Summer at
the Museums
22 JULY – 31 AUGUST 2016
 STORYTELLING
 HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
 TRAILS
 TIME TRAVEL
 GAMES
 DRESSING UP
www.museums.cam.ac.uk/summer
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Family Events &
Activities
Discover summer
adventure and fun
on your doorstep
Day-by-day listings of drop-in and
bookable events and activities
There’s lots for families to see and
do in Cambridgeshire museums and
collections this summer.
From storytelling and play-based
activities for younger children, to
hands-on crafts and computer
gaming for all ages, this guide is
full of ideas to rescue any rainy day
or plan a great day out close to home.
FRIDAY 22 JULY
Summer Event Days
The Norris Museum
Contents
Family Events & Activities 3
Day-by-day listings of drop-in
and bookable events and activities
Other Things to Do 22
Making the Most of
Your Visit 23
Additional family happenings
this summer
Useful information, tips and advice
Museum information
& Map
24
The Summer at the
Museums Challenge
28
Address and contact information
SATURDAY 23 JULY
BioBlitz
Museum of Zoology
(event takes place in Trinity College
Fellows’ Garden)
Join the race against time to count as many
species of animals and plants as possible.
Investigate the biodiversity of central
Cambridge in this 24 hour nature survey.
5pm Friday 22 July – 5pm Saturday 23 July
All ages
Free, pre-booking advised,
(some drop-in spaces available on the day)
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk
Family fun, including handling objects from
the collection and craft activities to take
home.
11am – 3pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the ages:
Archaeology Day
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Synthesized
Centre for Computing History
BioBlitz
Museum of Zoology
(event takes place in Trinity College
Fellows’ Garden)
SUNDAY 24 JULY
Take a fantastic journey through the history
of Denny Abbey. Dig through the past and
discover the amazing stories of the site.
11am – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Join the race against time to count as many
species of animals and plants as possible.
Investigate the biodiversity of central
Cambridge in this 24 hour nature survey.
5pm Friday 22 July – 5pm Saturday 23 July
All ages
Free, pre-booking advised, (some drop-in
spaces available on the day)
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk
Try out the synthesizers, samplers and drum
machines that changed the way music is
created. Featuring all sorts of equipment that
will let you remix music with bananas…
Bring your own headphones.
10am – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Synthesized
Centre for Computing History
Try out the synthesizers, samplers and drum
machines that changed the way music is
created. Featuring all sorts of equipment that
will let you remix music with bananas…
Bring your own headphones.
10am – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
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MONDAY 25 JULY
WEDNESDAY 27 JULY
Clay Creatures
Great St Mary’s Church
Wisbech Mammals
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Set out on a quest for gargoyles around
Cambridge, find the Great St Mary’s Green
Man and sculpt a clay creature.
1 – 4pm
Ages 6+
£2, pre-booking advised
01223 741722 / [email protected]
TUESDAY 26 JULY
Stories Through Time
University Library
Hidden away among the amazing ancient texts
in the Lines of Thought exhibition are some
of the world’s most exciting stories. Join storyteller Marion Leeper as she brings these to life.
10.30 – 11.30am
Ages 5 – 7
Free, pre-booking advised
Book via email: [email protected]
Ready, Steady…Play!
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology
What did children do for fun before computers
and TVs? Drop-in to the Hide and Seek:
Looking for Children in the Past exhibition then
try some games – ancient and new. There will
be different games to play on different days.
11am – 1pm
Ages 5+
Free, drop-in
Build a Church
All Saints Church
Become a Victorian architect and
help build a church inside a church.
This activity will run at every
All Saints Summer at the
Museums activity throughout
the summer.
1 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
4
Get creative and try your hand at making a
hedgehog out of clay, a fox mask or a mouse.
10.30am – 2.30pm
All ages
50p per child, drop-in
Aesop’s Forest: Don’t Do That!
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Find out all about what some badly-behaved
birds have been up to in the Museum with
storyteller Marion Leeper.
10.30 – 11.15am
Ages 3 – 5
Free, pre-booking advised
www.dontdothat.eventbrite.co.uk
Aesop’s Forest: the Scared Lion
Museum of Classical Archaeology
A tale for brave children and nervous animals
with storyteller Marion Leeper.
11.30am – 12.15pm
Ages 3 – 5
Free, pre-booking advised
www.scaredlion.eventbrite.co.uk
Robots Are Here!
Centre for Computing History
Come and meet the latest robot ‘staff’
member, JNFR (pronounced Jennifer). This
event will include a short talk on robotics
along with a demo and some Tai-Chi from
JNFR (depending on her mood of course…).
11am – 12pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Play like a Roman
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Find out about Roman pastimes and games.
Learn the rules, make your own game board
from clay/stones and start playing.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Computing History Tour
Centre for Computing History
Discover the extraordinary advances made
in technology over the last 50 years of
computing history. Find out how computers
have radically transformed our lives.
2 – 3pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
THURSDAY 28 JULY
Stories Through Time
University Library
Hidden away among the amazing ancient texts
in the Lines of Thought exhibition are some
of the world’s most exciting stories. Join storyteller Marion Leeper as she brings these to life.
