We cannot run the event unless it is going to be a fantastic experience for our visitors. If you bought tickets online, your refund is being processed and should be back in your account in 3-5 working days. If you bought tickets in person, please take your receipt to the Ticket Office for a refund.

🍄 Get ready for Fungi Field Day! Explore the fascinating world of fungi with guided walks, games, crafts, face painting & hands-on activities. There’s plenty to discover for curious minds of all ages! 📅 Saturday 10 October from 10am and make a day of it. 👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rNOQ2O

✨What makes Cambridge Botanic Lights the perfect winter night out? ✨ We’ve highlight 10 reasons why this enchanting trail of light, sound and beautiful installations is one not to miss – and why you should book your tickets today! 🎟️Find out more and book tickets: https://bit.ly/4fsgv5o

Our Photographic Collections team has achieved the remarkable target of digitalising 92% of the catalogued collections! This image was the 167,233rd photograph digitised to reach this figure. The next step is to add the images to our collections portal and digitalise 1,431 more photos to reach 93%.

Are you a Cambridge University student & interested in the work of @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social? We are seeking a student member of the Garden Syndicate, our governing body. A fantastic opportunity to bring your perspective to the Garden & play a role in its future. Find out more: bit.ly/4jrZHgL

✨ Celebrate Black History Month this October at the Whipple Museum! ✨ Black History of Science Tours Various dates throughout October All ages, free entry 🎟️ Book your free tickets via our website #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryOfScience #WhippleMuseum #HistoryOfScience #CambridgeMuseums

✨ 10 weeks until Cambridge Botanic Lights! From 27 November, explore the Garden in a different light as it transforms into a magical, illuminated trail. Bring your favourite people - groups of 6+ can save 10% on tickets with prices as low as £13.50✨ Tickets on sale: https://bit.ly/4fsgv5o

🐳Did you know the Museum has been on the same site in Cambridge since 1865? Named the 'New Museums' site, it was home to a botanic garden until 1846. Many of the early specimens can still be seen, including our fin whale, owned by the Museum since 1866. Entry FREE 🙂 University of Cambridge Museums

🎨🚨 Artist opportunity! 🚨🎨 We’re looking for an artist to design & deliver a 10-week creative course for young parents, in partnership with @romseymill.bsky.social. Find out more & how to apply: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/opportunities 🗓️ 5pm, Monday 19 October 2026 #ArtsJobs #MuseumJobs #CambridgeJobs

Have you seen our 'Moving Objects' exhibition?   There's still time to join us as we share stories about objects we transported across Cambridge as part of our Stores Move project, from the people who have worked with them. These are things that moved us. We invite you to be moved by them too.

📸 Got a favourite Garden photo or fancy capturing something new? There’s still time to enter our free ‘Whatever the Weather’ photography competition. Show the Garden through the seasons – from sunshine and showers to autumn colour and frost. 🌿 Enter by 31 October https://bit.ly/3PAfEFe

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We're looking to appoint a part-time Archivist (fixed-term) to help make our archival material more accessible. These documents are key to research on art and archaeology, Indigenous cultures, and artefact provenances. Closing date: 02/10/2026 Apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/archivi...

🚨 Job alert! MAA and @cam-archaeology.bsky.social are looking to appoint a full-time Research Associate and Exhibition Project Curator (Fixed Term) for the 'Between the Lines: Mapping histories in the margins' project exhibition. Closing date: 04/10/2026 Apply now: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

📢Don't miss these events coming up at the Museum!📢 🐧 Pride in Nature Tour: Sun 27 Sept (All welcome) 🐳From Darwin to Dodos Gallery Tour: Fri 2 Oct (All welcome) 🦁Animal Tails: Fossil Fun: Fri 2 Oct, 10.30 & 11.30am (Ages 2 -5) All FREE - https://ow.ly/cOzx50ZNmhp University of Cambridge Museums

We're thrilled to share that our team member Marie Kennedy has been shortlisted for the Radical Changemaker Award at the @museumsassociation.org Museums Change Lives Awards 2026! 🏆 The award recognises the contribution of an individual who is making a difference to the lives of their audiences.

