Winter may be nearly over, but we’re taking a last look back ✨ Winners of our Cambridge Botanic Lights Photography Competition are here! Congrats to everyone featured and thanks to all who entered! https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/winners-announced-for-cambridge-botanic-lights-photography-competition/

Test your strength against a rare-earth magnet at @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social! 💪 Come along for a first-of-its-kind Cambridge exhibition, and experience the power of Greenland’s rare-earth elements. 'From Magma to Magnets' opens from Friday 27 February. Preview it here 👇 https://bit.ly/4aBVQsO

In our latest blog post Charlotte, one of our @camunivmuseums.bsky.social Museum Experience interns, reflects on how hands-on research, visitor engagement, and leading creative activities, have helped her build confidence, skills, and meaningful connections: www.maadigitallab.org/blog/2026/02...

How does Talking Plants work?🪴 Our helpful guide will show you how to spark up conversations with the 20 plants featured in our experimental exhibition, Talking Plants. 🌿Watch the video and start chatting! More info: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/talking-plan... #TalkingPlants #CUBG

The Museum will be CLOSED on Tues 3 March, Wed 4 March & Thurs 5 March 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 long fin whale in the Whale Hall!🐳University of Cambridge Museums

Have you spotted the #TwilightAtTheMuseums labels hidden in our Museums and Garden this half term? Tell us where to enter our 20 Years of Twilight Competition and have the chance to win a fantastic family hamper of museum shop goodies. Find out more: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight

Twilight at the Museums is back this half-term 🌙 Museums across Cambridge are opening after hours with evening activities for families and curious minds. Full programme: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight @camunivmuseums.bsky.social #TwilightAtTheMuseums #HalfTerm #CUBG

Are you counting down the days to #TwilightAtTheMuseums? 🎉🌟 Bring a torch, grab a trail, and join us on an after-hours museum adventure with your family on 18/02/2026, 4:30-7:30pm. Find out more on the @camunivmuseums.bsky.social website: museums.cam.ac.uk/events/twilight-maa-all-glistens-not-gold

🌿 When was the last time you stopped to listen to a plant? Our new exhibition Talking Plants gives AI voices to plants - and it’s featured in today’s Sunday Times. 🗓 11 Feb–12 Apr | Glasshouse Range 🔗 https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/talking-plants/ #TalkingPlants #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

Legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts cared for at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been transferred to Nigeria's National commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM). 1/3 📸 Uhunmwun Elao, Benin City, Nigeria. Image credit: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

🌱One week to go until Talking Plants opens! 📱Scan a QR code and strike up a conversation! 🪴Our team is busy preparing the plants and testing conversations before the exhibition opens on 11 February. 📍Find out more: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/talking-plants/ #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden

Can you make a fake? 🕵️‍♂️ 🔍 Looking for a half-term activity? Put your detective skills to the test in our new exhibition The Art of Deception, all about the curious world of fake scientific instruments. 📅 Monday 16 February ⏰ 1–4pm (drop-in) 📍 Meet in the Learning Gallery

🐝How does some relaxing Museum inspired crafting sound? A great way to spend a Saturday! Come along & make some zines with us on 7 Feb, 11am to 3.30pm. Tickets £7 or £5 for students, includes lunch and snacks! Book ahead, spaces limited😊https://ow.ly/EX1l50Y4rvA

"Getting to spend my last summer before university doing something I love while also preparing for my future was amazing." Great to read the experiences of one of our Museum Experience Interns based at @maacambridge.bsky.social last summer. Applications for our next internship will open in March.

🌱This is Titus Jr. the Titan Arum – one of the plants you can talk to in our #TalkingPlants exhibition from 11 Feb – 12 Apr. 🌿Scan a QR code in the Glasshouses to ask questions and learn about its origins, adaptations and why it matters. 📍Find out more through the link on our profile.

