Family-friendly industrial heritage museum chronicling the progression of power technology from steam through internal combustion to electricity. Features a broad range of exhibits and interactive displays, plus popular coffee shop and plenty of green spaces for a picnic.
Botanic garden housing more than 8000 plant species from all around the world; provides a vital facility for teaching and research as well as a beautifully-landscaped and tranquil green space for the public to enjoy.
Fascinating, free-to-enter museum located on the University’s Downing site; features one-million artefacts charting two-million years of human history across three thoughtfully-organised floors. Amongst the highlights include striking Japanese Samurai armour and a 45-foot Haida totem pole.
Free-to-enter museum located on the first floor of the University’s faculty of classics. Features one of the world’s largest plaster cast collections of Greek and Roman sculpture; also hosts a variety of events and a series of contemporary art exhibitions throughout the year.
Popular, interactive museum tracing the evolution of information technology with a nostalgic collection of some 40,000 items including early counting machines, 1980’s home computers, retro gaming consoles and mobile phones. Unlike the ‘no touch’ policies employed by traditional museum’s, visitors here are encouraged to try out the exhibits.
Internationally-renowned museum housing a diverse core collection of half a million plus artworks and antiquities from ancient Egyptian coffins and medieval manuscripts to renaissance sculptures and masterworks by Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Monet. Also hosts a programme of temporary exhibitions throughout the year.
Premium golf complex a few miles south-east of the city centre; boasts two outstanding 18-hole courses providing appropriate challenge for all abilities, plus well-stocked pro-shop, inviting clubhouse and some of the most comprehensive practice facilities in the country. Known for its panoramic views of the Cambridgeshire countryside.
The United Kingdom’s only museum dedicated to the history, science and culture of the polar regions; features a broad range of exhibits including personal artefacts belonging to famous explorers, modern equipment used to study climate change and everyday objects that document life in the Arctic / Antarctic.
Centrally-located, free-to-enter museum named for the pioneering geologist Adam Sedgwick; features an extensive collection of more than two-million rocks, minerals, fossils and iconic dinosaur skeletons. Also hosts a range of temporary exhibitions and public activities throughout the year.
Popular, free-to-enter museum featuring more than two-million specimens across two levels, including Charles Darwin’s famous finches and beetle box, one of the most complete dodo skeletons in the world, and a 21-metre long fin whale! There’s also a well-regarded gift shop and cafe serving a selection of drinks and snacks.
Fascinating, intimately-organised museum showcasing centuries of scientific innovation; features a vast collection of exhibits including the Grand Orrery - an ornate model of the solar system from the mid-eighteenth century - and a pocket microscope owned by Charles Darwin.