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An opportunity to look around and learn about All Saints Church, and to go up the tower to see the amazing view (weather permitting).

Delve into the Cemetery's past, explore informational displays and engage with Trustees to discover the intriguing life stories of some of those laid to rest here.

This September, Cambridge Access Surgery (CAS) invites you to explore our Open Garden and Art Gallery as part of the Open Cambridge festival.

A tour of Marmalade Lane, Cambridge's first cohousing development, now 5 years old.

Town End Close is a small nature reserve with ridge and furrow pattern.

Come and discover the wide range of facilities and services we offer. The West Hub brings together university members, businesses, and the wider community to study, learn, work, collaborate, stay fit, and socialize.

Come on you U’s! We’re delighted to be partnering with Cambridge United Football Club to offer a heritage tour of the Cledara Abbey Stadium on Thursday 12 September.

This small exhibition will give visitors the opportunity to view materials from the Trust's collections.

Westminster College is thrilled to open its gates and welcome the public as part of the 'Open Cambridge' event. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to explore the stunning Westminster Campus, including the newly inaugurated Woolf Building.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the basics of working with clay.

One of the hidden gems of Cambridge is the Lawrence Room museum set among the quiet lawns and trees of Girton College.

This event will showcase the importance and the beauty of Histon Road Cemetery.

St John’s College, alma mater of the great botanist Erasmus Darwin, invites you to the stunning 17th-century Old Library for an exhibition on paper and plants, held within a veritable forest of oak bookcases.

Join us as we showcase over 10 years of making, inventing and collaboration at Cambridge’s city centre makerspace.

In this talk Shelley Lockwood will introduce you to the life and the beautiful and extensive work of Mr Leach of City Road.

Explore the Wolfson College grounds which feature a selection of poems written by Wolfson staff and students.

The Parker Library will open for Open Cambridge! Come and get to know us and our work on the special collections in Corpus Christi College.

Cambridge Quakers welcome you to see inside our meeting house and secluded garden for Open Cambridge. We will be open all day on Saturday 7th so pop in and make yourself at home for a while.

Built circa 1578 on the site of an 11th century priory, and now home to a community belonging to the Triratna Buddhist community, Abbey House has a rich history.

The exhibition presents a selection of remarkable artworks by three female contemporary artists, Sandra Scott, Nadia Koo and Selena Scott.

Quakers have been at the forefront of social protests throughout their history, often using disruptive and vilified methods to make change, but why does this small faith group pack such a powerful punch when it comes to peaceful protest?

Great St Mary’s has been at the heart of Cambridge for over 800 years, and was central to the founding of the University.

'The Famous Facets of the Painted Church' event will be held over the 2 weekends of Open Cambridge.

A talk by Geoffrey Durham (author of 'What Do Quakers Believe?' and 'Being a Quaker') on the visionary whose heretical beliefs electrified the nation 370 years ago and who still inspires Quakers today.

Join our tour of the galleries of the Museum of Zoology, and uncover the history of the collections, from the fabulous fin whale that greets you, to the dodo skeleton, and specimens collected by Charles Darwin himself.

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was Director of The Cambridge Observatory from 1914 to his death in 1944, a fellow of Trinity College, and a Quaker.

Discover the extraordinary stories of the ordinary people of Cambridge.

Every Friday Cambridge Quakers offer a space to share silence together.

In this session you will hear from a few Cambridge Quakers on what they believe and how Quakerism fits into their lives.

Explore the Echoes and Arrivals exhibition, where the enduring legacy of Dame Leah Manning intersects with the vibrant artistry of Coqué Martínez amidst stories on migration, rootedness, and social action.

Cambridge Museum of Technology volunteers (in association with Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group) invite you to explore the former Cambridge gasworks and its impact on local society, economy and the environment.

Internationally recognised artist, Shezad Dawood will present his recently completed sculptural commission for CB1, 'Lean-to'.

Explore the Wolfson College grounds which feature a wonderful variety of trees on-site, many of which are part of our Tree Trail.

The Wren Library is one of the world's great library buildings and houses an internationally significant collection of medieval manuscripts and early printed books.

The Candia Skull, found in Crete and given to the College by a Rotherhithe sea captain in 1627, has been described as the earliest fossilised human skull to reach an English collection.

You are welcome to join us for tea, cake and conversation about death in an open, respectful and confidential space.

Join Cambridge Blue Badge Guide Ruth Lambert for a Cutting-Edge Walk-and-Talk in which she will give pointers to allow the group to consider Cambridge for a Can-Do Future (Town WITH Gown).

The Whipple Museum's collection includes scientific instruments, apparatus, models, pictures, prints, photographs, books and other material related to the history of science.

The Whipple Library is the University of Cambridge's specialist library for the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.

Reflection and conversation on the virtue of Love, open to all, presented jointly by the Quaker and Baha'i communities.

Come and explore the beautiful gardens and house at Anglesey Abbey. See riots of colour in the Dahlia Border, plus explore the Artist's of East Anglia exhibition to unlock a collection rooted in East Anglia.

Join us to learn the history of the centre and the incredible work our volunteers do, as well as learn more about how to join us as a volunteer.

Drop into the Department of Earth Sciences and discover an impressive display of building stones, roofing slates, road stones, flagstones and decorative and ornamental stones that were used extensively throughout Britain and globally.

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams 2024 series of talks as they celebrate the forming of Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This talk by Dr Patricia Fara, is organised in conjunction with the Whipple Museum.

The Ascension Burial Ground is one of Cambridge’s best kept secrets. There’s more IQ lying in this acre than most others. Explore the history of the University amid the academics’ gravestones.

Cambridge Buddhist Centre will be opening for visitors and for a look around our unique venue.

Come and meeting the people of Medieval Cambridge in this talk with Professor John Robb from the Department of Archaeology and the Principal Investigator of the After the Plague project.

Come and explore the interactive, hands on Centre for Computing History for free as part of Heritage Open days. See our working computers and games consoles from the 1950s to today and find out about the people and stories behind the machines.

Women were the backbone of Bletchley Park during World War Two, making up 75% of the workforce at its peak in January 1945, yet their stories have largely gone untold.

Come and visit St John the Baptist’s church which stands on a medieval site but is substantially a 19th-century rebuild. The tower dates from 1848 and the rest of the church from 1854.

Perhaps you have heard the phrase, “thousand bomber raids.” But, did you ever stop to wonder where all the aircraft came from?

FREE admission for all! Come along and see what's on offer at our museum showcasing the history of the Cambridgeshire Fens.