Lunchtime Talks
Lunchtime Concerts
Adult Workshops
MUSE
A chance to get close to small Tudor and Stuart coins in our Making a Nation exhibition, with a special talk by Richard Kelleher, Exhibition Curator and Assistant Keeper of Coins and Medals. Afterwards create your own topical currency, with a twist, back in the Studio.
21/06/2019
10:15 to 12:00
£10
Talks and Events
Tour for blind and partially sighted adults: Evolving patterns
Museum of Zoology
Explore connections between art and science through an audio descriptive tour of the evolution of patterns found in nature, based on artworks from the temporary exhibition Evolution as Inspiration.
21/05/2019
14:00 to 15:30
Free
Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tours
From same- sex behaviour among penguins to eroticism in the ancient world, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections. Join our volunteer guides to discover their personal selection of fascinating stories of non-normative gender and sexual identities through a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-related objects.
01/06/2019
11:30 to 12:10
Free
Handling session for blind and partially sighted adults: Feast & Fast exhibition brainstorm
Go behind the scenes with Dr Victoria Avery, Curator of the upcoming food themed exhibition, Feast & Fast. Handle objects that will be included in the show and assist with co-curation by sharing your thoughts and ideas!
11/06/2019
14:00 to 15:30
Free
Handling session for blind and partially sighted adults: Coins and medals of the Tudors and Stuarts
Join Dr Richard Kelleher, Assistant Keeper of Coins and Medals, for a behind the scenes handling session of some wonderful coins and medals from our collection, to complement the current exhibition.
18/06/2019
14:00 to 15:30
Free
Creative workshop for blind and partially sighted adults: Shaping the human form
Inspired by the Cycladic figurines of ancient Greece and their influence on modernist sculptors including Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, we will create our own sculptures using simple stylised elements to represent the human form.
22/06/2019
14:00 to 16:00
Free
Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tours
From same- sex behaviour among penguins to eroticism in the ancient world, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections. Join our volunteer guides to discover their personal selection of fascinating stories of non-normative gender and sexual identities through a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-related objects.
06/07/2019
11:30 to 12:10
Free
Elspeth Owen: Potter and material woman
Elspeth Owen’s ceramics are found in museum collections all over the world and are all made in her studio in a former cricket pavilion in Grantchester. Elspeth will talk about the centrality of touch in the making and enjoying of pots and there will be an opportunity to handle some of her works.
27/07/2019
14:00
Free
Lectures
Tour
Family Activities
StrongWomen Science
Ages 5+
A new show starring two women scientists turned circus performers. Ever wanted to know how you balance a chair on your chin, if you can juggle liquid, or how circus performers eat fire? StrongWomen Aoife and Maria reveal the scientific secrets behind their astounding tricks.
30/07/2019
11:00 to 15:00
£10 per child
StrongWomen Science
Ages 5+
A new show starring two women scientists turned circus performers. Ever wanted to know how you balance a chair on your chin, if you can juggle liquid, or how circus performers eat fire? StrongWomen Aoife and Maria reveal the scientific secrets behind their astounding tricks.
31/07/2019
11:00 to 15:00
£10 per child
Tackle the Riddle of the White Sphinx
Ages 7+
Crack codes and solve clues in this fun workshop based on the Hidden Tales, an exciting new adventure series where families go on a treasure hunt around the museums of Cambridge. Make art inspired by the Fitzwilliam with illustrator Jennifer Bell and listen to a book reading by author Mark Wells.
13/08/2019
10:30 to 12:30
Free
for Young People
ReSource: Journeymen / journeywomen
13 - 18 yrs
Become Journey men and women (art apprentice graduates of the medieval period!) and search for your next inspiration by travelling the world through the collections of the Museum. Your artistic journey will be led by artist Caroline Wendling, who will support you in recording your findings and discoveries and creating new artworks.
15/06/2019
11:00 to 13:00
£5
Curating Challenge: Bronze Arts Award in a week!
11 - 14 yrs
Work with staff and artists on a special Arts Award project to develop and test creative ideas for an upcoming exhibition on the theme of food, feasting and fasting. Find out about what goes on behind the scenes at the Museum and share your own mini-exhibition at the end of the week.
06/08/2019 to 09/08/2019
10:15 to 15:00
£85 (4 day course)
