🐍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

Your local museums have a jam-packed programme of free and low-cost activities to keep the whole family entertained this summer. The full #SummerAtTheMuseums events calendar is now live on our website: bit.ly/SummerAtTheMuseums ✍️ Illustration by Carolina Rabei

🐠Join us on Thurs 27 August & help to create an ocean-themed artwork for our Whale Hall with artist Alicia Hayden 🐠🐠🐠 All materials provided. PLUS plenty more to enjoy throughout the galleries. ALL FREE. Everyone welcome! https://ow.ly/ASPH50Zy7BL University of Cambridge Museums

Wanted! An engaged and flexible Project Manager to oversee the delivery programmes across the Central England Digitisation Hub for #DiSSCoUK a nationwide programme to digitise the UK’s natural history collections. cam.ac.uk/jobs/project... #DigitalCollections

📢This weekend's opening hours: 🙂OPEN AS USUAL: Sat 1 August 10am to 4.30pm 🙁CLOSED: Sun 2 August- this is for essential maintenance - sorry if you were hoping to visit that day. We are open again next week as normal Tuesday onwards! Entry FREE. 🙂 University of Cambridge Museums

📢The Museum will be CLOSED on Sunday 2 August for some essential maintenance work 📢We're really sorry if you were hoping to visit on that day. Visit our website for all our opening hours: https://ow.ly/U0O150Ztc79 University of Cambridge Museums

Are you blind or partially sighted? We're setting up a working group to help us develop some large 3D insect models, to be used as tactile resources in the Museum & we'd love you to join us! All the details are on our website. https://ow.ly/PUu550ZrmKX University of Cambridge Museums

📢WE'RE RECRUITING! Senior Digitiser & two Digitisers needed to work with us & Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge creating vital biodiversity data, part of a major digitisation programme.🦋 https://ow.ly/QTih50ZrhOq #DiSSCoUK #MuseumJobs UK Research and Innovation University of Cambridge Museums

🐠Last few spaces left on our FREE Pride in Nature tour at 1pm this Sun 19 July. Book now to join our expert volunteer guide & hear how queer perspectives help us to better understand the natural world 🦒🐧🦩https://ow.ly/MXRb50ZnNMC University of Cambridge Museums #LGBTQ+

📢Major new partnership between Oxford & Cambridge museums will release over a million digitised specimen records of British plants & insects. https://ow.ly/rXlt50ZnG37 Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge, UK Research and Innovation, Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford #DiSSCoUK

🦈Explore the Hidden World of Wildlife Trade in this new trail & exhibition created by TRAFFIC. Follow 12 animals & the people working together to protect them, from giant tortoises to tarantulas. FREE. University of Cambridge Museums https://ow.ly/pfHr50ZlxJu🦈

🦋TONIGHT 🦋 Thurs 2 July at 7pm - join us LIVE online as we talk about the little things that rule the world - INSECTS! Dr Roz Wade will be with ladybird expert Prof Helen Roy & butterfly expert Matt Hayes. Get your questions ready! 🙂University of Cambridge Museums https://ow.ly/IyMY50ZjycA

🦋Sat 4 July - we're delighted to join with Trinity College Fellows' Garden to offer insect walks, pond dipping & minibeast hunts. Lots of hands-on activities at the Museum too 🐝 FREE. https://ow.ly/Rnzi50ZiJnq University of Cambridge Museums

It's this week! 🐞Thurs 2 July at 7pm we will be chatting LIVE to expert Prof Helen Roy all about ladybirds🐞 - what are they, how many species are there & why do we need them? Ask your questions LIVE! Register now via our blog. University of Cambridge Museums🙂https://ow.ly/gYsK50Zi8gc

📢UPDATE: The Museum & shop will be CLOSED until 10am on Tuesday 30 June 2026. 📢This is due to the extreme weather conditions affecting our cooling systems. We're really sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. University of Cambridge Museums

🐝SAT 4 JULY: Explore Cambridge Trinity College Fellows’ Garden with expert guides on snails, hoverflies, pollinators & mini-beasts.🦋 Book ahead. PLUS lots on at the Museum, from activities on dung beetles 😉 to drop in talks. All welcome. https://ow.ly/iZZu50ZghtB University of Cambridge Museums

