Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025
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| Mon 22 August 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building. |
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| 10:00AM - 12:30PM |
Polar Stay and Play – Museum Openings for Under 5s Explore the Polar Museum with your little ones when it is closed to the public! |
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| 6:15PM - 7:45PM |
Small class with experienced teacher Robert Ashman. |
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| Tue 23 August 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
Our Place in Space at the Whipple Museum Drop in to the Whipple Museum for an Our Place in Space themed hands-on creative activity and check out their amazing collection of historical scientific instruments and teaching tools! |
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| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: Possession by A.S. Byatt Book lovers are invited to join Cambridge University Library to discuss our August read. |
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| Wed 24 August 2022 | 9:00AM |
Short (approx. 10 min) films taking viewers on a virtual wander around the Garden. |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
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| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building. |
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| 10:00AM - 11:30AM |
Highlight Behind-the-scenes of the Historical Printing Room Go behind-the-scenes in the Morison Historical Printing Room at Cambridge University Library, to learn about letterpress printing and links to the Darwin family. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Thu 25 August 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
Our Place in Space at the Whipple Museum Drop in to the Whipple Museum for an Our Place in Space themed hands-on creative activity and check out their amazing collection of historical scientific instruments and teaching tools! |
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| Fri 26 August 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
| 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Louise Stebbing: A retrospective - 40 years of printmaking An exhibition of printmaking at the Alison Richard Building. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
A tour of the Pepys Library with Dr Jane Hughes, Pepys Librarian and Fellow of Magdalene College. |
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| 2:00PM - 3:30PM |
Our Place in Space at the Whipple Museum Drop in to the Whipple Museum for an Our Place in Space themed hands-on creative activity and check out their amazing collection of historical scientific instruments and teaching tools! |
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| 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. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:30PM |
Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ... |
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| Sat 27 August 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Polar Pop-ups - Summer Saturdays at the Polar Museum Explore the museum this summer with your family and friends. Try out our pop-up activity station bursting with different activities, games and books to discover. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Art exhibition: 'Kill or Cure' Lethal or life-giving? Wolfson's exciting contemporary art exhibition explores the potential of animals, plants, and substances from the natural world to ‘Kill’ and/or ‘Cure’. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:30PM |
Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ... |
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| Sun 28 August 2022 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This summer, find fun and adventure close to home with free/ low-cost family events and activities |
| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Our Place in Space - Cycle the Solar System Hop on your bike and cycle your way through the solar system with fellow explorers. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Art exhibition: 'Kill or Cure' Lethal or life-giving? Wolfson's exciting contemporary art exhibition explores the potential of animals, plants, and substances from the natural world to ‘Kill’ and/or ‘Cure’. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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 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. |
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| 11:00AM - 9:00PM |
Our Place in Space - Picnic at the Planets Closing Event Join us one last time and help us bid farewell to the Our Place in Space sculpture trail with a Picnic at the Planets. |
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| 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 James Blunt, via James Bond. The tour will be led by Green Badge Guides. |
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| 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. |