10.30 – 11.30am
Ages 5 – 7
Free, pre-booking advised
Book via email: [email protected]
Gadget Hack
Centre for Computing History
This two hour workshop will give you firsthand experience of the ‘magic’ that happens
inside your favourite gadgets. There will be
a huge range of tech from phones and music
players, to laptops and computers for you to
take apart and explore.
11am – 1pm
Ages 7+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Funny Faces
St Neots Museum
Get hands-on and creative and make a clay
gargoyle to take home.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Play like a Roman
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Find out about Roman pastimes and games.
Learn the rules, make your own game board
from clay/stones and start playing.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Let’s Go to Rio!
Burwell Museum & Windmill
Get ready for a summer of sport with the
Burwell Olympics: outdoor rustic games,
challenges and creativity inspired by Rio 2016,
Ancient Greece… and the Fens.
2 – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply (adults half
price), drop-in
FRIDAY 29 JULY
Friday Fun, Polar Play
The Polar Museum
Create your own frozen world
through play and construction.
Older children can try
out creating and
decorating polar
board games.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 4+
Free, drop-in
Electronics Lab: Pong
Console
Centre for Computing History
Ideal for budding electronics engineers or
anyone interested in learning to solder. Build
a Pong Console to take home and impress
your friends with.
11am – 1pm
Ages 8+
£22, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
5
Funny Faces
St Neots Museum
Get hands on and
creative and make
a clay gargoyle
to take home.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Game On: The Guided Tour!
Centre for Computing History
Join a 30 minute museum tour where
in-house gaming experts will guide you
through the history of video games from
the 70s to modern day.
2 – 3pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Family Tour
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Step into the past with the Curator of the
Museum and discover the myths behind
the statues.
2.30 – 3.30pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
SATURDAY 30 JULY
Family Gaming Night with
Nintendo Life
Centre for Computing History
Calling all Nintendo fans! Join the team from
Nintendo Life for an evening of Nintendorelated fun, frolics and general gaming
goodness.
3 – 10pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
6
SUNDAY 31 JULY
Build your own Text Adventure
Centre for Computing History
Twine is a tool for creating interactive online
stories. Learn to use it to build tales of
dragons, spaceships or spies that your friends
can then play through.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 9+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
MONDAY 1 AUGUST
Robots Are Here!
Centre for Computing History
Come and meet the latest robot ‘staff’
member, JNFR (pronounced Jennifer). This
event will include a short talk on robotics
along with a demo and some Tai-Chi from
JNFR (depending on her mood of course…).
11am – 12pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Knights and Dragons
Great St Mary’s Church
Hunt for dragons and design your own shield
with a personal coat of arms.
1 – 4pm
Ages 6+
£2 per child, drop-in
TUESDAY 2 AUGUST
Discovering Darwin
University Library
Turn detective and track down clues to learn
about Charles Darwin’s life. Create a
fantastical creature that he may have seen
on his voyage around the world and write
home about it.
10.30am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Free, drop-in
Family Art Week
Fitzwilliam Museum
Create your own works of art to take home
or add to a group installation. There will be
a different art material for you to explore
each day, using the Museum’s collections
for inspiration.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Frogs in Focus
Whipple Museum
Get up close and personal as we put our
froggy friends under the microscope. Find
out why frogs have been the perfect scientific
study buddies throughout history.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Flowers and Fruits
All Saints Church
All Saints Church is full of weird and
wonderful patterns. Explore the walls with
our family trail and pick out pomegranates
and pineapples to make a floral decoration.
1 – 4pm
Ages 5+
Free, drop-in
Ready, Steady…Play!
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology
What did children do for fun before
computers and TVs? Drop-in to the Hide
and Seek: Looking for Children in the Past
exhibition then try some games – ancient
and new. There will be different games to
play on different days.
2 – 4pm
Ages 5+
Free, drop-in
WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST
Bridges and Rockets
Cambridge Museum of Technology
A workshop run in partnership with Cambridge
University Engineering Department. Get family
and friends together to try out designing,
building and testing rockets and bridges.
10am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
[email protected]
Make a Willow Bird Feeder
Museum of Cambridge
Join basket maker and artist Nadine Anderson
to learn the traditional techniques of willow
weaving. Get step by step instructions to help
you make your own bird feeder.
10.30am – 1pm & 2 – 4.30pm
Ages 7+
£6 per person, pre-booking essential
01223 355159 /
[email protected]
7
Snowy Storytelling
The Polar Museum
Polar themed storytelling and activities with
different stories every time.
11am
Ages 4 – 8
Free, drop-in
Big Trak Challenge
Centre for Computing History
Don’t get bored during the school
holidays – try programming some Big Trak
robots and watch them move in response
to simple commands.
11am – 12pm
Ages 5+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Family Art Week
Fitzwilliam Museum
Create your own works of art to take home
or add to a group installation. There will be
a different art material for you to explore
each day, using the Museum’s collections
for inspiration.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Hands-on with History:
Create your own Helmet
Saffron Walden Museum
Get hands-on with history this summer
with activities inspired by our collections
and the commemoration of the Battle of
Assandun 1016.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
8
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Medieval Writing
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Explore the lives of monks and nuns who
used to live in the Abbey. Enjoy dressing up,
have a go at writing with quills and ink, and
grind plants to make coloured inks.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Meet the Romans
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Meet a Roman soldier, dress up in Roman
armour or a toga and follow our Roman trail.
