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Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025

Be part of a transformative three-day event uniting global thinkers, scholars, and leaders to shape the future—sign up today!

Tue 10 September 2024 12:00AM

Pick of the month Open Cambridge

A celebration of local history, Open Cambridge is back taking place 6-15 September 2024.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Nature • Line • Colour

An exhibition of paintings, etchings and linocuts by Louise Stebbing, Jane Ashdown and Bette Spektorov.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Autumn Art Adventure

Our Autumn Art Adventure is back!

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.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Wolfson's Poetry Trail

A self-guided trail around the Wolfson College gardens featuring extracts of poetry written by Wolfson staff and students from our latest WolfWords poetry anthology "a little branch".

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Wolfson's Tree Trail

A self-guided Tree Trail around the beautiful and varied garden 'rooms' of the grounds at Wolfson College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight National Treasures: Botticelli in Cambridge

Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece ‘Venus and Mars’ is the highlight of our exciting new display exploring ideas of sex and power, gender and the body through classical mythology and Italian art of the 1400s and 1500s.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight 70 Years of New Hall & Murray Edwards College

70 years ago, New Hall opened as the third foundation for women at the University of Cambridge on a shoestring with just 16 students. This exhibition traces the history of a women's college,

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Megan Rooney: Echoes & Hours

This is the first major solo exhibition in the UK of work by Megan Rooney (b. 1985, South Africa). Her paintings have an irresistible life and energy, renewing the potential of abstraction to embody the richness of the visual world.

12:00PM - 2:00PM

Wren Library

The Wren Library at Trinity College is one of Christopher Wren’s great masterpieces of architecture. Come and admire the building and view our exhibitions which this year feature our Byron collection and books about gardening.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

George Mallory: Magdalene to the Mountain

An exhibition reflecting on the life and career of George Mallory.

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Hertha Ayrton: 'A Shining Light'

A prolific inventor and suffrage campaigner, Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923) was one of Cambridge University’s first female scientists. Despite winning prestigious awards for her research into electricity and sand ripples, she was excluded from the Royal Society, but has now become an iconic figurehead encouraging women to pursue scientific careers.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Electric Dreaming: Artificial Intelligence in Culture and Art

Artists, AI researchers, and community experts showcase the potentials and pitfalls of AI for the art industry.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Frederick Leach: A Well-connected and Much-travelled Cambridge Artworkman

Mill Road History presents a talk by Shelley Lockwood who will introduce us to the beautiful and extensive work of Mr Leach of City Road