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Sat 28 February 10:00AM - 4:00PM

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

Houseplants: creating a indoor jungle

Join Glasshouse Senior Horticulturist Kathryn Bray to learn the secrets of creating an indoor oasis where your houseplants will flourish.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Visit the Winter Garden

Enjoy flowers, foliage, stems, structure and scent throughout the winter months.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Made in Ancient Egypt

From elaborately decorated coffins to the Books of the Dead, ancient Egyptians produced objects which remain iconic today. But who were the makers behind them and how were they made?

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition: Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig

Step inside the world of Angelina Ballerina as the Museum of Cambridge opens a new exhibition ‘Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig’!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Talking Plants

Step into the Glasshouse and experience plants in a completely new way!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

War Craft

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Reframing the Past: Historical landscapes of Spain - Dr Elizabeth Drayson

These paintings are not conventional landscapes, as they trace the history of Spanish towns, cities and historical sites in their landscape from earliest times to the present, using techniques of medieval narrative painting as well as contemporary abstraction.

10:00AM - 5:00PM on Tue 19 May

Laetitzia Campbell: On Your Way Home, What Did You Find?

A solo exhibition by a British-French textile artist Laetitzia Campbell, who has Jamaican heritage, presented in collaboration with Ed Cross Fine Art.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Harold Offeh: Mmm Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet

The first major solo exhibition of Harold Offeh’s work in a UK institution, this exhibition will explore two decades of the artist’s videos, performances and projects that have taken place across the world.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

Hidden Cambridge’s latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

1:30PM - 4:30PM

Day of Performances

Join us for a day of performances at Kettle’s Yard by artists Samra Mayanja, Harold Offeh, and others.

2:00PM

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Otto Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

2:00PM - 6:00PM

Cornelia Parker: One Day This Glass Will Break

A Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition of twenty large-scale photogravures by Cornelia Parker from three experimental series: Fox Talbot’s Articles of Glass (2017); One Day This Glass Will Break (2015); and Thirty Pieces of Silver (exposed) (2015). Taken together, the series explores the artist’s fascination with the physical properties of objects, materials and their histories.

4:00PM

Samulnori Workshop

A friendly workshop for students, staff, and local community members in Korean drumming – all welcome!

7:00PM

Dastaan: Tales from the roots of Indian Classical Music: Global Sounds Festival

Student and community members of the Indian Classical Music Society perform a variety of instrumental and vocal Hindustani and Carnatic Indian Classical music.

8:00PM

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Otto Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor