UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB
1 Brookside (gates at Brookside and Station Road), Cambridge CB2 1JE
T: 01223 332900 W: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk Home to over half a million objects from pre-history to present day. See everything from Egyptian coffins to Impressionist masterpieces; illuminated manuscripts to Renaissance sculpture; rare coins and medals to Asian arts. Its internationally renowned collections are complemented by major exhibitions and a varied programme of events.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ T: 01223 333516 W: maa.cam.ac.uk Archaeology and Anthropology are ways of knowing people past and present. MAA houses artefacts made by people across the world and throughout human history, including the earliest African stone tools, recent archaeological finds from Cambridge, and tattoo instruments collected during Captain Cook’s Pacific voyages. Regular temporary exhibitions, events and activities bring the collections to life.
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T: 01223 336265 W: botanic.cam.ac.uk
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN
Discover plants from all over the world in 40 acres of beautiful gardens and glasshouses, less than a mile south of the city centre. The Garden hosts a range of events, family activities, tours and lifelong learning courses. Trails and young explorer backpacks are available to borrow from the ticket offices – perfect for all budding Darwins.
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ
T: 01223 330402 W: classics.cam.ac.uk/museum
T: 01223 333456 W: sedgwickmuseum.org
One of Cambridge’s hidden gems, the museum houses one of the largest collections of plaster casts of Greek and Roman statues in the world. Originally gathered in the late 19th century, this collection remains a marvellous way to experience these masterpieces of ancient art.
A walk through the The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences will take you on a 4.5 billion year journey through time, from the meteoritic building blocks of planets, to the thousands of fossils of animals and plants that illustrate the evolution of life in the oceans, on land and in the air.
FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM