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The Search for Franklin's Lost Ships: A talk by marine archaeologist Ryan Harris
Wednesday 16 January 6.30pm – 8pm
FULLY BOOKED
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After battling ice, lead poisoning and Arctic weather conditions, the explorer Sir John Franklin and his entire crew of 129 perished on a search for Canada's Northwest Passage in 1845. Their ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were lost and haven't been found to this day. This tragic expedition captivated the Victorian public and became the stuff of legend.
Ryan Harris, an underwater archaeologist with the Canadian Government, has been involved in four campaigns to track down the Franklin vessels. This is a unique experience to hear from one of the investigators trying to piece together their story.
The Legacy of Captain Scott
A cultural programme to accompany the exhibition Robert Falcon Scott: A Century On
To commemorate the end of Scott's centenary year, the Polar Museum is hosting a series of four linked cultural events, alongside its latest special exhibition which explores the impact of Captain Scott's achievements - Antarctic science and exploration, a century of art and literature and the wider cultural legacy of his expeditions.
Tickets for each event are £5/ £3.50 (concessions). If you book for all four events, there is a discounted price of £18 / £12 (conc). All tickets include a glass of wine or juice. To book, please e-mail museum@spri.cam.ac.uk.
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Tuesday 30 October, 10am-12 noon
Ice in the Sky
Strange things happen when there's ice in the sky. Come along and try out some mind bending light experiments at Cool Club
Suitable for ages 7 - 12
Cost: £6 per child, booking is essential as places are limited.
Venue: Scott Polar Research Institute
Please contact schools@spri.cam.ac.uk to book a place for your child.
Festival of Ideas 2012
Tuesday 24 October - Saturday 4 November
10:00AM - 4:00PM
Throughout the Festival, explore our trail of polar dreams and nightmares. Find untold secrets hidden in drawers and strange objects that have crept into the cases.
Drop in, no need to book
Wednesday 31 October
10:30am - 4:00pm
Ghostly chills and spooky thrills
Extraordinary drop-in activities and events for families include close encounters with dreaming explorers, ghostly presences, unearthly crackles, trails and creative activities based on the history of exploring, living and imagining the polar regions. Includes The Big Draw on Tour.
Follow the trail left by a dreaming explorer. Make your own terrifying polar nightmare monster. Add your own words to a polar poem and experience the total darkness of a polar winter.
Includes:
11am - 11.30am & 1.30pm - 2pm
Polar poetry session with poet Kaddy Benyon
Get inspired by Polar images and objects, play with words and build stories...
2pm - 4pm
Drop in, no need to book
Bookable events
Please call 01223 336540 or email enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk to book the following events. Spaces are limited to 85, so please book early.
Wednesday 31 October
Polar dreams, ghosts and psychics
(Over 16s only)
SPRI Lecture Theatre
6:00PM - 7:30PM
In this illustrated talk, Shane McCorristine from SPRI introduces the paranormal and irrational aspects of polar exploration, including the intangible, the supernatural and the disembodied in relation to polar expeditions.
Thursday 1 November
Extreme sci-fi night
(Over 18s only)
SPRI Lecture Theatre
7:30PM - 10:30PM
Be prepared to be scared at a night of sci-fi thrills. At the Pole, no-one can hear you scream.
Join us for a screening of The Thing (1982), book readings and more.
Cambridge & London 2012: cool club
July/August 2012
Meet a polar researcher and try some fun science. Read more…
- Tue 31 July, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
- Tue 7 August, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
- Tue 14 August, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
- Tue 21 August, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
- Tue 28 August, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
The beach at the Polar Museum
Wed 22 August
10:30AM - 3:30PM
Sand between your toes and an ice lolly, discover more about our changing world. Cool club members and researchers present their findings using some unusual and entertaining means!
Last Words
An evening of poetry and songs inspired by Captain Scott's last expedition
27 March 2012
Kiran Millwood Hargrave will read from her new collection of poems, 'Last March', and guitarist and singer-songwriter Jake Wilson will perform songs from his forthcoming album, 'All's Well'.
