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Welcome to the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Welcome to the Sedgwick Museum Of Earth Sciences
Explore the exhibits

World-class collections

Discover fossils, rocks and minerals from around the world and explore more than 550 million years of Earth's history.


What's On

Activities and events

Learn about the Earth and its history - try our free events, trails and activities.


Plan your visit

Free admission

The Museum is open year round and admission is free.



Sedgwick Storytime

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.


Drop in and Draw

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

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

Read the full story here ...

Download the Passport to Museums Treasure poster (PDF format).

Collect

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.



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News

Trilobite Summer 2010

The Summer 2010 edition of Trilobite, the Newsletter of the Sedgwick Museum and the Friends of the Sedgwick Museum is now online ...

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Schools' News

School group at the Sdegwick Museum

New training sessions to help teachers make the most of their visit to the Sedgwick Museum ...

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