📢The Museum will be CLOSED on Thursday 25 June due to some essential maintenance work. We're really sorry for the short notice. The shop will also be closed. University of Cambridge Museums

🐞Why are ladybirds different colours? How long do they live? How many species are there?🐞Put your ladybird questions LIVE to expert Prof. Helen Roy. Join us: 7pm, Thurs 2 July as we chat all about these beautiful beetles. All welcome! https://ow.ly/LymX50Zf7JK University of Cambridge Museums

Pride Month Mini-Series: Today's focus is the behaviour of oystercatchers. Want to learn more? Book onto our next FREE Pride in Nature tour on 21st June via our website. @CamUnivMuseums #PrideMonth #LGBTQ+ #LGBTFacts #PRIDE #PRIDE2026 #MusuemOfZoology #PrideInNature.

Pride Month Mini-Series: Today we are talking about the Laysan albatross!❤️🧡🤍 🩷 Want to learn more? Book onto our next FREE Pride in Nature tour on 21st June. Tickets can be booked via our website: https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/pride-nature-lgbtq-tour-18

📢On Tues 23 & Wed 24 June the Museum will be CLOSED for essential maintenance 📢 We're really sorry if you were hoping to visit on those days. The shop & café will be open, plus you can still see our 21 metre fin whale, which hangs above the shop 🐳University of Cambridge Museums

Pride Month Mini-Series: Today, we are highlighting the meaning and importance of the Lavender Rhino.🦏💜 Want to learn more? Book onto our next FREE Pride in Nature tour on 14th and 21st June. Tickets can be booked via our website: https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/pride-nature-lgbtq-tour-17

Pride Month Mini-Series: Happy Pride Month: let's talk about bears in LGBTQ+ Culture! Want to learn more? Book onto our next FREE Pride in Nature tour on 14th and 21st June. Tickets can be booked via our website: https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/pride-nature-lgbtq-tour-17

Pride Month Mini-Series: Happy Pride from the Museum of Zoology! To celebrate, here are some fun facts about both LGBTQ+. Want to learn more? Book onto our next FREE Pride in Nature tour on 14th and 21st June. https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/pride-nature-lgbtq-tour-17

🐳Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? 🐳Curious about what Darwin collected whilst he was studying? Join us for a FREE expert guided tour! Tours are monthly, next tour: Friday 12 June at 3pm https://ow.ly/pi8C50Z9pyl University of Cambridge Museums

This #PrideMonth take a look around the Museum with our Pride In Nature trail. It's about how queer perspectives help us to understand the natural world & how 'science' has actively hidden same-sex behaviour in animals. Trail & Museum entry FREE #PrideUK #Pride2026 University of Cambridge Museums

Where migratory birds stop may determine their future Research published today lead by Dr Sayam Chowdhury of our #Conservation Science Group reveals previously overlooked conservation priorities for shorebirds across Asia. Find out more: bit.ly/3RzT0xl

📢SAVE THE DATES! 📢 🐝Our biggest family event of the year ZoologyLive! is on Sat 4 July, all activities FREE, everyone welcome 🐞PLUS don't miss ZoologyLive! - The Livestream, online Thurs 2 July. We'll be talking about ladybirds - get your questions ready! University of Cambridge Museums

#Pride in Nature 🏳️‍🌈 tours coming on Sunday 14 & 21 June at 1pm. Book your FREE place & discover the stories that are sometimes left untold... Tours led by expert volunteers. Everyone welcome. Book ahead https://ow.ly/sAOu50Z4C8K University of Cambridge Museums #PrideUK #LGBTQ+

😎It's a bank holiday weekend coming - here are our opening hours: 🌞Sat 23 May: 10am - 4.30pm 🌞Sun 24 May: 12 noon - 4.30pm 🌞Mon 25 May: 12 noon - 4.30pm It's due to be HOT outside, but it's always cool in the Museum 😉Do pop in! University of Cambridge Museums