7pm for 7:30 pm, SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road
Tickets: £10 / £7.50 (concessions). Call 01223 336540 or e-mail events@spri.cam.ac.uk, or available at the door.
Conquering the Antarctic
February - March 2012
The Scott Centenary concert tour featuring the City of London Sinfonia -
a celebration in music, words and pictures, with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Cecilia McDowall.
Please continue to support this event and the joint education work of the CLS and the Polar Museum by making a donation.
This landmark concert tour retraces the steps of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in music, images and words. Excerpts from Vaughan Williams's film score Scott of the Antarctic are interwoven with moving readings from Scott's diary, along with the London premiere of Cecilia McDowall's new piece setting music to words by poet Seán Street, who uses Scott's own letters as his inspiration.
In partnership with the Scott Polar Research Institute
Supported by Arts Council England, Colwinston Charitable Trust, the RVW Trust, the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, the Summerfield Charitable Trust, United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, the Richard Hickox Fund for New Music and the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Part of Music Nation and the London 2012 Festival
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Twilight at the Museum
15 February 2012
4.30-7.30pm Explore the Museum by torchlight (don't forget to bring your own torch!)
Arctic story tent outside.
Some photos from the event are now available.
The love letters of Con and Kathleen Scott
14 February 2012 - Performance
The Polar Museum presents an evening of reading selected letters for Valentine's Day, presented by Angela Pleasence and Oliver Cotton.
7pm for 7:30 pm, SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road
Tickets £8.50 / £7 (concessions). Call 01223 336540 or email events@spri.cam.ac.uk
Make a flag for Pole Day
17 January 2012
Calling all children......
Could you help us to celebrate the day Captain Scott reached the south pole by making small flags for Pole Day?
A Father for My Son
6.30pm-8pm, 18th January 2012
SPRI Lecture Theatre
A play written and performed by Jenny Coverack
Travel back in time with Kathleen Scott, wife of the legendary polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, for a female perspective on love and life at the turn of the 20th century.
£7.50, £5 concessions and Friends of SPRI
Booking recommended enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
01223 336540
Lecture by Dr Peter Donaldson: Sir Joseph Hooker and the Ross Antarctic Expedition
7pm, Tuesday 6th December 2011
Venue: SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road
Sir Joseph Hooker, in many ways the forgotten man in the story of Evolution, was a great scientist, plant collector and explorer. He wrote the Floras of the Antarctic, New Zealand, India and Tasmania with a major introduction to the Flora of Australia. This talk will mainly focus on his participation as Assistant Surgeon and Botanist on board the Erebus, one of two ships on the Ross Antarctic Expedition.
The speaker, Dr Peter Donaldson, has for the past three years been making a major documentary on the life and travels of this great Victorian scientist. Filming has been completed in the Himalayas, the subantarctic Auckland and Campbell islands, Morocco, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. The talk will chart the gradual development of Hooker's ideas of Southern Hemisphere plants having evolved from an ancient Antarctic landmass. This was many years before the discovery of continental drift and Gondwanaland.
Peter will also show some of Hooker's original sketches and type specimens from the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Hooker' first sketch of Mount Everest which Peter located during his research in the archives at Kew.
Doors open at 18:30 for a chance to preview the Scott Centenary exhibition 'These Rough Notes'.
Concert: 'A start on such a night is full of promise'
9 November 2011
The Polar Museum presents an evening of music and drama inspired by the first crossing of Greenland in 1888 by an expedition led by the famous Norwegian explorer, Fridtjof Nansen.
Music composed by Tom Adams
Performed by the Mountaineering Club Orchestra in association with Hills Road Sixth Form College and the Bawds Theatre Company
7:00 for 7:30 pm, SPRI Lecture Theatre
Tickets £5 / £3 (concessions). Call 01223 336540 or email events@spri.cam.ac.uk.
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Family Activity Day: Gone to the Dogs?
26 Oct 2011
A doggie day at the Polar Museum including meeting real dogs, talking to experts, talks, films, making activities and exploring how scientists and explorers lived and worked with dogs. 10.15-15.45 in the SPRI Lecture Theatre.
