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A colour photograph of an iron firedog from the Iron Age in Cambridgeshire

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Search our online catalogue of the object, photograph and document collections cared for by MAA.

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Lost-wax cast commemorative head of an Oba, used to support a tusk on an ancestral altar

Our approach to the return of museum objects

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Small, ivory pendant in the form of a pregnant woman, from Ryder Island, Arctic

The new Centre for Material Culture

The largest stores move in MAA history is now underway. Hundreds of thousands of objects are being moved to a new state-of-the-art location.

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A mushroom with a long stem and slightly concave cap stands on a workbench in the museum's offsite store.

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Objects reveal more than meets the eye. Discover how colonial collecting reclassified Indigenous foods (like this tiger milk mushroom) and rituals as charms, specimens, and commodities.

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Close-up of a gilt wooden statue of Guanuin with an infant (Songzi Guanyin). Bright gold statue, against a grey background.

MAA Digital Lab

Launched in 2022, the Digital Laboratory highlights the museum’s collections through a range of key research strands. Here you’ll hear from staff, students, internal and external researchers and more about their work, research, experiences, and discoveries; and most of all, the stories and objects that connect all of us.

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Donations to the Museum, large or small, are hugely important to the ongoing care of the collections and continued improvement of the exhibition galleries. All donations go directly towards the core activities of the museum: education, research, and conservation.

Two million years of human history. One million artefacts. Countless astonishing stories.

Welcome to the museum!

We are open Tuesday to Saturday 10am–5pm, and Sunday 12pm-5pm.

Entry to the museum is free.

Our lift is currently out of order. As a result, access to the 1^st and 2^nd floor galleries and our toilets is by stairs only. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. The nearest public toilets to the Museum are at the Grand Arcade – a two minute walk away. Find details of accessible public toilets in Cambridge on the Cambridge City Council website.

The Museum will be closed for the Christmas holidays from 5pm on Sunday 21 December 2025 and will re-open at 10am on Saturday 3 January 2026.

If you are visiting the museum with a group of 10 or more people please book in advance by emailing visitor.services@maa.cam.ac.uk. Please note that group visit is booked only once you receive a confirmation email from the museum.