University of Cambridge Museums & Botanic Garden
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1 Brookside (gates at Brookside and Station Road), Cambridge CB2 1JE T: 01223 336265 W: botanic.cam.ac.uk This exceptional Botanic Garden showcases over 8000 plant species from around the globe, including the best arboretum in the region. Highlights include the Winter Garden, Glasshouses of cacti and tropical rainforests, and the unique Systematic Beds. Family activities, Garden Café and Shop. Open daily from 10am.
Museum of Zoology Downing Street, CB2 3EJ T: 01223 336650 W: museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk This museum is now closed for redevelopment and will reopen in 2016. Throughout the museum’s refurbishment work there will continue to be a programme of public events for all to enjoy; details of these can be found on the museum’s website and Facebook page. Some of the fascinating objects and specimens from the collections will be displayed at other museums in Cambridge and across the region.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ T: 01223 333456 W: sedgwickmuseum.org
Whipple Museum of the History of Science Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RH T: 01223 330906 W: hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple
Since 1728 this collection has grown from about 10,000 fossils, minerals and rocks, to at least 2 million. A walk through the museum 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.
Discover a fascinating array of scientific instruments dating from the Middle Ages to the present day. Cambridge has long been a centre for scientific work. Microscopes, telescopes and laboratory equipment demonstrate the vitality of past science, while the collections of pocket calculators and slide rules reflect how scientific instruments are important to us all.
The Polar Museum Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, CB2 1ER T: 01223 336540 W: spri.cam.ac.uk/museum
For more information on the University of Cambridge Museums and Botanic Garden visit
www.cam.ac.uk/museums
If you have ever wondered what it is like to travel to the Polar Regions or why they are so important to the future of our world, take a trip to The Polar Museum. From penguins to paintings, sleeping bags to sextants, Inuit art to explorers’ diaries – find out about science, exploration and survival at the extreme ends of the earth. visitcambridge.org
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