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10 Aug 2023: The Wren Library at Trinity College is one of Christopher Wren’s great masterpieces of architecture. 2023 commemorates the 300th anniversary of his death and we have a special exhibition looking at how he designed and created the space.

10 Aug 2023: St John’s College is wildly, improbably happy to present an exhibition celebrating the publication of *42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams*.

10 Aug 2023: There was a time when Quakers frowned on the arts, their dress and meeting spaces were plain and simple. However, modern day Quakers embrace the arts enthusiastically. Quaker - inspired artist, Rory Pilgrim is one of this year’s Turner Prize

10 Aug 2023: An art workshop to harness the creativity of childhood, to be held in the College grounds. Will include a visit to a small exhibition of Kay Melzi's work in the College Library. Kathleen (Kay) Melzi was an inspirational Art teacher at Homerton

10 Aug 2023: Between 2015-16 archaeologists from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit excavated the remains of one of the best-preserved Bronze Age settlements ever discovered in the UK.

10 Aug 2023: All Saints Church, in Jesus Lane opposite Jesus College, will be open to visitors on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of September between 10am and 4pm.

10 Aug 2023: Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution?

10 Aug 2023: Take a tour behind the scenes in the Cambridgeshire Collection at Cambridge Central Library. See some of the material in our archive store and learn more about the history of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. The tour is down a flight of stairs. A lift

10 Aug 2023: Alfred Waterhouse is best known as a designer of public buildings in the eo-Gothic style, but he drew on other styles from the past too, and numerous building types are represented in his huge output. He was the first child of a Quaker family, and

10 Aug 2023: Tea and Tour of Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue welcomes everybody to our beautiful purpose-built building on the edge of Midsummer Orchard. The synagogue will be open with an exhibition about Judaism and Jews; and there

10 Aug 2023: This walking tour, led by a Green Badge guide, celebrates women who have sometimes been left out of the Cambridge story. We’ll discover stories of actors and activists, bedders and brewers, scholars and sex workers, and many more. This is a tour

10 Aug 2023: Led by a trained guide, discover an ordinary terraced house with an extraordinary hand-painted interior. Home to the Victorian decorative artist, David Parr and his family, the house is an example of Arts and Crafts workmanship layered with

10 Aug 2023: Explore the hidden histories of the Ancient India and Iran Trust. A selection of items will be on display during this drop-in event revealing the wide-ranging and sometimes unexpected origins of the Trust’s collections.

10 Aug 2023: 'Her unique character and encouraging teaching meant that she was an inspiration to generations of students'. As well as an inspirational teacher, Kay Melzi was also a respected artist in her own right, and a number of her artworks are displayed in

10 Aug 2023: The Parker Library is one of the greatest national heritage treasures. It is internationally renowned for its important collection of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, as well as its valuable holdings of early printed books.

10 Aug 2023: The development of the Old Press / Mill Lane site by Pembroke College has created a dynamic new City quarter, and as well as providing additional accommodation for the College, provides publicly accessible gardens, exhibition and performance spaces .

10 Aug 2023: The grounds and gardens at St John’s are undoubtedly one of the College’s greatest assets. Over the last five centuries a wide variety of architectural styles and landscaping techniques have been used to produce the gardens, courts and buildings

10 Aug 2023: Join Cambridge Green Badge guide Leigh Watson for a walk around Cambridge’s city centre to look at some of Cambridge’s lesser known characters, as well as some odd facts and stories about the city.

10 Aug 2023: Elizabeth Fry, nee Gurney, (1780—1845), Quaker minister and social reformer made a seminal impact on the treatment of convicts in Victorian Britain.

10 Aug 2023: A modern reimagining of the founding of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Told though textile incorporating our archive and art collections. Explore our Polar Library as part of your visit. Drop in event, Ages 12+