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Sun 24 November 2024 2:00AM - 2:45AM

Pride in Nature LGBTQ+ Tour

Join our volunteer guides as they share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world.

10:00AM

The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle

The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle is a group exhibition that explores the history and development of The Women’s Art Collection.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Little Robin’s Christmas Trail

Christmas is little Robin Redbreast’s favourite time of year. She visits all the festive plants in the Garden, and this year, you’re invited too!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Art Exhibition: 'On Being One'

Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'On Being One' featuring work by visual artist Sophy Rickett, open to the public, Saturday and Sundays, 10.00 - 17.00.

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 - 12:00PM

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!

11:00AM - 5:00PM

A G E N D A Yevheniia Laptii: Cherkaski Tyshky

This display features a selection of photographs by the Ukrainian artist Yevheniia Laptii (b. 1992, Kharkiv).

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Barbara Hepworth: ‘a work of mine in your house’

This new display brings together works by Barbara Hepworth that are not ordinarily on permanent display in the Kettle’s Yard house.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa

Presenting new and recent paintings, this exhibition will be Portia Zvavahera’s first solo exhibition at a public gallery in Europe.

11:30AM - 1:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place

Experience the work of American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon in this landmark exhibition bringing together works by the artist alongside his unique interventions in The Fitzwilliam Museum's galleries.

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown

A guided tour through the lovely centre of Cambridge which explores the inspiring, shocking and delightful stories of its women. From poets to bedders, from scientists to social reformers - get to know some of these amazing hidden figures.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Fitzwilliam String Quartet

The Fitzwilliam String Quartet open their series of four concerts at Clare Hall with a selection of Bach, Mozart, and Schubert.