Summer at the Museums: Moved by Objects at the CMC

Thursday 6 August 2026 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Centre for Material Culture

Centre for Material Culture, Gilpin Road/Kingfisher Way, Cambridge CB2 8BY

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Join us for an afternoon of summer fun at our off-site store, the Centre for Material Culture.

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A child, using a small pair of scissors, cuts around the embossed heart shape they've created. The table in front of them is covered in craft supplies and photos of objects within the collections.

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Free

Explore a range of objects from museum storage and join in the fun with craft activities and puzzles  inspired by our exhibition 'Moving Objects: stories from behind the scenes at the museum'.

What you'll do

Come along to the Centre for Material Culture (CMC), a unique storage facility and public engagement site for the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA).

Spaces are limited. Please book a ticket for every individual to drop in at this event. Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is part of the University of Cambridge Museums' Summer at the Museums 2026.

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