Free. Booking is essential (call 01223 336540 or email events@spri.cam.ac.uk). Please note that the meet the Dogs event is now fully booked. Do join us for a host of other activities.
Outreach event: 'Amundsen and Scott: Lives Explored'
29 Oct 2011
A century after the great achievements of Amundsen and Scott, a group of international experts share the latest research and evolving ideas. The day includes a tour, talks and discussions and is an all day event in place of Michaelmas Term Lecture 2.
10.15-15.45 in the SPRI Lecture Theatre, lunch, tea and coffee provided.
Booking is essential (Call 01223 336540 or email events@spri.cam.ac.uk).
Cost £15 (£10 for Friends of SPRI). Programme details.
Access all Archives
Monday October 24, 18:30-20:00
The Polar Museum, Museum of Zoology, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Fitzwilliam Museum and Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Live performances and sound installations provide the background for a special late night opening of the museum galleries.
At the Polar Museum:
Experience the atmospheric, icy soundscapes of the polar regions interpreted in an exciting new piece of electronica by Joe Snape.
Ages 16+ Tickets £5.00. http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/events/festival-of-ideas
'Cambridge Drawing Together'
12 October
Join Rowan's students (www.rowanhumberstone.co.uk) at the Polar Museum as they use the museum's collection on all aspects of life in the polar regions, explorations, history and modern polar science to inspire new art work. Drawing equipment, materials and tutors supplied. No experience required. Explore your creativity, challenge your expectations, enjoy a warm and friendly welcome.
Exploration! Peril! Penguins!: a world class polar library
Friday 9 September 2011
Tours of the Scott Polar Research Institute Library for Open Cambridge
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Cool Club
July and August 2011
Hands on Polar Activities club for young explorers ages 7-11. Each week we meet a polar expert, find out
what they do, experiment and create cool stuff.
| 26 July | Rivers of Ice |
| 2 August | Beyond the rainbow |
| 9 August | Surviving Antarctica |
| 16 August | Marvellous maps |
| 23 August | What makes us who we are? |
Sewing Stories
23 July - 20 August
Weekly activities for adults and families linked to - 'Sewing Our Traditions: Dolls of the Canadian North'
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Wed 27 July |
10.30-12.00 |
Stitching and unpicking stories (for young people and adults) with Anne Taylor. Drop in and stitch or unpick, discovering why women in northern Canada stitch to survive and keep their traditions alive. |
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Sat 23 July |
10.30-12.00 | Storytelling & puppet making for families with Mary Jane Edgar. To complement our exhibition, storytelling in the gallery. Some of the stories are; 'Sedna' goddess of the sea, Samik the polar bear, Arctic fox, the boy who became a caribou, Raven created the world |
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From 23 July - 20 Aug 2011 |
Daily 10.00-16.00 |
Drop in Make things at the activity table in our exhibition inspired by the objects on display and their stories |
Traditions and techniques of doll making in Arctic Canada
31 May and 1 June 2011
Join us for a series of workshops and lectures on the traditions and techniques of doll making in Arctic Canada. Artists Dolores Anderson (Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation), Lizzie Ittinuar (Inuit - Kivalliq region), Theresie Tungilik (Inuit - Kivalliq region) and Lillian Wright (Teetl'it Gwich'in First Nation) will show you how to create beautiful designs using tr
aditional sewing and beading techniques in the Polar Museum. Come and try it for yourself!
Tuesday 31 May 2011
11:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion with Canadian doll makers
13:30 – 14:30 Gallery demonstration
15:00 – 16:00 Gallery demonstration
Wednesday 1 June 2011
11:15 – 12:30 Gallery demonstration
13:00 Lecture by exhibition curator Jennifer Allen – Sewing our Traditions
15:00 – 16:00 Gallery demonstration
Exploration Station II
May Half Term: 30 May-3 June 2011
Free family activities – just drop in
Explore frozen Antarctica and the hostile seas of the Arctic through hands-on activities and the collections of the Polar Museum
This is your chance to explore the polar regions. How will you get kitted out? What will you shelter in? What will you find when you get there? Come and find out at the Polar Museum.