You can also make
military eagle standards,
curse tablets and more.
1 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Electronics Lab: Electronic Dice
Centre for Computing History
A workshop for budding electronics
engineers or anyone interested in learning to
solder. Come and build yourself an electronic
dice that will revolutionise the way you play
board games.
2 – 4pm
Ages 8+
£22, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Coloured Glass Fusing Workshop
Stained Glass Museum
Design and build your own glass fused panel
with artist Sarah Hunt. After firing, artworks
can be collected the following week.
2 – 4pm
Ages 8+
£12 per child, pre-booking advised
01353 660347 /
[email protected]
THURSDAY 4 AUGUST
An Introduction to BBC Microbit
Centre for Computing History
Got a Microbit? Bring it along with your laptop
or PC and let the experts show you what this
device can do.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 12+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Dynamic Dinosaurs
Ely Museum
Crafty Kids: Cambridge in Summer
Museum of Cambridge
Celebrate summer with our series of craft
workshops. Inspired by summer activities
past and present, from kites to summer hats,
you’ll be able to kit yourself out for summer
in Cambridge.
11.30am – 1pm & 2 – 3.30pm
All ages
£2.50 per child, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Medieval Writing
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Explore all sorts of different crafts with a
dinosaur theme.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 5 – 11
£3 per child, pre-booking advised
01353 666655 / [email protected]
Explore the lives of monks and nuns who
used to live in the Abbey. Enjoy dressing up,
have a go at writing with quills and ink, and
grind plants to make coloured inks.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Family Art Week
Fitzwilliam Museum
Game On: The Guided Tour
Centre for Computing History
Rag Monsters
St Neots Museum
Day Trippin’: Tractor Day
Burwell Museum
Create your own works of art to take home
or add to a group installation. There will be
a different art material for you to explore
each day, using the Museum’s collections
for inspiration.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Try the traditional craft of rag rug making and
create your own rag monster hanging.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Join a 30 minute museum tour where
in-house gaming experts will guide you
through the history of video games from
the 70s to modern day.
2 – 3pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Follow your food from farm to fork with a
windmill tour, trails, crafts and vintage tractors.
2 – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply (adults half
price), drop-in
9
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST
Amazing
Algorithms
Centre for
Computing
History
Ask an Expert and Feel a Fossil
Sedgwick Museum
Algorithms are
step-by-step directions
that need to be
followed to solve a
problem. Learn about the algorithms that
occur in our daily lives then use this to teach a
30 year old BBC Micro-computer to count.
Ages 7+
11am – 12pm
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Rag Monsters
St Neots Museum
Try the traditional craft of rag rug making and
create your own rag monster hanging.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Deep Blue Sea Rhyme Time
Norris Museum
(at St Ives Methodist Church Hall)
A hands-on session especially for under 5s.
Explore fossils from the museum’s collection,
sing songs and make salt dough fossils to
take home.
11am – 12pm
Ages 5 and under
Free, drop-in
Friday Fun, Polar Play
The Polar Museum
Create your own frozen world through play
and construction. Older children can try out
creating and decorating polar board games.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 4+
Free, drop-in
10
Bring along your geological specimens –
rocks, minerals and fossils – to the Museum
where experts will help you to identify them.
Nothing to identify? Test your knowledge
and get hands-on with specimens from the
Museum’s handling collection.
10am – 12.30pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Spider Craft
Cambridge University Botanic
Garden
Make friendly fake spiders to take home
with you. Join in a mini-beast hunt by
rummaging through leaf litter and looking
under rocks to see what spiders and other
wildlife can be found.
11am – 3pm
All ages
Children free, normal adult admission fees
apply, drop-in
MONDAY 8 AUGUST
Fantastic Beasts
Great St Mary’s Church
Search the church for real and imaginary
beasts and create your own ‘Chimera Champion’.
1 – 4pm
Ages 6+
£2 per child, drop-in
TUESDAY 9 AUGUST
Aesop’s Forest: Don’t Do That!
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Find out what some badly-behaved birds have
been up to in the Museum with storyteller
Marion Leeper.
10.30 – 11.15am
Ages 3 – 5
Free, drop-in
www.dont-do-that.eventbrite.co.uk
How Big is your Brain?
University Library
Have you ever wondered what’s inside
your head? What is the brain, and how
does it work? Find out more about this
most mysterious organ through hands-on
experiments and craft activities.
10.30 – 11.30am
Ages 7 – 11
Free, pre-booking advised
Book via email: [email protected]
Aesop’s Forest: the Scared Lion
Museum of Classical Archaeology
A tale for brave children and nervous animals
with storyteller Marion Leeper.
11.30am – 12.15pm
Ages 3 – 5
Free, pre-booking advised
www.scaredlion.eventbrite.co.uk
Ready, Steady…Play!
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology
What did children do for fun before computers
and TVs? Drop-in to the Hide and Seek:
Looking for Children in the Past exhibition then
try some games – ancient and new. There will
be different games to play on different days.
