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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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An Evening with Laetitzia Campbell
Join us for an exclusive evening with artist Laetitzia Campbell, including a special after-hours viewing of our current exhibition, On Your Way Home, What Did You Find?
Make it with Marmalade Discover Linocutting Half-Day Workshops
Half-day linocutting workshops at marmalade are relaxed, sociable and busy. Marmalade Print Studio has been open for a year and is now a go-to destination for printmaking in Cambridgeshire. Our studio offers a relaxed and sociable space to get creative in and learn all about the traditional artform of printmaking.
Drypoint Etching and Chine Collé with Susie Turner
Discover the art of drypoint printmaking and chine collé with expert printmaker Susie Turner.
Make it with Marmalade Discover Drypoint Half-Day Workshops
Drypoint Etching is an intaglio printmaking method which involves cutting your design into the surface of a plate with a sharp etching needle.
The Art of Hand Embroidery with Richard McVetis
Join artist Richard McVetis for a day exploring the potential of stitch as a form of mark-making. This workshop focuses on the slowness, rhythms and meditative qualities of hand stitching. You will experiment with stitch, process and materials to express yourself, discovering the versatility of embroidery for drawing, pattern and texture.
Make it with Marmalade Explore Printmaking – 5 Week Evening Course
People tell us that printmaking is magical, and if you don't believe in magic, this course will definitely change your mind!
Make it with Marmalade Discover Drypoint Etching Day
For anyone who wants to discover the full creative possibilities of this painterly, printmaking technique used by Picasso, Rembrandt and many other artists, this special workshop will let you flex your Drypoint Etching muscles and fly as a printmaker.
Make it with Marmalade Reduction Linocutting – Five Week Course
Our teaching style is hands-on and practical, so you will really get to grips with printmaking in this course, learning how to plan and execute a multi-colour image and working over five consecutive Saturday mornings, towards producing and printing a short edition of your own work.
Folk@CMT2026
Where Folk Music Meets Industrial Heritage
A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire
Experience the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850.
An Enamel Revolution: China and the World
Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.
A Call to Art: William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites
Discover the radical vision behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites.
A Christmas Carol
A One-Man Performance by Mathew Jones. A bare stage. A single performer. And suddenly, Victorian London flickers into life.
Did you know?
Bringing the river to life in raucous style each June, ‘The Bumps’ are a chaotic series of rowing races. In this Cambridge tradition, which dates back to the early 19th Century, boats set out in single file and must catch and touch, or ‘bump’, the boat ahead without being caught by the rowers on their tail.