Sat 23 March 2024 | 12:00AM |
![]() Pick of the month Cambridge Festival 2024 The Cambridge Festival returns for 2024. |
9:00AM - 4:30PM |
![]() Highlight Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction Cambridge University Library's exhibition celebrates the richness of twentieth century British crime fiction through a creative lens, from its origins to contemporary best sellers. |
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9:00AM - 7:00PM |
![]() Cambridge Creative Encounters Exhibition The Cambridge Creative Encounters exhibition showcases the creative outcomes of the 2023 edition of the project, bringing together researchers from the University of Cambridge and creative professionals. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
![]() Pick of the month Cambridge Festival Family Weekend Join Cambridge Festival for a free weekend of talks, workshops and hands-on activities for the whole family! From Amazing Animals to Romani storytelling, from bubble science to virtual reality; this is a weekend full of ideas to spark your curiosity and imagination. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
![]() Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new. |
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10:00AM - 4:30PM |
Grow a Backbone Family Day at the Museum It's a Family Day at the Museum of Zoology - object handling, crafts & more. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
![]() Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology explores the traces of where people have lived, worked and died for thousands of years in Cambridgeshire. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
![]() Crazy Cone Caper self-led trail Join us for a fantastic whodunit mystery this winter and track down who has been stealing seeds from pinecones! |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
![]() International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition 2024 Enjoy exploring a selection of winning garden photos |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
![]() Embark on the enchanting Student Poetry Trail at the Botanic Garden. Discover the hidden voices of plants through poetry! |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
![]() Highlight Exhibition: The Goddess, the Deity & the Cyborg Drawing from the works in The Women’s Art Collection as well as loans from public and private collections, the exhibition explores the enduring appeal of the goddess and traces how artists have adapted and even transformed the goddess into an ambiguous figure undefined by gender or even bodily form. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM on Tue 18 June 2024 |
![]() Highlight William Blake’s Universe Discover William Blake’s universe and a constellation of European artists seeking spirituality in their lives and art in response to war, revolution and political turbulence. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
![]() The Weird World of Carnivorous Plants As part of Cambridge Festival, learn about the weird and wonderful carnivorous plants that call the Botanic Garden their home. |
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11:00AM - 5:00PM |
![]() Since 2011 Issam Kourbaj’s artwork has responded to the ongoing conflict in Syria, and reflects on the suffering of his fellow Syrians and the destruction of his cultural heritage. |
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1:00PM - 2:00PM |
How to confirm an outbreak: an interactive, hands on session for budding disease detectives Interactive and hands-on workshop with epidemiologist Dr Charlotte Hammer |
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6:30PM - 7:30PM |
![]() Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ... |
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7:30PM - 9:15PM |
![]() Music by Dora Peja?evi?, Ravel and Prokofiev, including Ravel's G manor piano concerto |