Introduction to the Museums of Cambridge

Together, the eight University of Cambridge Museums and Cambridge University Botanic Garden represent the UK’s highest concentration of internationally important collections outside London: 

- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street; art and antiquities
- University Museum Of Zoology, Downing Street; scientifically important zoological material
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street; archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from around the world
- Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Free School Lane; materials related to the history of science
- Museum of Cambridge, Castle Street; Cambridge & County Folk Museum
- Scott Polar Research Institute (Polar Museum), Lensfield Road: centre for research into the polar regions and glaciology worldwide
- Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Downing Street; geology museum
- Museum of Classical Archaeology, Sidgwick Avenue; one of the few surviving collections of plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in the world
- Kettle's Yard, Castle Street; a house full of 20th century art alongside a contemporary art gallery
- Botanic Garden; a plant collection of over 8,000 plant species from all over the world to facilitate teaching and research

There are also other museums in Cambridge:

- David Parr House, Gwydir Street; a preserved terraced house in Cambridge, with interior decoration in the Arts and Crafts style
- The Centre for Computing History, Rene Court; a permanent public exhibition telling the story of the Information Age
- Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddar Street; an industrial heritage museum
- Cambridge Science Centre, Clifton Road; an interactive science museumRead more