Rain or shine, the programme of activities for Summer at the Museums continues unabated. With plenty of interesting and fun activities for the whole family across twelve museum and cultural venues around Cambridge and beyond, it鈥檚 the best way to avoid the wet summer blues.
Rain or shine, the programme of activities for Summer at the Museums continues unabated. With plenty of interesting and fun activities for the whole family across twelve museum and cultural venues around Cambridge and beyond, it鈥檚 the best way to avoid the wet summer blues.
Summer at the Museums is an excellent opportunity to work with museums across Cambridge to promote a diverse range of activities.
Elly Wright
Ranging from dinosaurs at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences to the Knights Templar at the Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey, the fabulous collections and displays are great to explore at any time.
Guests will find plenty of free activities such as the Ice berg Art activity Base at the Polar Museum and Young Explorer Backpacks at the 探花直播 of Cambridge Botanic Garden.
Find out about the mythical isle of Penglai this Friday at the Fitzwilliam, or team up with the Engineering Department next week to build bridges and then test them to the extreme!
Children are also encouraged to participate in the popular 鈥榙raw what you saw鈥 competition for a chance to win a prize from a selection of outdoor games. Entry forms are available at all participating museums.
In keeping with the Olympic spirit of 2012, this year鈥檚 events include children being transformed into athletes of antiquity by collecting free laurel wreaths at every 鈥楽ummer at the Museums鈥 event.
鈥淲e are excited to have such a great range of events for families this summer,鈥 said Elly Wright, Marketing Coordinator for the 探花直播 of Cambridge Museums. 鈥淲ith drawing competitions, free laurel wreaths, model making and more there is so much fun to be had throughout the summer holidays.鈥
鈥淪ummer at the Museums is an excellent opportunity to work with museums across Cambridge to promote a diverse range of activities.鈥
探花直播complete list of venues includes the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge 探花直播 Botanic Garden, Cambridge and County Folk Museum, Museum of Classical Archaeology, Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey, Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle鈥檚 Yard, 探花直播Polar Museum, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge Museum of Technology, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, and the Museum of Zoology.
探花直播 of Cambridge Museums were awarded Arts Council funding at the start of the year to bring the museums together, enabling more people to enjoy their world class collections.
For more information about 鈥楽ummer at the Museums鈥 and to download the calendar, visit the website . For regular updates visit our Cambridge university museums facebook page and follow us on twitter @camUnivMuseum.
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