What's On: What's On

Sat 14 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.

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

Old Paper Roots: How to Grow a Library

The 17th-century Old Library of St John’s College presents an exhibition on the relationship between paper and plants, with a show-and-tell corner exploring the various ways in which books are made.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

The Famous Facets of The Painted Church

'The Famous Facets of The Painted Church' will enable visitors to take a deeper look into the people connected with All Saints Church including the architect GF Bodley, Arts & Crafts Artists like William Morris, Ford Madox Brown and Edward Burne-Jones and the ecclesiastical textiles of Watts & Co, a firm co founded 150 years ago by Bodley.

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 - 4:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Art Exhibition: 'Life Within Landscapes'

Visit Wolfson's latest art exhibition, 'Life Within Landscapes', showcasing works by three Cambridge-based female contemporary artists, inspired by their Caribbean heritage, open to the public, Saturday and Sundays, 10am - 5pm.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Life Within Landscapes: Caribbean - Cambridge Art, Now

This exhibition is a celebration of the Caribbean landscape and the people that inhabit it - the remarkable flora and the fauna, unique colours and light, diverse forms of visual expression and tapestry of cultures.

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 - 4:00PM

Makespace Open Day

Cambridge's community makerspace has provided a home to over 10 years of making, inventing and collaboration in the heart of the city. See products, prototypes and creations from science and engineering to craft and arts as well as the wide range of equipment on site our 400 members have used to make them.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight ALISON WILDING RA: By the Mark - and the Line below the Loaf

An exhibition of four decades of drawings by Alison Wilding RA.

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Cambridge Off-The-Beaten-Track Walking Tour

No ordinary walking tour! This will include various things we are quietly confident will be new even to locals and we’ll go to one site that holds more than a few fascinating stories – the University Library site!

2:00PM - 3:30PM

?CARVING A CHARACTER: THE HIDDEN CRAFT OF THE NOH MASK 14 SEP 2024

Master craftsperson and second-generation Noh mask-maker, KITAZAWA Hideta, will introduce the fascinating world of Noh masks

2:00PM - 4:00PM

George Mallory: Magdalene to the Mountain

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

2:00PM - 4:00PM

The Lawrence Room, Girton College

Small, friendly museum displaying local Roman and Anglo-Saxon finds, artefacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, Syria and more.

6:00PM

LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS at Murray Edwards College Cancelled

Murray Edwards College is excited to partner with Enchanted Cinema to bring The Last Night of the Proms to the big screen.

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025

Sat 14 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.
	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	Old Paper Roots: How to Grow a Library The 17th-century Old Library of St John’s College presents an exhibition on the relationship between paper and plants, with a show-and-tell corner exploring the various ways in which books are made.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	The Famous Facets of The Painted Church 'The Famous Facets of The Painted Church' will enable visitors to take a deeper look into the people connected with All Saints Church including the architect GF Bodley, Arts & Crafts Artists like William Morris, Ford Madox Brown and Edward Burne-Jones and the ecclesiastical textiles of Watts & Co, a firm co founded 150 years ago by Bodley.
	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 - 4:00PM	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.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Art Exhibition: 'Life Within Landscapes' Visit Wolfson's latest art exhibition, 'Life Within Landscapes', showcasing works by three Cambridge-based female contemporary artists, inspired by their Caribbean heritage, open to the public, Saturday and Sundays, 10am - 5pm.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Life Within Landscapes: Caribbean - Cambridge Art, Now This exhibition is a celebration of the Caribbean landscape and the people that inhabit it - the remarkable flora and the fauna, unique colours and light, diverse forms of visual expression and tapestry of cultures.
	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 - 4:00PM	Makespace Open Day Cambridge's community makerspace has provided a home to over 10 years of making, inventing and collaboration in the heart of the city. See products, prototypes and creations from science and engineering to craft and arts as well as the wide range of equipment on site our 400 members have used to make them.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Highlight ALISON WILDING RA: By the Mark - and the Line below the Loaf An exhibition of four decades of drawings by Alison Wilding RA.
	1:30PM - 2:30PM	Cambridge Off-The-Beaten-Track Walking Tour No ordinary walking tour! This will include various things we are quietly confident will be new even to locals and we’ll go to one site that holds more than a few fascinating stories – the University Library site!
	2:00PM - 3:30PM	?CARVING A CHARACTER: THE HIDDEN CRAFT OF THE NOH MASK 14 SEP 2024 Master craftsperson and second-generation Noh mask-maker, KITAZAWA Hideta, will introduce the fascinating world of Noh masks
	2:00PM - 4:00PM	George Mallory: Magdalene to the Mountain An exhibition reflecting on the life and career of George Mallory.
	2:00PM - 4:00PM	The Lawrence Room, Girton College Small, friendly museum displaying local Roman and Anglo-Saxon finds, artefacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, Syria and more.
	6:00PM	LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS at Murray Edwards College Cancelled Murray Edwards College is excited to partner with Enchanted Cinema to bring The Last Night of the Proms to the big screen.