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The Great Greek Olympic Games

Move over Paris Olympics, we’re heading back to where it all began with The Great Greek Olympic Games.

  • 2nd August 2024 - 2nd August 2024
  • 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

On your marks, get set, go! Join us for a jam-packed afternoon of activities and crafts fit for an Olympian.

Discover the ancient origins of everyone’s favourite summer sporting event, and get the low down on what it was like to compete over 2000 years ago. The Great Greek Olympic Games will get your mind racing as we test your knowledge of ancient sport and let your imagination run wild designing your very own Olympic games

So do you have what it takes to be a champion in the ancient Greek Olympics?

 

This event is part of Summer at the Museums.

 

Accessibility

  • The Cast Gallery is on the first floor.
  • Unfortunately, our lift is currently our of order which means we are unable to provide step-free access at this time. We hope to be able to restore lift access in mid-August.
  • This event is primarily seated. The family trail involves standing, but we can move chairs around the gallery.
  • Find out more about Museum Access.
  • Please contact us on 01223 330402 or email museum@classics.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns about accessibility.

 

Summer Temperatures

Our glass-roofed gallery can get very warm in the summer months. We recommend bringing water if the weather is forecast to be warm and sunny.

Facilities

  • Disabled Accessibility
  • WI-FI

Accessibility Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • Staff available to assist
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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.