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Cambridge Museums

Cambridge and County Folk Museum - Whipple Museum of the History of Science


See also: Galleries in Cambridge


 Cambridge and County Folk Museum
  

The folk museum is housed in a delightful half-timbered building that once served as an inn. The collections show in detail the everyday life of Cambridge people over the past 400 years. more...
2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB3 0AQ

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Cambridge and County Folk Museum
Email: info@folkmuseum.org.uk
Phone: 01223 355 159
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 Cambridge University Museum of Zoology
  

A combination research facility and zoological collection, the museum is a part of the Department of Zoology at Cambridge University. Both fossil and currently living species are represented in the collection on display. In addition, the museum shows temporary exhibits, made to illustrate a particular scientific or zoological theme. more...
Downing Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 3EJ

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Cambridge University Museum of Zoology
Email: umzc@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 336 650
Fax: 01223 336 679
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 Fitzwilliam Museum
  

One of Europe's great art museums. The imposing neoclassical Fitzwilliam Museum building was built in 1848 to house the art collections of Viscount Fitzwilliam, which he had bequeathed to Cambridge University. more...
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 1RB

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Fitzwilliam Museum
Email: fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 457 574
Fax: 01223 457 588
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 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  

Part of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, the museum collections total over 750,000 artifacts of historic and anthropological interest, including over 70,000 photographs. The collections are especially strong in the areas of Oriental and African studies, visual arts, and classics. more...
Downing Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 3DZ

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Phone: 01223 333 516
Fax: 01223 333 517
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  Primavera
  

Well established gallery of contemporary British art.
10 King's Parade, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 1SJ

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: opposite Kings College
Website: Primavera
Email: contactprimavera@aol.com
Phone: 01223 357 708
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 Scott Polar Research Institute
  

Located just around the corner from the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Scott Institute houses the most important and highly respected library and archive of polar studies in the world. The museum was founded in 1920 as a memorial to Robert Falcon Scott, who died while leading an expedition to the South Pole. The museum showcases artefacts from polar exploration, including diaries, sleds, and displays on life in arctic regions. more...
Lensfield Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 1ER

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Scott Polar Research Institute
Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 336 540
Fax: 01223 336 549
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 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
  

The museum holds over 1 million samples of rocks, fossils, minerals, soft sediments, building and decorative stones. more...
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 3EQ

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Phone: 01223 333 456
Fax: 01223 333 450
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 Whipple Museum of the History of Science
  

Founded in 1944, the Whipple Museum covers all branches of scientific endeavour - a tall order indeed! The museum disaplays scientific instruments, models, photographs, and artifacts relating to scientific exploration and discovery, including instruments used at the University as far back as the 16th century. more...
Free School Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 3RH

Attraction Type: Museum
Website: Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Email: hps-whipple-museum@lists.cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 330 906
Fax: 01223 334 554
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