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Meet the shortlisted nominees for the Museums Change Lives Awards 2026 🏆 The awards recognise and celebrate outstanding work by UK museums who are showing up for their communities and delivering social impact. Across four categories, the shortlisted museums, projects and people are... 🧵

The lovely pond in our Tropical Forests house has had a makeover! 💦 The plants around it have been replanted to make it less compact & the Grammatophyllum speciosum orchid has a new home next to the pond, rather than above it 🌱 Come in and see its fresh, new look! #MondayMood #GlasshouseRange

We're hiring! Join our team as Impact Evaluation Lead. Are you passionate about the potential of collections, culture and research to create meaningful change? This new role will support a shared approach to evaluating the social and economic impact of participation with our collections. (1/2)

🐧 Pride in Nature tours are back! 🐧Our expert volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender & sex in the animal world. Next tour is Sun 27 September, 1pm. Tours FREE. Places limited, please book ahead. University of Cambridge Museums https://ow.ly/MhCv50ZIjkP

Join us for an evening talking about theatre, history, music, and the making of 'Queen Idia', a bold new African musical. Members of the musical's creative team will share their research, development process, and plans for the future. 📸 Image credit: Queen Idia the Musical

What can a shell, fossil or ceramic object contribute to someone’s recovery following major trauma? This summer we worked with Cambridge University Hospitals to support an Occupational Therapy apprentice on the Major Trauma Ward at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Read more: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog

Have you joined us for one of our Summer at the Museums events during the holidays? We'd love to hear your thoughts! Fill in our five-minute survey and you could win a £50 Love2Shop voucher. Give us your feedback 👇 cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Join us for Making Marks, a day celebrating pioneering women in science, with a special focus on physicist, inventor and suffrage campaigner Hertha Ayrton. ⚡️🎵 Saturday 12 September 2026, 10am–5pm

🐳Create your own sea creature this Thurs 27 Aug, handle real corals, have a go at our quiz & follow an Under The Sea trail. Plus enter our competition with the Grand Arcade to win a cuddly toy of your design! All FREE. Everyone welcome🙂 University of Cambridge Museums #SummerAtTheMuseums

🎨 Experience something different and immersive yourself into The Struggle of Light art exhibition - at the Garden for a limited time only! Find out more: https://bit.ly/4qoYBns #MondayMood #ArtInCambridge #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

📢We're OPEN Bank Holiday Mon 31 Aug, 12 - 4.30pm. Drop by to view Cambridge's largest specimen, our iconic fin whale. Or see our dodo skeleton (possibly the most complete dodo skeleton in the world!). PLUS a lot, lot more😉 Entry FREE! University of Cambridge Museums Photo: Dodo ©J Garget

Object handling sessions as part of our 'Caribbean to Cambridge' project have been invaluable in prompting reflections on identity, heritage, and personal connections to the Caribbean. It has been a pleasure to see the enthusiasm the Pre-Columbian archaeology collections have generated.

🐍Discover the hidden world of wildlife trade with a FREE museum trail by Cambridge-based experts, TRAFFIC. The trail highlights the threats facing animals & the work being done to protect them. 🐦Pick up your trail at Museum reception. University of Cambridge Museums

Hot weather update! Due to the Met Office warning, we have the following update for members of the public hoping to visit us tomorrow. The Museum will be partially closed on 13/08/2026 for general visits to the galleries. We apologise for any inconvenience caused!

🌱We’re hiring: Seed Bank Coordinator Help safeguard our internationally important living collections in this new role. Coordinate seed collections, records, storage, distribution and exchange, while helping develop future seed conservation work. 📅 Closing date: 16 August 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fR0lCn