Notice anything strange? 🦛 You may have spotted a difference in the size of its hip bones. This is because the Barrington Hippo is a composite skeleton. One hip bone is from a female individual and the other comes from a male! The larger hip bone is from a female.  #FossilFriday #BarringtonHippo

Find quiet as you slow down towards the end of your busy day and focus on your positive wellbeing through sound healing and guided meditation in the galleries. 🗓️ 03/02/2026, 5:45pm (other dates available) 🎟️ £15 pp 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977385323733

We're delighted to be welcoming Nahoft Ensemble for a special performance celebrating the timeless beauty of Persian classical music. 🗓️ 29/01/2026, 7pm 🎟️ Pay as you wish - suggested donation £25 or £12 for students/MAA Friends 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1660331739929 📸 Image credit: My Linh Le, 2025

🏳️‍🌈Book your FREE place on our Pride in Nature LGBTQ+ tours this February as we celebrate #LGBTQ+ History Month. Expert volunteers will share stories of the natural world that are often left untold. Tours: 1st & 22nd Feb. https://ow.ly/mf9T50Y0xg4#LGBTQ+

🪴From 11 Feb-12 Apr, Talking Plants invites you to the Glasshouse Range to scan QR codes, ask questions and get a unique response inspired by that plant’s story. 🌱An interactive exhibition using AI to explore the stories of living plants – included with Garden admission. 🌿So, what would you ask?

Join us this Saturday and be among the first to explore our new exhibition, The Art of Deception. ✨🔎 The Art of Deception reveals the hidden world of forged scientific instruments, showing how fake artefacts have fooled collectors and experts from the Middle Ages to today.

Join us to celebrate 20 years of #TwilightAtTheMuseums! 🎉🌟 Bring a torch, grab a trail, and go on an after-hours museum adventure with your family on 18 February 2026. Find out more on the @camunivmuseums.bsky.social website: museums.cam.ac.uk/events/twilight-maa-all-glistens-not-gold

Join us as we celebrate 20 years of #TwilightAtTheMuseums 🌟 Enjoy a garden adventure after hours with your family this February half-term. 📅 17–21 February 🔗 Find out more & book: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/ @camunivmuseums.bsky.social#TwilightAtTheMuseums

It’s time to get glowing! #TwilightAtTheMuseums is back 🌟 Explore Cambridge museums after hours this February half term and celebrate 20 years of Twilight. See all events and book your visit from today: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight

Call now open for Visiting Fellowships in our Natural History Humanities programme! Building long-term collaborations with early career researchers on Cambridge GLAM collections. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

📢The Museum will be closed on Tuesday 13 Jan & Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 for maintenance & cleaning work. The Whale Café will remain open. Apologies if you were hoping to visit on those days. We are open as usual this week, if you are in Cambridge, do pop in! 🐳 University of Cambridge Museums

✨ Happy New Year! ✨ Welcome to a new year full of seasons ready to unfold in the Garden. We’ll be open every day from tomorrow (2nd January), 10am–4pm — the perfect place to ease into 2026 surrounded by nature. We can’t wait to welcome you back.

From all of us at the University of Cambridge Museums, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The UCM Team Office is now closed until 5 January. In Cambridge over the holidays? Find full opening hours for our Museums and Garden on our website: bit.ly/UCMXmasHours

🎄CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR OPENING TIMES🎄The Museum will close at 4.30pm on Sunday 21 December 2025 and re-open at 10am on Saturday 3 Jan 2026. We will also be closed for our annual clean on Tues 13 & Wed 14 Jan 2026. University of Cambridge Museums

✨ Holiday closing ✨ The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology will be closed from 5pm on Sunday 21 December and will re-open at 10am on Saturday 3 January 2026. The museum will also be closed to the general public on Tuesday 6 January 2026. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

✨Share a little botanical joy this Christmas. Our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide is bursting with ideas inspired by the beauty of the Garden.🌱 Your gift-giving helps us to continue growing the Garden & its work in research, education, conservation & community support.

