and provides a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes into the world of contemporary conservation and some of the considerable challenges that these beautiful objects pose. |
|
| 10:30AM - 12:00PM |
Summer at the museums - beastly bedpans and deadly doorknobs 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 at this family art activity. |
|
| 10:30AM - 2:30PM |
Summer at the museums - mini-beasts Join us in making a ladybird, ant and bumble bee at this mini-beast themed family craft event. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Crafting colour: beads, pattern and painting from the Kalahari Exhibition exploring the art work produced in D'Kar, western Botswana. |
|
| 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - hands on with history Get hands on with history this summer and join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
|
| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - Tudor treasure Yes, Tudors actually lived at Denny, and if you can follow the clues you may be able to find their treasure! Then, make a treasure box to take it home in at our family craft session. |
|
| 1:00PM - 2:30PM |
Summer at the museums - beastly bedpans and deadly doorknobs 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 at this family art activity. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - garden lanterns Explore how light transforms coloured glass at the Stained Glass Museum and make a colourful glass lantern to take home and illuminate your garden. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - hands on with history Get hands on with history this summer and join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:30PM |
Summer at the museums - amazing automata Get hands-on at this family workshop and make your own moving creation using some model engineering. |
|
| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 6:30PM - 8:00PM |
Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday. |
|
| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
Philomel, directed by Philip Thorby, performs ballads and dances for Shakespeare's plays |
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| Thu 14 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Turning ideas into reality, award winning designer Tom Karen showcases examples of his drawings spanning more than six decades in the design industry. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Structure; visualising the unseen A fine art, print & sculpture exhibition by Elizabeth Fraser, Charlotte Morrison, Elizabeth Walker and Jane Pryor |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Delivery by design: stamps in Antarctica Philately will get you everywhere...even Antarctica! Explore the art and history of stamps from Antarctica. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Reinventing the wheel: bicycles in the Polar Regions An exhibition demonstrating the use of bicycles in the Polar Regions |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with Wolfson College, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War See the first 7 months of WWI dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs & wood-engravings of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges & airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies & depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English & Scottish taking five o’clock tea & Indian soldiers at prayer. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The conservation of illuminated manuscript fragments This focused display highlights the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscript fragments and provides a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes into the world of contemporary conservation and some of the considerable challenges that these beautiful objects pose. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Crafting colour: beads, pattern and painting from the Kalahari Exhibition exploring the art work produced in D'Kar, western Botswana. |
|
| 11:00AM - 3:00PM |
Summer at the museums - Woodgreen furry fun day Woodgreen returns to Ely Museum for a fun day of pet toy making, meeting small furry friends and getting answers to pet questions. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
|
| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - Tudor treasure Yes, Tudors actually lived at Denny, and if you can follow the clues you may be able to find their treasure! Then, make a treasure box to take it home in at our family craft session. |
|
| 1:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - meet the Romans Step back 2,000 years in time as we learn about the Romans. Try on Roman armour, make your own Roman sword, follow our Romans trail and more! |
|
| 2:00PM - 5:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family fun, fenland crafts and wacky windmills Join us for an afternoon of family crafts and activities with a fens and windmills theme. |
|
| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| Fri 15 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Turning ideas into reality, award winning designer Tom Karen showcases examples of his drawings spanning more than six decades in the design industry. |
|
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Structure; visualising the unseen A fine art, print & sculpture exhibition by Elizabeth Fraser, Charlotte Morrison, Elizabeth Walker and Jane Pryor |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Delivery by design: stamps in Antarctica Philately will get you everywhere...even Antarctica! Explore the art and history of stamps from Antarctica. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Reinventing the wheel: bicycles in the Polar Regions An exhibition demonstrating the use of bicycles in the Polar Regions |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with Wolfson College, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War See the first 7 months of WWI dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs & wood-engravings of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges & airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies & depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English & Scottish taking five o’clock tea & Indian soldiers at prayer. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The conservation of illuminated manuscript fragments This focused display highlights the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscript fragments and provides a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes into the world of contemporary conservation and some of the considerable challenges that these beautiful objects pose. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Crafting colour: beads, pattern and painting from the Kalahari Exhibition exploring the art work produced in D'Kar, western Botswana. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the Museums - books and beyond Explore the Museum's special exhibition, Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond. Get hands on with drop-in activities and crafts for all the family. |
|
| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Highlight Musica Transalpina Students of the Renaissance Music Summer School perform music for voices and instruments |
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| Sat 16 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Delivery by design: stamps in Antarctica Philately will get you everywhere...even Antarctica! Explore the art and history of stamps from Antarctica. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Reinventing the wheel: bicycles in the Polar Regions An exhibition demonstrating the use of bicycles in the Polar Regions |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War See the first 7 months of WWI dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs & wood-engravings of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges & airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies & depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English & Scottish taking five o’clock tea & Indian soldiers at prayer. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Summer at the museums - 1940s day A full day of events and activities for all the family with a 1940s twist. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The conservation of illuminated manuscript fragments This focused display highlights the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscript fragments and provides a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes into the world of contemporary conservation and some of the considerable challenges that these beautiful objects pose. |
|
| 10:30AM - 12:30PM |
Summer at the museums - ask the experts and feel a fossil Bring along your geological specimens – rocks, minerals and fossils and our experts from the Sedgwick Museum and the Museum of Zoology will help you identify them. Nothing to identify? Then test your own knowledge and get hands on with some specimens from the Sedgwick and Zoology museums' collections. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Crafting colour: beads, pattern and painting from the Kalahari Exhibition exploring the art work produced in D'Kar, western Botswana. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
|
| 12:00PM - 1:00PM |
Westron Wynde: masterpieces of Tudor England The Mercian Consort, directed by Alexander Berry, sing music from Elizabethan England by Tye, Parsons, Sheppard and Taverner |
|
| 1:30PM - 3:30PM |
Summer at the museums - ask the experts and feel a fossil Bring along your geological specimens – rocks, minerals and fossils and our experts from the Sedgwick Museum and the Museum of Zoology will help you identify them. Nothing to identify? Then test your own knowledge and get hands on with some specimens from the Sedgwick and Zoology museums' collections. |
|
| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
|
| Sun 17 August 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition by Resident Artist Sula Rubens Sula Rubens reveals the life and soul of Michaelhouse |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Summer at the museums - 1940s day A full day of events and activities for all the family with a 1940s twist. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
|
| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Crafting colour: beads, pattern and painting from the Kalahari Exhibition exploring the art work produced in D'Kar, western Botswana. |
|
| 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War See the first 7 months of WWI dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs & wood-engravings of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges & airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies & depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English & Scottish taking five o’clock tea & Indian soldiers at prayer. |
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The conservation of illuminated manuscript fragments This focused display highlights the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscript fragments and provides a unique glimpse behind-the-scenes into the world of contemporary conservation and some of the considerable challenges that these beautiful objects pose. |
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| 1:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - studio Sunday 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. |
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| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece. |
