Starting off the week with the wonderful news that the Fitzwilliam Museum has been shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026! 🎉 Congratulations to all the shortlisted venues. The winner will be announced in June. Read more 👇

🌿Access to the Glasshouse Range🌿 Parts of the Glasshouse Range will be closed from 20 April for a few weeks while essential repairs are carried out to the internal walkway. During this time, half of the Glasshouse Range will be inaccessible to visitors. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Last few days to apply! If you are a team player with excellent organisational skills and you enjoy working with a range of people, we'd love to hear from you. Closes Tuesday 21 April. Find out more 👇 #MuseumJobs #CambridgeJobs

The Whipple Museum will be closed to visitors on 21–22 April and 30 April–1 May 2026 due to University-wide industrial action over pay. Our Little Stars morning session for early years will still take place on the 21 April, 10.30-12.30pm.

📢We need you!📢Volunteers are essential at the Museum from providing a warm welcome to visitors, to getting hands on with our specimens. No zoology knowledge is needed, just enthusiasm! Different times & days available. Get in touch 🙂University of Cambridge Museums https://ow.ly/EB4i50YJPIZ

A lovely way to mark National Gardening Day 🌱 Our Friends of the Garden visited @pembroke1347.bsky.social Garden with Head Gardner Sarah Claydon – and picked up plenty of inspiration 🪴 Including a creative sustainability idea: using expired Friends’ membership cards in dead hedging.

Join us for an evening of sketching in the atmospheric setting of the museum galleries and build your confidence drawing from collections on display. Rediscover the joy of drawing, interpreting things in your own unique way, and turning the act of creating into a playful adventure.

🐝What’s killing our bees?🐝Discover the vital work of Museum Director, Professor Mark Brown & why bees really matter. Did you know one-third of the food we eat relies on bee-pollinated crops? @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social @markjfbrown.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/stories/what...

📢Fri 17 April - book your FREE place on our expert-led Animal Tails session for 2-5 year olds. We will be exploring the world of monkeys & more! 🙊Sessions at 10.30am & 11.30am 🙂 Book ahead. https://ow.ly/GUNf50YFtTh

We’re delighted to be named Best Tourist Attraction (again!) in the Cambridge Edition People’s Choice Awards! 🌿 A huge thank you to everyone who voted – and to our brilliant team and volunteers 💚 Read more: https://shorturl.at/YhZy9

Come and join us for an egg-cellent time! Find our Easter bank holiday opening hours on our website: bit.ly/UCMEasterOpening Image: Z 46361.7-15 Decorated Easter eggs, Prague @maacambridge.bsky.social.

We're hiring! 📢 Join our team as Inclusion Assistant. Help us to ensure as many people as possible can access, enjoy & benefit from our Museums & Garden. This role provides crucial support to plan, deliver & evaluate our work. Find out more & apply: museums.cam.ac.uk/opportunities 🗓 21 April

Have #museums been changing the anatomy of specimens to avoid embarrassment? Why don't you see penis bones in museums? Are visitors being deliberately mislead? Find out more as our Assistant Director @jackdashby.bsky.social talks to @iflscience.com @camunivmuseums.bsky.social tinyurl.com/422tkdvt

Preserved for 200 years, these watercolour illustrations used by Darwin’s mentor, John Henslow, have been featured for the first time in today’s Guardian. And they will soon be used again as teaching materials in the Garden’s new Certificate in Botany course. Find out more: https://shorturl.at/SxCej

#MAAMovingObjects is now open! 📦 This new exhibition highlights stories about the objects we care for, shared by those who have worked with them. From a grumpy looking pot to a porcupine quill covered masquerade costume, these are objects that moved us. We invite you to be moved by them too.

Looking for something to do this Easter? Head to the Garden and explore: 🐣NEW Easter Plant Puzzle 🎨Spring paper flower making 🌸Cherry blossom family Saturday 🌱Seed sowing activities 🚶Tours and talks 📸Photo exhibition Plus, colourful spring displays! More: https://shorturl.at/i3SHw

Here's a first look at our new exhibition - opening tomorrow! We can't wait to share some of the stories of the 320,000 objects we moved as part of our Stores Move project. #MAAMovingObjects: 28 March 2026 to 20 December 2026. Entry is free. Find out more: maa.cam.ac.uk/moving-objec...

International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition is in the Garden! 📸 Don’t miss these award-winning images of gardens and plants from around the world 🌱 Until 6 May, near the Grass Maze Find out more: https://shorturl.at/61XcS #CambridgeUniversityBotanicGarden #IGPOTY #Photography

Spring in full swing at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 🌸 📸 Lloyd Mann

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We're looking for a full-time Collections Assistant in Anthropology (Fixed Term) to support the care of and access to the anthropological collections we care for. 1/2 #MuseumJobs Closing date: 12 April 2026

📢WED 25 MARCH at 6.30pm - visit the Museum & play your favourite board games in the company of our fabulous specimens. All games provided, PLUS don't miss the Hungry Hippos tournament! Bar & shop open too 😀 Age 18+ Tickets £5. https://ow.ly/217O50Yy4bz University of Cambridge Museums

Springtime glimpses from the Garden this Monday 🌸 #MondayMood #CUBG #Spring

🐦Defining a 'bird' is trickier than you think! Join our very own Strickland Curator of Ornithology, Prof. Daniel Field as he chats about how birds evolved from dinosaurs & more on the Okay, But.....Birds podcast 🦜 @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social youtu.be/fVeOAmQspDk?...

Everyone is hard at work ahead of the opening of our new exhibition #MAAMovingObjects on 28/03/2026. Conservation student CeeCee has been helping install many of the objects you'll see on display, including an incredibly fragile hanging bowl. We think you'll agree she's done a brilliant job!

"Objects possess a unique capacity to surface emotional processes; whatever challenges, achievements, or feelings participants bring into the room can emerge naturally in the process of engaging with... collections." Read our latest blog ⬇️

In our latest blog post our Senior Curator in World Archaeology, Jimena, discusses an archaeological project in Mompox, Colombia, and reveals how urban commons, global trade, and everyday lives shaped the colonial city: www.maadigitallab.org/blog/2026/03...

Follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin 🌿 New Certificate in Botany at Cambridge University Botanic Garden 6 July-1 August 2026 Study plant form, classification & diversity in a world-leading garden Find out more: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/learning/certificate-in-botany/

🦋SAT 28 MARCH - Drop in to chat with our conservators, join our show & tell on early animals & discover the hidden lives of moths with 3D models & crafts. Enjoy it all at our Family Day! FREE 😊https://ow.ly/jHa350YvoYi University of Cambridge Museums #CamFest

Back on blossom watch! 🌸 Yoshino cherry and cyclamen cherry buds will soon burst into pink clouds, with magnolias following. Spring has arrived! #BlossomWatch #CUBG #MondayMood

📢The Museum will be CLOSED on Thurs 5 March, Fri 6 March, Mon 9 March, Wed 11 March & Thurs 12 March for essential maintenance. On Sat 7 March, Sun 8 March & Tues 10 March only the Upper Gallery will be open. We're sorry if you were hoping to visit on those days. 📢University of Cambridge Museums

Applications are now OPEN for our Museum Experience Internship. Sitting your A-levels/ equivalent and looking for a paid summer job? This unique role gives you the opportunity to experience a range of museum jobs @maacambridge.bsky.social. ➡️ www.museums.cam.ac.uk/new-internships 🗓️ 8am, 11 May 2026

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