11am – 1pm
Ages 5+
Free, drop-in
Design a Tile
All Saints Church
Help! Some of the floor tiles in the church
have gone missing! Help fill in the gaps
by designing your own to make a mosaic
masterpiece.
1 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST
Bridges and Rockets
Cambridge Museum of Technology
A family workshop run in partnership
with Cambridge University Engineering
Department. Get family and friends together
to try out designing, building and testing
rockets and bridges.
10am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
[email protected]
Frog Leaps in Science
Whipple Museum
Hop along to the Whipple to discover
how frogs have made a splash in science
before making your own jumping friend
to take home.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
11
Once upon a time in a Botanic
Garden…
Cambridge University Botanic
Garden
Join summertime story sessions and listen,
sing and dance along to your favourite plant
and wildlife stories.
10.30am & 11.30am
Ages 3 – 5
Children free, normal adult admission fees
apply, drop-in
The Adventures of Colonel Carrot
Sedgwick Museum
Hear about the adventures of Colonel Carrot
and his vegetable knights. Storyteller Marion
Leeper tells adventure stories inspired by the
drawings of Charles Darwin’s children.
10.30am – 12pm
Ages 3 – 7
Free, pre-booking advised
www.colonel_carrot.eventbrite.co.uk
The Normans in Fenland
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Make a Norman ship, colour your own
Bayeux Tapestry and help to paint a large
one for a museum display.
10.30am – 2.30pm
All ages
50p per child, drop-in
Zeroes and Ones
Centre for Computing History
Did you know that in ‘computer-speak’
or binary, 01001000 01100101 01101100
01101100 01101111 means ‘Hello’? Find out
how binary works at this interactive workshop.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 10+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
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Polar Tour for Families
Polar Museum
Silk painting
Stained Glass Museum
Hands-on with History: Beaded
Necklaces and Mini-Shields
Saffron Walden Museum
THURSDAY 11 AUGUST
A guided tour of the highlights of the
museum including tales of the adventures
of people who explored the north and south
polar regions.
11.00am
All ages
Free, drop-in
Get hands-on with history this summer
with activities inspired by our collections
and the commemoration of the Battle of
Assandun 1016.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Catch an Eel
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Learn about the traditional fen eel catchers
and the amazing life cycles of eels, then make
your own eel to take home.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Computing History Tour
Centre for Computing History
Discover the extraordinary advances in
technology made over the last 50 years of
computing history. Find out how computers
have radically transformed our lives.
2 – 3pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised,
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Using the stained glass windows as
inspiration, create your own colourful
handkerchief by painting on to silk.
2 – 4pm
Ages 5+
£5.50 per child, pre-booking advised
01353 660347 /
[email protected]
Crafty Kids: Cambridge in Summer
Museum of Cambridge
Inspired by summer activities past and
present, from kites to summer hats, kit
yourself out for summer in Cambridge.
11.30am – 1pm & 2 – 3.30pm
All ages
£2.50 per child, drop-in
Conducting Carrots
Centre for Computing History
Have a go at playing with an ingenious
device called Makey Makey that connects
everyday items to a computer. Learn about
the principles of circuits, resistance and
conductivity.
11am – 12pm
Ages 7+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Catch an Eel
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Learn about the traditional fen eel catchers
and the amazing life cycles of eels. Then make
your own eel to take home.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Under the Sea
Ely Museum
Museum Marvellous Medicine
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Print It
St Neots Museum
Design a Game Controller
Centre for Computing History
What can be found under the sea? Come and
find out in this watery-themed craft session.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 5 – 11
£3 per child, pre-booking advised
01353 666655 / [email protected]
Try out different ways of printing with local
print maker Rachel Guinee.
Ages 4 – 11
11am – 3pm
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Visit the ancient apothecary to learn about
weird and wonderful Roman cures. Try out
crafts, hands-on activities and a trail.
1 – 4pm
Ages 7 – 11
Free, drop-in
Can you use Playdoh to create a game
controller for Space Invaders? How about
using bananas for playing Minecraft? Do
this and more using amazing Makey Makey
devices.
2 – 3.30pm
Ages 7+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
13
Day Trippin’: Railway Day
Burwell Museum & Windmill
All aboard for activities inspired by the
much-loved book ‘The Railway Children’.
Imagine your own trip on the steam railway
with trails, crafts, games and a look at our
Railways in Burwell exhibition.
2 – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply (adults half
price), drop-in
FRIDAY 12 AUGUST
Switched On Hackathon
Centre for Computing History
Go from being a Scratch and Pi beginner to
a pro in this half-day workshop. Learn how
to use Scratch to program the Raspberry Pi
then have a go at ‘hacking’ your way through
a box of bits-and-bobs to create your own
simple project.
11am – 3pm
Ages 7+
£40 per child, £30 additional participant,
(accompanying adult £8), pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Print It
St Neots Museum
Try out different ways of printing with local
print maker Rachel Guinee.