Cost: Free
Cambridge Science Festival
19-25th March 2011
Event 1: 19 March 2011
Cooking in the Danger Zone: Polar food
Join Stefan Gates for a gastronomical adventure to the poles. Discover the culture and food of Arctic peoples.
A talk suitable for all ages.
Stefan Gates is a food adventurer. He spends his life cooking, eating, talking and travelling to discover the world and its people. To find out more about his TV programmes and books visit his website.
Cost: Free
Time: 17:30-19:30
Booking required. Please arrive on time.
Contact number: 01223 336540
Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
Event 1A: 22 March 2011 - additional event
'Ninety Degrees South'
Three months ago Dr Charles Swithinbank visited the new Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. He will speak on his latest trip, recent developments in Antarctic aviation, and share his reflections on how the South Pole has changed since he first went there, more than three decades ago.
SPRI Lecture Theatre
Cost: Free
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
No booking required.
Event 2: 22 March 2011
Are Truth and Fiction Polar Opposites? Science and writing
Is there room for linguistic experiment in scientific writing? Join poet Nancy Campbell for an evening of language games inspired by the ground-breaking experiments of early climate scientists in the polar regions.
A workshop for adults.
Nancy Campbell's poetry publications include 'Boat Trip', 'Yan Tan Tethera' and 'After Light'. During winter 2010 she was writer in residence at Upernavik Museum, Greenland. This autumn she is completing a collection of poems and an artist's book 'How to say I love you in Greenlandic'. To read her blog visit: http://nancycampbelle.blogspot.com/
Cost: Free
Time: 17:30-19:30
Booking required. Please arrive on time.
Contact number: 01223 336540
Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
Event 3: 23 March 2011
Ice and Climate Change: Science in the Polar Regions
Dr Neil Arnold speaks about some of the latest research from the Scott Polar Research Institute and the vital importance of the study of ice and climate science in the polar regions.
A talk for adults.
The Institute is a well-known and long-established centre for research into both polar regions. We have several research groups investigating a range of issues in both the environmental sciences and social sciences of relevance to the Arctic and Antarctica. Neil Arnold is a University Lecturer in physical geography, with interests in environmental modelling, particularly the interactions between ice masses, climate and glacier hydrology.
Cost: Free
Time: 17:30-19:30
Booking required. Please arrive on time.
Contact number: 01223 336540
Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
Event 4: 24 March 2011
The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE, 1934-37)
The Polar Museum's Bryan Lintott explains how the BGLE established the foundation of Britain's ongoing scientific endeavours in Antarctica. This event will include a talk, film and the opportunity to view and discuss the BGLE exhibition.
A talk and film for adults (16+)
The British Graham Land Expedition was undertaken by sixteen keen, predominantly young,explorers, scientists and military officers. Despite modest financial resources, treacherous sea-ice and difficult terrain, the BGLE was a great success, reasserting the United Kingdom's sovereignty in the British Antarctic Territory, solving a geographical mystery, and collecting significant scientific material and data.
Bryan Lintott is Exhibitions Officer at the Scott Polar Research Institute. A Winston Churchill Fellow (NZ), former historic site curator and museum director, he is now an expert member of the International Polar Heritage Committee (IPHC) of ICOMOS. Bryan is a member of the team that redeveloped the Polar Museum, and curator of the current exhibition on the British Graham Land Expedition.
Cost: Free
Time: 17:30-19:30
Booking required. Please arrive on time.
Contact number: 01223 336540
Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
Event 5: 25 March 2011
Scott Polar Research Institute Open Day
Come and see what our scientists and researchers are up to in Cambridge and in the field. Learn about some of the latest research from the Scott Polar Research Institute and see what it takes to conserve Polar Museum objects.
All ages. Drop in or book a school visit.
As well as posters and hands on activities throughout the day, visit at 11 a.m. or 2p.m. to see Dr John Ash's talk on Space and Antarctica, drop in at 3:30 p.m. for Dr Neil Arnold's Family friendly ice science demonstrations.
