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.
Temporary Museum Closure
The Museum will be closed from Monday 29th of June 2009 through Monday 6th of July 2009 for essential gallery redevelopment work. The Museum will re-open on Tuesday 7th of July 2009 at 10am.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Darwin the Geologist
Opening Tuesday the 7th of July 2009
A permanent exhibition telling the story of the rock specimens that Darwin collected on the Beagle voyage and how he analysed and used them in his early scientific work.
Darwin the Geologist is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Under the Floorboards
Saturday 11th July, 12-30pm and 2-30pm
A free, family-friendly, 30 minute, street theatre-style show by Pif-Paf Arts about important 19th-century geology figures associated with the Sedgwick Museum.
As part of the University's 800th anniversary celebrations, travel back in time with the timeoscope and go on a journey deep below the surface of the earth with Adam Sedgwick and Charles Darwin.
Performances will take place on the lawn area adjacent to the Sedgwick Museum.
There is no need to book.
Cambridge Collectors Cards
Cambridge Collectors Cards are a set of 28 free trading cards featuring artefacts from the museums of the University of Cambridge and the Botanic Garden.
Each time you visit a one of the University museums, or the Botanic Garden, you can collect a pack of four cards to add to your collection.
To see all the cards, visit the Cambridge Collectors Cards website.
Collect - A New Temporary Exhibition at the Sedgwick Museum
From Saturday 14th March 2009 until Saturday 13th March 2010
This new 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.
Visit the online gallery to see artwork inspired by objects in the Museum and its collections, particularly work produced during activities and events at the Museum.
