Welcome to the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
World-class collections
Discover fossils, rocks and minerals from around the world and explore more than 550 million years of Earth's history.
Activities and events
Learn about the Earth and its history - try our free events, trails and activities.
Join Marion Leeper from Cambridge Storytellers for exciting storytelling sessions suitable for children of all ages.
Sessions must be booked in advance by ringing the Sedgwick Museum on (01223) 333456. There is a charge of £1.50 per child per session, payable on arrival.
Sedgwick Storytime: Boy
11:00am - 12:30pm Thursday 19th August 2010
Boy's cave is cold. Can he find somewhere warm to sleep? Join him on his prehistoric adventure to find out!
Inspired by James Mayhew's book Boy
Sedgwick Storytime: The Amazing Mr Darwin!
11:00am - 12:30pm Monday 23rd August 2010
Travel the world with the Charles Darwin, and help him to collect and investigate fossils, rocks and minerals.
New date added due to popular demand:Sedgwick Storytime: The Amazing Mr Darwin!
11:00am - 12:30pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
Travel the world with the Charles Darwin, and help him to collect and investigate fossils, rocks and minerals.
Take a voyage around the world and through time investigating fossils, rocks and minerals at the Sedgwick Museum. Draw what you discover in your Explorer's Notebook.
No need to book - just drop in! Suitable for children aged six and up. There is a charge of £1.50 per child per session, payable on arrival.
Three sessions will be taking place:
10:30am - 1:00pm Monday 2nd August 2010
10:30am - 1:00pm Monday 9th August 2010
10:30am - 1:00pm Monday 16th August 2010
Passport to Museum Treasure
10 July - 18 September 2010
Pick up a copy of our family trail at any of the museums and complete the Treasure Hunt to claim your own bag of goodies.
Further details are available on www.cam.ac.uk/museums
Download the Passport to Museums Treasure poster (PDF format).
Collect - A Temporary Exhibition at the Sedgwick Museum
This exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Catherine Watling is principally about collections, collectors and the act of collecting. It explores, through the development of new artwork, the secrets that hide within a bank of objects, based on the collections focus of the Darwin the Geologist exhibition (opening July 2009) and the wider internationally-renowned rock and fossil collections at the Sedgwick Museum.
Funding for Collect was provided by the Designation Challenge Fund of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