Ages 4 – 11
11am – 3pm
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Friday Fun, Polar Play
The Polar Museum
Create your own frozen world through play
and construction. Older children can try out
creating and decorating polar board games.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 4+
Free, drop-in
14
SATURDAY 13 AUGUST
Dinosaur Droppings
Sedgwick Museum, Watson Gallery
Ever wondered what dinosaurs ate? How can
we find out? This is where fossilised dinosaur
poos (called ‘coprolites’) come in handy.
Excavate a salt dough ‘coprolite’ and discover
what your dinosaur ate.
The ‘coprolites’ are made with wheat flour.
11am – 12pm & 1 – 2pm
Ages 5+
Free, pre-booking advised (from 21 July)
www.dino_droppings.eventbrite.co.uk
MONDAY 15 AUGUST
Jewelled Light
Great St Mary’s Church
Explore stained glass windows and make a
sparkling sun-catcher.
1 – 4pm
Ages 6+
£2 per child, drop-in
TUESDAY 16 AUGUST
Frogs in Focus
Whipple Museum
Get up close and personal as we put our froggy
friends under the microscope. Find out why
frogs have been the perfect scientific
study buddies throughout history.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Gizmo the Gargoyle Treasure Trail
All Saints Church
Hunt for Gizmo the Gargoyle and have a go at
making your own gruesome version using clay.
1 – 4pm
Ages 7+
Free, drop-in
Ready, Steady…Play!
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology
What did children do for fun before computers
and TVs? Drop-in to the Hide and Seek: Looking
for Children in the Past exhibition then try
some games – ancient and new. There will be
different games to play on different days.
2 – 4pm
Ages 5+
Free, drop-in
WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST
Bridges and Rockets
Cambridge Museum of Technology
A family workshop run in partnership
with Cambridge University Engineering
Department. Get family and friends together
to try out designing, building and testing
rockets and bridges.
10am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
[email protected]
Bug Your Bedroom
Centre for Computing History
Learn how to create a simple intruder alarm
to protect your bedroom from being invaded
by unwanted guests.
10am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Pop-in Poets
Museum of Cambridge
Discover your creative side with Fenland Poet
Laureate, Leanne Moden. Join in a range of
fun games and activities that will bring out
your inner writer.
11am – 12.30pm & 1.30 – 3pm
All ages
£2.50 per child, drop-in
Summer Event Days
The Norris Museum
Family fun, including handling objects from the
collection and craft activities to take home.
11am – 3pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Snowy Storytelling
The Polar Museum
Polar themed storytelling and activities with
different stories every time.
11am
Ages 4 – 8
Free, drop-in
Hands on with History: Mural
Making
Saffron Walden Museum
To commemorate the Battle of Assandun in
1016, help us make a mural in the style of the
Bayeux Tapestry.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Protect your Crops!
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Learn how farmers used to protect their crops
then make a bird scarer kite to take home.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
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Meet the Greeks
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Celebrate the Olympics by finding out about
the Ancient Greek Olympic Games. Follow
our Olympics trail, make ancient and modern
prizes, and more.
1 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Pi Power!
Centre for Computing History
Learn to use Raspberry Pi and Python to create
the basics of a moving robot.
2 – 3.30pm
Ages 10+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Glass and Precious Metals
Fusing Workshop
Stained Glass Museum
Create artwork from glass and precious
metals which will then be fused in a kiln.
After firing, artworks can be collected the
following week.
2 – 4pm
Ages 8+
£12 per child, pre-booking essential
01353 660347 /
[email protected]
THURSDAY 18 AUGUST
Do you know Arduino?
Centre for Computing History
Get hands-on with Arduino boards and
experiment with controlling all sorts of things
in the physical world around you.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 10+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
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Funky Tie Dye
St Neots Museum
Experience the 1970s by tie dying your own
t-shirt. T-shirts provided, or bring something
cotton of your own to dye.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Crafty Kids: Cambridge in Summer
Museum of Cambridge
Inspired by summer activities past and
present, from kites to summer hats, kit
yourself out for summer in Cambridge.
11.30am – 1pm & 2 – 3.30pm
All ages
£2.50 per child, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Protect your Crops!
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Learn how farmers used to protect their crops
then make a bird scarer kite to take home.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Computing History Tour
Centre for Computing History
Discover the extraordinary advances made in
technology over the last 50 years of computing
history. Find out how computers have radically
transformed our lives.
2 – 3pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Day Trippin’: Sail Away Day
Burwell Museum & Windmill
Water-themed fun for everyone. Try out
the history-inspired splash park made from
recycled materials; a special trail; and boatingthemed crafts. Bring a change of clothes.
2 – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply (adults half
price), drop-in
Eco-tastic Bug Fun
Ely Museum
Build your own Text Adventure
Centre for Computing History
FRIDAY 19 AUGUST
Family Tour
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Be eco-creative with Re-imagine Resource
Centre at Ely Museum. Come meet ‘Catch’
the recycling bug and make a friendly bug
to take home.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 5 – 11
£4, (includes eco-tastic goody bag),
pre-booking advised
01353 666655 / [email protected]
Robots Are Here!
Centre for Computing History
Come and meet the latest robot ‘staff’
member, JNFR (pronounced Jennifer). This
event will include a short talk on robotics
along with a demo and some Tai-Chi from
JNFR (depending on her mood of course…).