Cost: Free
Time: 10:00-16:00.
No booking required.
Love Your Museum
Saturday 30th April
Join us for a host of family friendly activities:
- Join the penguin huddle – decorate your own penguin and add it to a polar landscape
- Create your own unique snowflake and discover some fascinating snowflake facts
- Expeditions often wrote their own newspapers - join in the fun by writing a polar adventure headline for our newsboard
- Tell us why you love the Polar Museum – make a penguin tag
- Exploration station – a chance to try on polar clothing
Take a closer look at the handling collection of Inuit art with Keeper, Heather Lane at 11 am, 12 noon and 2.30 pm.
Presented in association with
Twilight at the Museums
23 February 2011
If you have ever wondered what happens in a museum after dark, find out on Wednesday 23rd February 2011 between 4:30 and 7.30pm, when you can enjoy a special evening of torchlight trails and family activities at a host of Cambridge's best museums.
Free
Arctic stories at the Polar Museum
15 and 16 December 2010
Come gather in a warm place to hear wintry tales from the Arctic. Storyteller Paul Jackson performs traditional Inuit tales in these evening sessions at the Polar Museum.
Venue: SPRI Lecture Theatre
Time: Two sessions each evening, beginning at 17:30 and 18:45
This is a free family event - just drop in (but please be aware that seating is limited).
24 and 26 September 2010
Alumni Weekend tours
Cambridge alumni are invited to join the curatorial staff for a tour of the new galleries at the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute. Find out about the new displays, the work that went into them and the stories that had to be left out.
For Bookings visit:
Open Cambridge tours
10 September 2010
A tour of the new galleries at the Polar Museum. Find out about how the displays were developed, the work behind the scenes and the stories that had to be left out.
Bookings see: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/opencambridge
Bridge the Gap charity walk
12 September 2010
The Polar Museum will be open from 10.00-16.00 and will be acting as a checkpoint for the Cambridge-wide charity walk.
Cambridge Drawing Together - with Rowan Humberstone Studios
6 October 2010, 10.30–14.30
Come along to The Polar Museum, be inspired by the collections, join Rowan, artists and students in making some art and challenge your expectations. No experience required.
No need to book, just drop in.
For further information:
http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/bigdraw/search.aspx?RAB=4
Exploration Station
26–30 October 2010
Part of the Festival of Ideas, an all day free family event.
Plan your expedition to frozen Antarctica or the hostile seas of the Arctic. Get kitted out, make a spooky scare assessment and find out how far you might get.
No need to book, just drop in.
Free evening lecture: Paul Rose - The Logistics of Polar Exploration
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26 October 2010, 17.30–19.30
When you're facing some of the harshest conditions on Earth, planning ahead can be a matter of life and death. Part of a series of evening lectures.
Bookings: call 01223 336540.
Arctic Art - free family event
Saturday July 24 2010
Admission free. Everyone welcome.
As part of the Cultural Olympiad's Open Weekend discover Inuit art - amazing sculptures and prints from Northern Canada.
Come hear the myths and legends that inspired this art and make a Polar Museum print of your own.
No need to book, just drop in.
Twilight at the Scott Polar Museum
Wednesday February 18th 2009 16:30-19:00
Admission free. Everyone welcome.
Visit the Scott Polar Research Institute after sunset, and explore the depths of the Polar Night. Using starlight to find your way, follow the trail around the museum for the chance to win a polar prize.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all events.
Above the Poles Schools Event - in association with International Polar Year
Thursday December 4th 2008
On December 4th, 2008, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-8 celebrated its seventh polar day, focusing on research "Above the Poles" - including topics such as weather, climate, the atmosphere above the poles and astronomy in polar regions.
The Scott Polar Research Institute and IPY worked together to host a special "Above the Poles" event, connecting pupils of all ages with polar experts around the world, including a live connection to Antarctica. At SPRI, pupils were at the heart of this event, meeting and talking to local polar scientists face to face, asking questions, and exploring polar equipment in the museum. SPRI was open to students of all ages from 9am to midday on December 4th, with the live global event and connection to Antarctica starting at 10am. More details about the IPY "Above the Poles" Day can be found at: http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/abovethepoles/
The Big Draw - Drama in Antarctica
Saturday October 25th 2008 10:00-16:00
Admission free. Everyone welcome.
