Events

Up coming events

Home Educators Event

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
11 June 2026, 1:30 - 3:30pm
A young girl takes part in an object handling session trying to identify which are pieces of pottery and which are stones.

Learn about Roman Britain with our free drop-in session for home educated children aged 7 to 11.

 

A Land Where Our Monuments Bloom

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
11 June 2026, 6:00 - 7:30pm
The Cambridge Pride 2025 celebrations with attendees dancing around a May Pole. In the foreground one of the dancers wears a Progress Pride flag like a cape.

A screening of a new film celebrating queer history, visibility, and community, followed by a Q&A with its developer. This event will also be live streamed.

 

'Take a line for a Walk' : A Sketchbook Session

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
18 June 2026, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The galleries with sunlight streaming through the glass ceiling. At one end a totem pole rises from the 1st floor through the 2nd floor until it nearly touches the glass overhead.

Join us for an evening of sketching in the atmospheric setting of the museum galleries.

 

Music at MAA: Cambridge Takht

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
27 June 2026, 7:00 - 8:00pm

A group of six musicians stand in a line. Two hold percussion instruments whilst three others hold string instruments.

An early evening concert in the museum's galleries featuring a vibrant and dynamic performance of Arabic music.

Music at MAA: Vox Cantab

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
23 July 2026, 7:00 - 8:00pm
The galleries with sunlight streaming through the glass ceiling. At one end a totem pole rises from the 1st floor through the 2nd floor until it nearly touches the glass overhead.

An early evening concert in the museum's galleries performed by a chamber choir consisting mainly of Cambridge University students and alumni.

 

Cambridgeshire finds - Archaeology Workshop

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
11 September 2026, 10:15am - 1:00pm
A visitor stands in the local archaeology gallery looking at a case containing Roman finds, including metal figurines, pots, pieces of wall painting and jewellery.

Join Dr Jody Joy as he shares some of his favourite objects from the local area and discusses what insights they reveal into people's lives.

 

Woven Histories: Discovering Pre-Columbian Textiles

Centre for Material Culture
18 September 2026, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Part of an embroidered band decorated with lizard-like creatures. The band is reddish-pink in colour and the decoration uses black, green and cream thread.

Join Dr Jimena Lobog Guererro Arenas to discover the artistry and ingenuity of ancient Peru through a selection of Pre-Columbian textiles.

Past events

Find out more about our past events

A ceremonial welcome and blessing being performed for the Pacific Currents exhibition.
 
Ceremonial welcome and blessing for the Pacific Currents exhibition with members of Ngati Ranana, (l-r) Ray Wen, Otena Hopaand Ray and David Jones. 
5 July 2018. Photography by Josh Mufitt.
MAA 387218, 2018-07-05-4952