| Wed 14 February 2024 | 9:00AM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Spitting Image: A Controversial History Savage, grotesque, hilarious: explore Spitting Image, the puppet show that became an icon of 20th century television, with Cambridge University Library's current exhibition. |
| 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. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology explores the traces of where people have lived, worked and died for thousands of years in Cambridgeshire. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Crazy Cone Caper self-led trail Join us for a fantastic whodunit mystery this winter and track down who has been stealing seeds from pinecones! |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Women & Water Our exhibition Women & Water explores the relationship between women and water in the works of 17 women artists, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present day. The exhibition examines how water has been used by artists both as subject matter and artistic medium to reflect the multiplicity of women’s experiences. |
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| 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia and friends This group exhibition is based on the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-chia (1929 – 1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery which he founded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian’s Wall. |
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| 1:30PM - 3:30PM |
Charles Darwin in Cambridge: A Walking Tour Find out why Charles Darwin, an undergraduate in Cambridge, once said "Upon the whole, the three years I spent at Cambridge were the most joyful of my happy life.” |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The Perspective of the Medieval Scribe Medieval Manuscripts of the Pepys and Old Libraries of Magdalene College Cambridge. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography. Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge) will speak about "Histories" by Herodotus and engage in discussion with the attendees. |