11am – 12pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Friday Fun, Polar Play
The Polar Museum
Create your own frozen world through play
and construction. Older children can try out
creating and decorating polar board games.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 4+
Free, drop-in
Funky Tie Dye
St Neots Museum
Experience the 1970s by tie dying your own
t-shirt. T-shirts provided, or bring something
cotton of your own to dye.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Twine is a tool for creating interactive online
stories. Learn to use it to build tales of
dragons, spaceships or spies that your friends
can then play through.
2 – 3.30pm
Ages 9+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Step into the past with the Curator of the
Museum and discover the myths behind
the statues.
2.30 – 3.30pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
MONDAY 22 AUGUST
Tall Towers
Great St Mary’s Church
Find out about Great St Mary’s amazing
tower and work together to build towering
structures.
1 – 4pm
Ages 6+
£2 per child, drop-in
TUESDAY 23 AUGUST
Discovering Darwin
University Library
Turn detective and track down clues to
learn about Charles Darwin’s life. Create a
fantastical creature that he may have seen
on his voyage around the world and write
home about it.
10.30 am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Free, drop-in
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The Story of the Cambridge Whale
Museum of Zoology
(event takes place at Cambridge
Science Centre)
How did the Fin Whale get to the Museum
of Zoology and where can it be found when
the Museum reopens? Find out the answers
and discover more about these amazing
underwater creatures. Includes an interactive
talk and crafts.
11am – 12pm & 2 – 3pm
All ages (talk best for 5+)
Normal Science Centre admission, drop-in
Mini-Me
Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology
The Museum is full of things to wear and
decorate yourself with. Explore textures,
colours and patterns to make a mini version
of yourself inspired by objects in the Museum.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
Ages 3+
Free, drop-in
Frog Leaps in Science
Whipple Museum
Hop along to the Whipple to discover how
frogs have made a splash in science and make
your own jumping friend to take home.
11am – 1pm & 2 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
Discover who Hereward the Wake was,
then try Norman inspired crafts including
making medieval tiles, Norman helmets
and headdresses.
10.30am – 2.30pm
All ages
50p per child, drop-in
Snowy Storytelling
The Polar Museum
Stained Glass Crafts
All Saints Church
Put together Stained Glass jigsaws and make
your own colourful window to take home.
1 – 4pm
All ages
Free, drop-in
WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST
Bridges and Rockets
Cambridge Museum of Technology
A family workshop run in partnership
with Cambridge University Engineering
Department. Get family and friends together
to try out designing, building and testing
rockets and bridges.
10am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
[email protected]
Once upon a time in a Botanic
Garden…
Cambridge University Botanic
Garden
Join summertime story sessions and listen,
sing and dance along to your favourite plant
and wildlife stories.
10.30am & 11.30am
Ages 3 – 5
Children free, normal adult admission fees
apply, drop-in
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The Normans in Fenland
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Polar themed storytelling and activities with
different stories every time.
11am
Ages 4 – 8
Free, drop-in
Electronics Lab – Build a Digital
Clock
Centre for Computing History
Build yourself a digital alarm clock at this
workshop for budding electronics engineers
or anyone interested in learning to solder.
11am – 1pm
Ages 8+
£22, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Tudor Kings and Queens
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Learn about the Tudor kings and queens and
make a royal medallion to help you remember
their names.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Big Trak Challenge
Centre for Computing History
Don’t get bored during the school holidays –
try programming some Big Trak robots and
watch them move in response to your
simple commands.
11am – 12pm
Ages 5+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Garden Lanterns
Stained Glass Museum
Make the most of being outdoors this summer.
Make your own garden lantern inspired by the
geometric patterns and colourful glass of rose
windows.
2 – 4pm
Ages 4+
£3 per child, drop-in
THURSDAY 25 AUGUST
Amazing Algorithms
Centre for Computing History
Algorithms are step-by-step directions that
need to be followed to solve a problem. In
this hands-on workshop, you will learn about
the algorithms that occur in our daily lives and
use this knowledge to teach a 30 year old BBC
Micro-computer to count.
Ages 7+
11am – 12pm
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Brilliant Birds
Ely Museum
Tweet tweet! Try out all sorts of bird related
crafts at this family event.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 5 – 11
£3 per child, pre-booking advised
01353 666655 / [email protected]
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Painted Pots
St Neots Museum
Inspired by traditional barge painting, design
and paint a pot for the garden which can be
finished off with a plant.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Crafty Kids: Cambridge in Summer
Museum of Cambridge
Celebrate summer with our series of craft
workshops. Inspired by summer activities
past and present, from kites to summer hats,
kit yourself out for summer in Cambridge.
11.30am – 1pm & 2 – 3.30pm
All ages
£2.50 per child, drop-in
Farmland Museum through the Ages:
Tudor Kings and Queens
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Learn about the Tudor kings and queens and
make a royal medallion to help you remember
their names.
12 – 4pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Zeroes and Ones
Centre for Computing History
Did you know that in ‘computer-speak’
or binary, 01001000 01100101 01101100
01101100 01101111 means ‘Hello’? Find out
how binary works at this interactive workshop.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 10+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
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Day Trippin’: Brilliant Bike Day
Burwell Museum & Windmill
Travel in time from the Penny Farthing to
the BMX with some vintage cycles, bikethemed crafts and a ‘wheely’ good trail around
the Museum. Bring your own bike
and learn how to service and security
mark it.
