Museums

From the location of a cursed chair to the most vandalised painting in the world, Claire Cock-Starkey has collected the most fascinating museum facts

After weeks in lockdown everyone is a bit jaded with the morning Zoom call from work – but what if you could invite an aardvark to the meeting?

This year the festival's theme is Vision, covering new technology, the environment and advances in healthcare - plus a few impressive explosions

Museum Remix display at the Museum of Classical Archaeology will uncover the hidden LGBTQ+ stories from classical history

All the events, and a map, to help you to explore the city’s museums after dark and discover what's lurking in the shadows on Wednesday February 19.

A cheeky night out for Valentine's Day at Cambridge University's Museum of Classical Archaeology

Discover the highlights promised for this year's festival and when bookings open for the hottest events

Pineapples, sugar sculptures and peacock pies – the Fitzwilliam Museum’s new exhibition delves into the history of food. ALEX SPENCER reports.

Tales of magic and murder are revealed in historical records of Cambridgeshire witch trials in a research project by the Cambridge University Library.

Find all the hidden locks and keys in this exclusive new picture from the Riddle of the White Sphinx to enter our competition

Cambridge writer Nicola Upson exlores a mystery at the house that was to become the home of the Bloomsbury Set in her new novel, Sorry For the Dead

Rare images of puppets from the never-seen Spitting Image pilot show have been discovered by an archivist at Cambridge University Library

Here are our tips on how to entertain the kids over the holidays when another hour on the Playstation is threatening to melt their brains

The Fitzwilliam's new director Luke Syson on his exciting new plans for the museum

City ambassadors are funded by Cambridge BID and delivered by Visit Cambridge

Stuck for somewhere to take the kids over the summer holidays? Here’s our round up of the best child-friendly days out around the city.

More than 300 children came to the launch of city wide treasure hunt to find an artefact hidden somewhere in Cambridge.

What do visitors learn from the loo of a famous novelist? The National Trust's James Grasby reveals his dilemmas at the Wimpole History Festival

Win tickets to the secret launch of The Hidden Tales - a children's book that contains clues to a treasure hunt around Cambridge

Event is a showcase for the work of Jonathan Kingdon who will reveal why zebras are striped