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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RB
Founded in 1861, this museum is one of Britain's oldest, and many would argue that it is also one of the best. After extensive renovation, its gleaming white temple-like façade now fronts a 21st-century interior. A separate ground floor entrance has been added (the 'Courtyard entrance') to enable disabled access. Permanent exhibits display some of...
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: 2-3 Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AQ
Step back in time and experience life as it was lived many years ago in the city of Cambridge. Housed in an old farmhouse-inn, this museum uses numerous displays to illustrate the daily lifestyles of men and women more than 300 years ago. You will be able to see examples of handmade children's toys, equipment used on farms, and different...
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: The Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR
Numerous displays and interactive exhibits are found in this museum, located at the Duxford airfield. You can view aircraft from the 20th century, including Spitfires, Vulcan B2 bombers, and jet fighters. You also can experience the stressful responsibilities involved in the control tower and feel the power of these aircraft through the seemingly...
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
This huge museum in Cambridge University's Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology is an eye-opening experience. The high-ceilinged floors display some amazing Oceanic, Asian, African and native American exhibits, including canoes, sculptures, masks and textiles. There are also some important archaeological discoveries, including stone tools and...
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: Sidgwick Ave, Inside Faculty of Classics, Cambridge CB3 9DA
In this lovely, quiet museum, part of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics, you will find more than 500 plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculptures on display. These casts have been made directly from the originals. This museum is particularly remarkable due to the fact that the majority of these sculptures were destroyed in the middle...
Scott Polar Research Institute Museum
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1ER
Founded in 1920, this museum commemorates Captain Scott and his cohorts who died after reaching the North Pole in 1912. The various displays exhibit diaries, photos, and journals from their numerous journeys of Arctic and Antarctic territories. The institute in which the museum is housed has become an international center for studies of the Polar...
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: Downing St, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ
Numerous displays of fossils and skeletons of dinosaurs and mammals are on exhibit in this museum, which is housed in a beautiful old building inside the university. Britain's oldest compilation of geological information is also found here. Visitors especially enjoy the special showcases, such as the Jurassic Sea exposition. Some parts of the...
Category: Museums - Cambridge Attractions & Activities
Address: Free School Ln, Faculty of History of Science, Cambridge CB2 3RH
This recently renovated museum is a great place to visit if you are interested in the history of science. Spread over five rooms in the University of Cambridge Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Science, the exhibitions teach about historical, scientific instruments from the 14th to the 20th century. The numerous utensils on display...
