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Unique Cambridge
From making your own gin with one of the world’s most innovative distilleries, to trying the best of the Cambridge food scene – here are some uniquely Cambridge experiences to seek out during your stay
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Art & Exhibitions
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Our Place in Space at the Whipple Museum
Drop in to the Whipple Museum for an Our Place in Space themed hands-on creative activity and check out their amazing collection of historical scientific instruments and teaching tools!
Our Place in Space | Ice From Above at the Polar Museum
Join the team at The Polar Museum and help to map the coldest places on planet Earth with a giant floor map.
Our Place in Space | Cycle the Solar System
Hop on your bike and cycle your way through the solar system with fellow explorers.
Our Place in Space | Minecraft and Coding Sessions
Our Creative Learning team are coming to Cambridge for a week of Minecraft and coding workshops inspired by Our Place in Space. Free digital workshops will see you create your own space vehicle or design a game inspired by the iconic Space Invaders arcade game.
Painting and Prosecco
Spend the evening trying your hand at something new - paint brush in one hand, wine glass in the other!
FREE Cafe Cabaret : Banana Ukulele Band & Aerialist Katriana
Come and enjoy an afternoon’s free entertainment in Haddenham Arts Centre’s garden marquee. Marvel at Banana Ukulele, gasp at Aerialist Katriana. 2.30pm - 4pm, no need to book, just turn up and enjoy!
Meteors on Midsummer — Silent Disco Skygazing | Our Place in Space
Taking place on Midsummer Common during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, this unique event will invite you to lie back and open your eyes and ears to the wonder of the sky.
Our Place in Space | Storytelling at the Sun
Take yourself and your family or friends on a storytelling adventure by the Sun on Sunday 14 or 21 August.
Open Cambridge
Discover Cambridge inventions past and present alongside some unmissable tours this September as Open Cambridge welcomes the public once again.
Did you know?
The first game of football, as we know it, was played in Cambridge in 1848.