2 – 5pm
All ages
Normal admission fees apply (adults half
price), drop-in
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST
Giant Men and Tall Tales
Museum of Cambridge
Bridges and Rockets
Cambridge Museum of Technology
Join local storyteller, Marion Leeper, and
enter a world of magic and mystery with
local stories and legends.
11am – 12pm & 2 – 3pm
Ages 5+
Children free, adults normal admission fee
applies, pre-booking essential
01223 355159 /
[email protected]
FRIDAY 26 AUGUST
MONDAY 29 AUGUST
Computing History Tour
Centre for Computing History
Fishy Tales
Great St Mary’s Church
Discover the extraordinary advances made
in technology over the last 50 years of
computing history. Find out how computers
have radically transformed our lives.
2 – 3pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Friday Fun, Polar Play
The Polar Museum
Create your own frozen world through play
and construction. Older children can try out
creating and decorating polar board games.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 4+
Free, drop-in
Painted Pots
St Neots Museum
Inspired by traditional barge painting, design
and paint a pot for the garden which can be
finished off with a plant.
11am – 3pm
Ages 4 – 11
£3.50 per child, drop-in
Hear the strange story of the Cambridge
book-fish and then create your own to take
home.
1 – 4pm
Ages 6+
£2 per child, drop-in
TUESDAY 30 AUGUST
How Big is your Brain?
University Library
Have you ever wondered what’s inside
your head? What is the brain, and how
does it work? Find out more about this
most mysterious organ through hands-on
experiments and craft activities.
10.30 – 11.30am
Ages 7 – 11
Free, pre-booking advised
Book via email: [email protected]
Stylish Stamps
All Saints Church
Take inspiration from the walls of the Church
and make your own stamp to keep. Design,
create and stamp your design onto our banner
roll to celebrate Summer at the Museums at
All Saints Church.
1pm – 4pm
Ages 7+
Free, drop-in
A family workshop run in partnership
with Cambridge University Engineering
Department. Get family and friends together
to try out designing, building and testing
rockets and bridges.
10am – 12.30pm
Ages 7+
Normal admission fees apply,
pre-booking advised
[email protected]
Snowy Storytelling
The Polar Museum
Polar themed storytelling and activities with
different stories every time.
11am
Ages 4 – 8
Free, drop-in
An Introduction to BBC Microbit
Centre for Computing History
Got a Microbit? Bring it along with your laptop
or PC and let the experts show you what this
device can do.
11am – 12.30pm
Ages 12+
£10, (accompanying adult £8),
pre-booking advised
01223 214446 / www.computinghistory.org.uk
Winged Animals:
Let your Imagination Fly
Stained Glass Museum
Use jewels, beads, and recycled materials
to create butterflies, dragonflies and other
marvellous creatures with
translucent wings.
2 – 4pm
Ages 4+
£2 per child, drop-in
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Other Things to Do
Making the Most Eating & Drinking
of Your Visit
Additional family happenings
this summer
Cambridge Science Centre
LifeWorks!
Come and discover what biology is all about.
Experience the wonder of life through handson science. Fun, playful exhibits will let you
take an adventure into your own body, puzzle
your way through DNA, explore a myriad of
life forms and discover how the planet helps
them survive.
LifeWorks! is proudly supported by
AstraZeneca and MedImmune and runs
until July 2017.
Normal admission fees apply, drop-in
Cambridge University
Botanic Garden
Plant Hunter Challenge
Have you got what it takes to become a
plant hunter? You’ll need to solve clues,
read maps and find your way through the
Botanic Garden to track down the special
plants that are part of this trail. Just pick up
a secret decoder and map from the Garden
ticket offices to get started.
Free for children, normal admission fees
apply for adults, drop-in
Ages 8+
Doodle plants
Draw and colour your way around the Botanic
Garden with this new plant and gardenthemed colouring and drawing trail. Available
inside explorer backpacks from the Garden
ticket offices.
Free for children, normal admission fees
apply for adults, drop-in
All ages
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The following venues have café,
refreshment or picnic facilities:
Museum of Zoology
A Cambridge Safari
Take a closer look as you walk around
Cambridge and you can find animals lurking
in the walls, the floors, the doorways…
Download a Cambridge Safari Trail from
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk to find the
zoology all around us.
Tweet your pictures to @zoologymuseum
#cambridgesafari or post them on the
Museum’s Facebook page
SummerDaze
If you are keen to get out and about this
summer, the Children and Young People’s
Participation Service (ChYpPS) will be offering
up a fun-packed programme of free activities.
Join the team along with Cambridge museums
on Wednesday afternoons at parks and
community centres across Cambridge city.
For more information about SummerDaze
and to see the full programme visit
cambridge.gov.uk/chypps
facebook.com/chypps
01223 457873
[email protected]
Summer in Suffolk Museums
Visiting Suffolk for the holidays?
Find out about their summer
museum events at:
suffolkmuseums.org
Access
The museums and collections welcome all
visitors with access requirements and each
organisation is accessible by wheelchair.
