Workshop: Make Your Own Love Token

The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Join us on Saturday and make your very own love token for the person most dear to your heart

Workshop: Make Your Own Valentine’s Love Token

The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Join us on St. Valentine's Day to make your very own love token for the person most dear to your heart

Talk: Bags of Yarn

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridge textile artist Jenny Langley explores how working with recycled materials feeds her creativity and inspires her to try new and different ideas

Free

Activity: Raptor Day at the Museum

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Ever seen a peregrine falcon or a tawny owl up close? Well now is your chance, because we have invited some of these magnificent birds, along with their keepers, to visit the Museum for the afternoon. Raptors are predatory birds

Free

Talk: Safeguards Against Witchcraft – Local Protective Practices

Dining Parlour, The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

The violence arising from the witch mania that consumed the country is well known, but the steps taken by individuals to protect their homes, their kin and themselves are often overlooked. There was so much that could be done to stop a witch from causing harm and all that was needed was a single, worn shoe…

Free

Activity: Heroines, Highwaymen and Hereward the Wake: Tales from the Fens

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Did you know that Cambridgeshire had its own Robin Hood?
Join us for a storytelling workshop led by puppet maker and animator Heather Colbert and help us recount the adventures of local hero Hereward the Wake.
Heroines, Highwaymen and Hereward the Wake: Tales from the Fens is suitable for children aged 7-15.
Tickets are free, but you will need to book so that we can manage attendance at the venue

Free

Workshop: What Women Want – Banner-Making to Commemorate Women’s Campaigns

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Whether you are interested in women's history, have a story of campaigning to share, are interested in the design and production of suffrage banners, are involved in current campaigns or would just like to in find out more over a cuppa with us...

Drop in to the Enid Porter Room at any time between 11:00am and 2:00pm on Saturday 21 April.

Talk: From Football to Cricket – the Development of Sport in Cambridge

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

No one can doubt the impact that the University of Cambridge has had on so many facets of our city and our lives, but few people realise that this includes many sports and games. Even fewer know of the influential role played by the town as well as the gown

Free