WHAT'S ON

The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

Tue 11 March

9:00AM - 7:00PM

The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of Life Research: A New Nexus for Natural Theology?

Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

On 11th March at 1pm Dr Fred Simmons will give a seminar entitled ‘Origins of Life Research: A New Nexus for Natural Theology?’. A light sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Shasha Suite, Woolf Building, Westminster College, Madingley Road Cambridge.

Wed 12 March

9:00AM - 7:00PM

The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Arthur Christopher Benson, Diarist: A Centenary Exhibition

Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

This exhibition, which will be inaugurated with a lecture by Professor Eamon Duffy, co-editor of a new annotated edition of Benson’s diary, illuminates Benson’s remarkable family background, the Edwardian literary scene in which he was a significant figure, and the academic world before, during and in the aftermath of the First World War.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Towards a Net Zero World: Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function

Existing battery technologies, challenges in designing batteries and new techniques.

6:00PM - 7:15PM

Shifting Sovereignties: A Global History of a Concept in Practice

Join Dr Moritz Mihatsch for the launch of his new book Shifting Sovereignties, which explores practical manifestations of sovereignty from antiquity to the Anthropocene.

6:30PM - 8:30PM

Becoming William Morris - 6 years of Morris Quarter

We are delighted host Freddie Yauner for his talk Becoming William Morris: 6 Years of Morris Quarter on 12th March, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.

Thu 13 March

9:00AM - 7:00PM

The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Arthur Christopher Benson, Diarist: A Centenary Exhibition

Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Highlight "The History of Art in Antiquity" by Johann Joachim Winckelmann

"The History of Art in Antiquity" by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, introduced by Katherine Harloe (School of Advanced Study, University of London)

2:00PM - 4:00PM

This exhibition, which will be inaugurated with a lecture by Professor Eamon Duffy, co-editor of a new annotated edition of Benson’s diary, illuminates Benson’s remarkable family background, the Edwardian literary scene in which he was a significant figure, and the academic world before, during and in the aftermath of the First World War.

Fri 14 March

9:00AM - 7:00PM

The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Arthur Christopher Benson, Diarist: A Centenary Exhibition

Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

This exhibition, which will be inaugurated with a lecture by Professor Eamon Duffy, co-editor of a new annotated edition of Benson’s diary, illuminates Benson’s remarkable family background, the Edwardian literary scene in which he was a significant figure, and the academic world before, during and in the aftermath of the First World War.

6:00PM - 7:15PM

Pembroke House: 140 years of community, connections and change

In 1885, Pembroke students, shocked by growing poverty and inequality, founded a mission in Walworth, SE London, Pembroke House. They sought a new approach: taking up residence to live, work and solve problems alongside local communities. This talk will explore the ideas that shaped Pembroke House’s beginnings, its role in Walworth today, and the questions being asked about its future.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Haunted Cambridge Ghost Tours

Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ...

Sat 15 March

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Hidden Cambridge "Off-The-Beaten-Track" walking tour

Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

11:00AM - 12:15PM

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!

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Arthur Christopher Benson, Diarist: A Centenary Exhibition

This exhibition, which will be inaugurated with a lecture by Professor Eamon Duffy, co-editor of a new annotated edition of Benson’s diary, illuminates Benson’s remarkable family background, the Edwardian literary scene in which he was a significant figure, and the academic world before, during and in the aftermath of the First World War.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Haunted Cambridge Ghost Tours

Cambridge guides' scariest storytellers take you to the darker byways of our city, where the spirits of the dead still hover ...

Sun 16 March

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Hidden Cambridge "Off-The-Beaten-Track" walking tour

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

11:00AM - 12:15PM

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!

12:00PM - 5:00PM