Further information can be found on
individual venue websites. If you have any
questions about access, please email
[email protected] or phone 01223 746406.
Opening Times
Opening hours vary across venues.
We advise checking individual museum
websites before visiting.
Visiting with Younger Children
To help you plan your visit, our event listings
include age ranges for specific activities.
Many venues also have kits and trails available
for younger children.
For further information on:
• Resources and trails for younger children
• Baby changing
• Buggy facilities
Please visit individual venue websites
or go to www.museums.cam.ac.uk/visit-us/
families-and-children
Burwell Museum:
tea room serving drinks, cakes and snacks
(check website for opening times); outdoor
space for picnics
Cambridge Museum of Technology:
snacks and drinks available from Museum
shop; outdoor space for picnics
Cambridge University Botanic
Garden:
café serving full range of drinks, snacks, cakes
and light meals; outdoor space for picnics
Centre for Computing History:
café serving drinks and snacks
Farmland Museum and
Denny Abbey:
snacks and drinks available from Museum
cafe on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and from
Museum shop throughout the week; outdoor
space for picnics
Fitzwilliam Museum:
café serving full range of drinks, snacks, cakes
and light meals; outdoor space for picnics
Great St Mary’s Church:
outdoor space for picnics
Museum of Cambridge:
tea room serving drinks, cakes and snacks
(check website for opening times); outdoor
space for picnics
University Library:
tea room serving drinks, snacks, lunches and
afternoon tea
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Travel
All venues offer advice on travel and parking
on their websites. Not all city based venues
have parking facilities - please check before
you visit.
The following websites offer useful
information on this:
Guided Busway
www.thebusway.info
Park and Ride
www.parkandride.net/cambridge
Cambridgeshire Parking Facilities
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/parking
Cambridgeshire Cycling Facilities
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cycling
Trains
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Museum
Information
Address and contact information
All Saints Church
Cambridge, CB5 8BP
www.visitchurches.org.uk
01223 324442
Burwell Museum & Windmill
Burwell, CB25 0HL
www.burwellmuseum.org.uk
01638 605544
Cambridge Centre for Computing
History
Cambridge, CB1 3EW
www.computinghistory.org.uk
01223 214446
Cambridge Museum of Technology
Cambridge, CB5 8LD
www.museumoftechnology.com
01223 500652
Cambridge Science Centre
Cambridge, CB5 8BQ
www.cambridgesciencecentre.org
01223 967965
Cambridge University Botanic
Garden
Cambridge, CB2 1JE
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk
01223 336265
Ely Museum
Ely, CB7 4LS
www.elymuseum.org.uk
01353 666655
Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
A10, near Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PQ
www.dennyfarmlandmuseum.org.uk
01223 860988 / 489
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Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, CB2 1RB
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
01223 332904
Great St Mary’s Church
Cambridge, CB2 3PQ
www.gsm.cam.ac.uk
01223 741716
Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropology
Cambridge, CB2 3DZ
www.maa.cam.ac.uk
01223 333516
Museum of Cambridge
Stained Glass Museum
Museum of Classical Archaeology
University Library
Norris Museum
Whipple Museum of the History
of Science
Cambridge, CB3 0AQ
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk
01223 355159
Cambridge, CB3 9DA
www.classics.cam.ac.uk
01223 330402
St Ives, PE27 5BX
www.norrismuseum.org.uk
01480 497314
The Polar Museum
Cambridge, CB2 1ER
www.spri.cam.ac.uk
01223 336540
Saffron Walden Museum
Saffron Walden, CB10 1JL
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/museum
01799 510333
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Cambridge, CB2 3ER
www.sedgwickmuseum.org
01223 333456
St Neots Museum
St Neots, PE19 1AE
www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk
01480 214163
Ely, CB7 4DL
www.stainedglassmuseum.com
01353 660347
Cambridge, CB3 9DR
www.exhibitions.lib.cam.ac.uk
01223 333030
Cambridge, CB2 3RH
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple
01223 330906
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Wisbech, PE13 1ES
www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk
01945 583817
The following museums are closed for
redevelopment but will be joining in with
events and activities at other venues:
Kettles Yard
www.kettlesyard.co.uk
Museum of Zoology
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk
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Your Summer at the
Museums Challenge
Think you can do a good impersonation?
Want to share your works of art?
Make the most of Summer at the Museums by sharing
what you are up to on Facebook and Twitter.
Each week we’ll pick and post our favourites on the
University of Cambridge Museums Facebook and Twitter pages.
 @CamUnivMuseums
 University of Cambridge Museums
STRIKE A POSE
MY MUSEUM LABEL
A dancer in a painting; a lion on a
tin – find an object that grabs your
attention and show us your best
impersonation.
Museums and collections are full
of labels; think the description of
something could be different?
Write it and show us!
Share a picture using
Share a picture & your caption using
#SatMuseums
ODDBALLS & CURIOS
#SatMuseums
MAKE & CREATE
What’s the most unusual object
you can find? Can others guess
what it is?
Taken part in an activity?
Show us what you’ve made today!
Share a picture using
#SatMuseums
#SatMuseums
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