It's the Antarctic winter, it's -40°c and your tent has just blown away... Discover adventure and danger on 'The Worst Journey in the World' - the expedition taken by Edward Wilson, Henry 'Birdie' Bowers and Apsley Cherry-Garrard to Cape Crozier in Antarctica to collect Emperor Penguin eggs during the winter of 1911.
Artists Chris and Vikky Furse will be on hand throughout the day, with ideas, techniques and inspriation. Help us draw the dram
a of 'The Worst Journey in the World' on a giant Freezing Frieze. Add to a colony of penguins, make a snowflake and build and Antarctic pyramid tent to create a snowy landscape in the museum.
No booking required, just turn up and join in the fun.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all events.
Polar Bear Family Fun Day
Saturday June 28th 2008. 10:00-16:00
Explore the Arctic world of the mighty Polar Bears. Build an Arctic food web, join in our Polar Bear portrait competition and discover the threats facing the animals that live at the top of the world.
At 11 o'clock, you are invited to hear of the encounters with Polar Bears of Dr Martina Tyrell, a researcher at the Scott Polar Research Institute. Sit back and listen to tales of life in the Arctic, with an opportunity to ask questions at the end.
Admission free. No booking required. Everyone welcome.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all events.
(Photograph © Ruth Mugford / SPRI)
To the ends of the Earth - Cambridge Science Festival at the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum
Saturday March 15th 2008. 10:00-16:00
Journey to the ends of the Earth and explore the science of polar regions. With special hands-on displays and museum trails, plan your own expedition and see some of the equipment used by scientists in Antarctica. Make your own sun compass, and try on clothing worn in polar regions today. Films of past expeditions shown throughout the day give a taste of life in the coldest places on Earth.
Admission free. Everyone welcome.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all events.
Twilight at the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum
Wednesday February 13th 2008. 16:30-19:00
With the lights down low, bring a torch to explore the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum after hours. Discover the history of polar exploration, and go on a quest to find the hidden polar bears and penguins in the museum for the chance to win a polar prize.
Admission Free. No booking required. Everyone welcome.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all events.
Arctic Winter, Snowflakes and Polar Bears
Saturdays December 1st and 8th 2007. 10:00-16:00
Family fun and craft activities at the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum.
Explore the Arctic to discover the Northern Lights, learn about the mighty Polar Bears and find the compasses used by Polar Explorers in the past. Make your own Polar Christmas Cards, and discover life in the Arctic with museum displays, trails and storytelling throughout the day.
Admission Free. No booking required. Everyone welcome.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all events.
The Big Draw at the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum
October 6th and 27th, 2007
These events are part of the programme of events for The Big Draw 2007 being run by the University of Cambridge Museums and Collections. See more details of other Big Draw events in museums around Cambridge.
Polar Huddle
Saturday October 27th, 2007, 11am-4pm
Admission Free, All Welcome
Add your penguin to the Polar Huddle! With an artist here all day, and the museum to inspire you, help us create a Polar landscape in the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum.
Polar pArtworks
Saturday October 6th, 2007, 11am-4pm
Admission Free, All Welcome
With drop in artist-led workshops running throughout the day, let your imagination roam the coldest places on Earth...
Design your own sledging flag, and discover how to get around on snow and ice.
Take part in 'pArtworks', creating weird and wonderful creatures by mixing up bits of different things in a huge game of consequences around the museums and collections of the University of Cambridge!
Arctic Family Fun Day
Saturday 19th May 2007, 10am-4pm
- Discover the history of the British exploration of the Arctic with our new exhibition and museum trail.
- Explore the mystery of the Northern Lights.
- Hear magical tales from the Arctic with readings of Inuit folk tales throughout the day.
- Make a snowy owl or polar bear to take home with you.