✨ Just a handful of evenings left to see #CambridgeBotanicLights ✨ 🌿 filled with lights, music and winter magic – enjoy the Garden after dark until 23 December. 🎫 Tickets available through the link on our profile. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social#CambridgeBotanicLights

✨Visiting #CambridgeBotanicLights this week? 📸Capture something beautiful and enter our photo competition - thank you to everyone who has taken part so far! 🎫Still need tickets? Book now and get your shot – more info and tickets available through the link on our profile.

Friday 12 Dec - book onto our FREE Animal Tails session for 2-5 year olds 🐧Hear stories of penguins & polar bears PLUS make a pop up penguin card to take home with you! 🐧 Sessions start at 10.30 & repeat at 11.30. Please book ahead! University of Cambridge Museums https://ow.ly/QY4c50XFHim

Mounts are an important part of how we display objects and each one is custom made by our incredible Workshop team. Today we're taking a peek behind-the-scenes to see the process involved in making one of the mounts for our new 'People of the world' display. 1/6

✨Cambridge Botanic Lights opens tonight✨ It's back at the Garden – brighter, bolder and more enchanting. Large projections, dancing leaves, lanterns in woodland, glowing seeds on the Lake and more surprises! More info & booking via our profile link #CambridgeBotanicLights

Congratulations to Jody Joy, our Senior Curator in European Archaeology, and British Museum curator Julia Farley, who co-edited 'The Snettisham Hoards' which has been nominated for the Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year Award! 1/3

To celebrate #MuseumShopSunday, there's a special offer on Curating Cambridge online this weekend! ✨🛍️ Every purchase on curatingcambridge.com supports our museums. Here's some gifting inspiration. Enter code UCMMUS at checkout to receive 15% off. Valid until midnight on Monday 1 December 2025.

❄️ICE AGE EARTH FAMILY DAY - this Saturday 29 Nov!❄️ Make a festive lino print animal themed card with our artist Lizzie 🐦 PLUS handle a real mammoth tooth & pick up a free bookmark for making a pledge for nature! No need to book 🙂University of Cambridge Museums

You've only got a month left to see 'Fault Lines: Imagining Indigenous futures for colonial collections'! Visitors are describing it as "Very moving", "touching, insightful" and a "powerful message"! Exhibition closes: 21 December 2025

Celebrate the festive season in the beautiful landscapes of Cambridge University Botanic Garden.🌟From enchanting events like Cambridge Botanic Lights to the tranquillity & winter beauty of the Garden, there's something for everyone to enjoy. See more on our website: bit.ly/3KknXSK

📢MUSEUM CLOSED THIS WEEK 24-28 NOV 📢for essential maintenance. The shop & café are open. The Museum will be open again this Sat 29 Nov & Sun 30 Nov. We're really sorry if you were planning to visit. We hope to welcome you again soon 🙂 University of Cambridge Museums https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/

Have you seen our new display? Today we're going behind-the-scenes to find out how we installed the 'People of the world' case. Video description: Museum staff install objects depicting human faces into a display case.

🎄 Our Garden has gone festive! 🌿 Follow Little Robin’s trail at the Garden: pick up your map, visit the festive plants, make a rubbing at each stop and create a Christmas bauble. 📍 Free for children under 16. More info: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/little-robins-christmas-trail-copy/

Tune in on the @zoologymuseum.bsky.social YouTube on Monday evening to explore all things Ice Age! Streaming from 7pm ❄️ Find out more 👇

CALLING ALL #CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM & NATURAL HISTORY NERDS! This Thursday, the fabulous @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social opens late for "Behind the Scenes Uncovered" - alongside a bunch of cool activities, I'll be doing an "in-conversation" about my book #NaturesMemory. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sedgwick-m...

📢The Museum will be closed for 6 days in November & December for essential maintenance. We’re really sorry if you were planning to visit during this time. Café & shop open as usual. See our website for closed dates: https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/visit-us University of Cambridge Museums

⛲ The Fountain at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden has had a well-deserved clean! Our Horticulture Team drained and refreshed the water - now it’s sparkling and ready for visitors again. ✨ #CUBG #Cambridge #BotanicGarden

A peaceful scene from the West Walk, as we pause to reflect and remember this #RemembranceDay2025