Try something different this Museums and Galleries Month
30 April 2007May is National Museums and Galleries Month, a great chance to discover some of Cambridge's hidden gems.
Happy Danes are here again
17 April 2007Denmark tops the bill in a European happiness survey – but Britain is gloomier than most of its EU peers
Twilight at the Museums
14 February 2007Families will have the chance to see the museums on their doorstep in a different light this half term at a special free twilight opening event on Thursday 15 February from 4.00pm – 7.30pm .
‘What have the Victorians ever done for us?’
01 February 2007Modern Britain was invented sometime between 1830 and 1900. It's not just a question of industrialization, compulsory education, the right to vote (at least for men) or the growth of towns, important as all those particular processes were.
Cambridge gives aspiring artists chance to make their mark
02 October 2006Art –lovers who yearn to try their hand at drawing are to be given the ideal opportunity by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge this month.
Lonesome George
22 September 2006Lonesome George, a 5ft long, 200lb tortoise aged anywhere between 60 and 200 will be the subject of the latest in a series of science talks given at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science this Monday.
New Director for Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
25 May 2006 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology has announced the appointment of Nicholas Thomas as its new Director from October 2006.
Pacific art workshops open to local children
19 April 2006Art workshops led by top Maori and Cook Islander artists will be open to Cambridge children tomorrow, Saturday April 22.
Boost for ̽»¨Ö±²¥ museums
13 April 2006Four of the museums in the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge are to benefit from funding to enhance their internationally important collections.
Frend medal for Cambridge archaeologist
25 April 2005Professor David Phillipson, Director of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, has been awarded the prestigious Frend Medal by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
