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Summer at the Museum graphics, including a dinosaur, a telescope, a butterfly and a shell.

Summer at the Museums is back for 2025! 

Join us at the Whipple Museum for hands-on activities in the Learning Gallery this summer.

 

Optics and Observations 

Discover the wonders of optics and light through hands-on instruments and activities at the Whipple Museum — from microscopes to make-your-own spectacles!

Mr Whipple really loved optics, instruments which use light to help scientists to see things. That means that the Whipple museum is packed with microscopes, telescopes and even spectacles and opera glasses! Come and explore some of our handling instruments, find out how to bend and reflect light and create your own spectacular spectacles.

 

Free- drop in session.

This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2025.

 

Date: 
Tuesday, 29 July, 2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
Event location: 
Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane, CB2 3RH

Opening Times

We are regularly open five days a week, 12.30 - 16:30.

And now open the third Saturday of every month!

Monday 12.30 - 16:30

Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30

Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30

Thursday 12.30 - 16:30

Friday 12.30 - 16:30

Selected Saturdays 10.00 - 16.00

 

Summer Bank Holiday 2025
Please note that we will be closed on Monday 25 August for the Bank Holiday.

 

Learning Gallery Notice
Due to ongoing redevelopment, the gallery may occasionally be closed at times. If you'd like to confirm its availability ahead of your visit, please don't hesitate to email us.