WHAT'S ON

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

CBC Wellness Campaign: Menopause - Everything you ever wanted to know

An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk

12:30PM - 1:30PM

In this CBC Wellness Campaign webinar you will have the opportunity to learn more about the menopause from local expert Dr Susanna Unsworth

1:00PM - 3:30PM

Highlight Meet and Make at the Polar Museum

Join us for our new wellbeing and making workshops for adults at the Polar Museum! Meet and Make at the Museum sessions are all about giving you a supportive and social space to be creative.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Matthew Adler "Measuring Social Welfare, with Priority for the Worse Off"

Matthew Adler will discuss Measuring Social Welfare, with a particular focus on prioritarianism.

6:15PM - 7:45PM

Iyengar Yoga Class

Small class with experienced teacher Robert Ashman.

Tue 24 May 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk

10:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight True to Nature: Open Air Painting in Europe 1780

In this unique exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moment in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

Wed 25 May 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk

10:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight True to Nature: Open Air Painting in Europe 1780

In this unique exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moment in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

'Climate Change : Is global warming unstoppable?'

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

6:30PM - 9:00PM

The Friends of Cam Sight are delighted to present an evening with Sir David King who will be giving a talk on 'Climate Change : Is global warming unstoppable?' on Wednesday 25 May.

7:00PM - 8:00PM

Butterfly Talk: Helping us to understand climate change

Join us on Zoom for this free online talk with Professor Jane Hill, Professor of Ecology at the University of York

Thu 26 May 2022

9:00AM - 2:30PM

Beyond cooking: global histories of food-making and gender across the early modern world

This interdisciplinary conference brings into dialogue diverse geographies, disciplines and approaches to reflect on the gender dimension of food and cooking in the crucial period of the early globalisation.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk

10:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight True to Nature: Open Air Painting in Europe 1780

In this unique exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moment in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Beyond cooking: global histories of food-making and gender across the early modern world

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

Fri 27 May 2022

9:00AM - 1:00PM

This interdisciplinary conference brings into dialogue diverse geographies, disciplines and approaches to reflect on the gender dimension of food and cooking in the crucial period of the early globalisation.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

CLASSROOM COURSE Introduction to watercolour

An exhibition of paintings and ceramics curated by Ben Risk

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Explore, experience and learn how watercolour works with professional painter John Wiltshire

10:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight True to Nature: Open Air Painting in Europe 1780

In this unique exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moment in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Pepys Library Tours

A tour of the Pepys Library with Dr Jane Hughes, Pepys Librarian and Fellow of Magdalene College.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

PROFESSOR MARY BEARD: FINAL LECTURE FOR NEWNHAM'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

5:30PM - 6:30PM

PROFESSOR MARY BEARD “WHAT JANE ELLEN HARRISON STILL TEACHES US: WOMEN, CAMBRIDGE AND CLASSICS NOW”

5:30PM - 7:00PM

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 James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides.

Sat 28 May 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Faces of Cambridge American Cemetery - Forever Young

They were your age or younger. The brave young Americans who gave their lives in World War II. This year marks the 80th Anniversary of their arrival in the UK, the start of Operation Bolero, and The Friendly Invasion. We celebrate them all at the Cambridge American Cemetery – and now we’ve put a face to their memory. Come and meet them for one very special US Memorial Day Weekend.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Samurai are a well-known image of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. Our Samurai: History and Legend exhibition explores the literary concept of the samurai and the changing nature of Japanese warrior culture from the 12th to the 19th centuries.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight True to Nature: Open Air Painting in Europe 1780

In this unique exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moment in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Uncomfortable Cambridge Tours

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by internationally renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing) in which new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects

2:30PM - 4:30PM

Discover Cambridge in a different way on this guided walking tour, focusing on the uncomfortable stories of power and privilege which have shaped both the university and the city.

Sun 29 May 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Faces of Cambridge American Cemetery - Forever Young

They were your age or younger. The brave young Americans who gave their lives in World War II. This year marks the 80th Anniversary of their arrival in the UK, the start of Operation Bolero, and The Friendly Invasion. We celebrate them all at the Cambridge American Cemetery – and now we’ve put a face to their memory. Come and meet them for one very special US Memorial Day Weekend.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition chiefly of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings, as seen through contemporary eyes.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight True to Nature: Open Air Painting in Europe 1780

In this unique exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moment in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.

11:00AM - 5:00PM