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Mon 13 February 2012 8:30AM - 5:00PM

Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling.

Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books

Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

9:00AM - 8:00PM

John Wonnacott exhibition

A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits

9:30AM - 3:30PM

Archaeological discovery days - time travel for beginners

Led by Dr Carenza Lewis, well-known from Channel 4’s Time Team, Discovery Days are Half-Term holiday courses which introduce new knowledge, ideas and approaches from the multi-disciplinary subject of archaeology in practical hands-on activities.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Highlight Attention seekers

Some artworks are big and shouty, others are small and whispery. Join artist Jo Chapman to hunt out artworks in the house and make your own attention-seeking or bashful creation. For 5-8 year olds and their parents/carers

10:15AM - 1:15PM

Family birdwatching workshops

Discover how to identify birds with wildlife expert David Chandler and try out your newly acquired bird spotting skills in the Botanic Garden. Places are limited so please book in advance.

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Feminist debates over NRTs revisited: or whatever happened to FINRRAGE?

Professor Sarah Franklin, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge will give the next Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar

1:00PM - 3:00PM

Highlight Attention seekers

Some artworks are big and shouty, others are small and whispery. Join artist Jo Chapman to hunt out artworks in the house and make your own attention-seeking or bashful creation. For 5-8 year olds and their parents/carers

2:00PM - 4:00PM

People’s portraits exhibition

The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Gilding the lily: understanding angiospearm diversity through petal evolutionand development

Lecture by Dr Beverley Glover of the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge