University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
The University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge is one of the UK's largest & most important natural history collections. Thousands of specimens on display including one of the world's most complete dodo skeletons.
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk
- 🐝Still spaces left on our expert-led craft session this Sat 7 Feb. Create your own mini-magazine inspired by our insect collection. Tickets £7, students £5 - includes lunch & snacks! Age 16+ 🐝 ow.ly/FNS650Y8HJe
- 🐭From the tiniest squeak to the biggest roar, discover animal sounds with stories and play at this expert-led session. Make your own 'noisy' creature to take home with you. For ages 2-to-5. FREE, book ahead. Fri 13 Feb. ow.ly/HC7W50Y7Aps University of Cambridge Museums
- Inspired by her new book 'Ghosts Behind Glass', author Dolly Jørgensen invites you on a journey to encounter extinct species as they appear in museums around the world. FREE talk 11 Feb, 7pm — book ahead! ow.ly/nog150Y4MRG Photo: Dodo. Credit: J Garget University of Cambridge Museums
- 🐝How does some relaxing Museum inspired crafting sound? A great way to spend a Saturday! Come along & make some zines with us on 7 Feb, 11am to 3.30pm. Tickets £7 or £5 for students, includes lunch and snacks! Book ahead, spaces limited😊ow.ly/EX1l50Y4rvA
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🏳️🌈Book your FREE place on our Pride in Nature LGBTQ+ tours this February as we celebrate #LGBTQ+ History Month. Expert volunteers will share stories of the natural world that are often left untold. Tours: 1st & 22nd Feb. ow.ly/mf9T50Y0xg4
- Around 99% of all species to have existed on Earth are now extinct, find out more as Dolly Jørgensen shares insights from her book 'Ghosts Behind Glass', exploring how museums display extinct species. 11 Feb 2026, 7pm Tickets FREE, please book ow.ly/5EsK50XWE6X
- 🐳Fin whale dusted & specimens spruced! Whale Hall, Upper Gallery, shop & café open as usual from Thurs 15 Jan. Lower Gallery remains closed for maintenance. Pop in if you are in Cambridge! Entry FREE. Lots of lovely things in the shop & delicious cakes in the café 🙂
- Have a relaxing day crafting your own zine, using collage, drawing, painting or writing as we celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science. All inspired by the insects in our collection! £5 students £7 non-students inc. lunch University of Cambridge Museums ow.ly/Pshm50XW9Ra
- 📢The Museum will be closed on Tuesday 13 Jan & Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 for maintenance & cleaning work. The Whale Café will remain open. Apologies if you were hoping to visit on those days. We are open as usual this week, if you are in Cambridge, do pop in! 🐳 University of Cambridge Museums
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge📢New paper alert! Museum collections reveal secrets of prehistoric seafloor🐟ecosystem, according to new paper by Dr Ming Khan @ming-tfk27.bsky.social, Dr @egmitchell.bsky.social and Prof Andrea Manica. Read more: bit.ly/4j4EK9F @bas.ac.uk
- 🎄CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR OPENING TIMES🎄The Museum will close at 4.30pm on Sunday 21 December 2025 and re-open at 10am on Saturday 3 Jan 2026. We will also be closed for our annual clean on Tues 13 & Wed 14 Jan 2026. University of Cambridge Museums
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge🎉We're delighted that @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and @egmitchell.bsky.social will receive ERC grants!
- 📣 Four exceptional researchers in the School of Biological Sciences have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants! Congratulations to all ERC awardees! @camzoology.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social
- Friday 12 Dec - book onto our FREE Animal Tails session for 2-5 year olds 🐧Hear stories of penguins & polar bears PLUS make a pop up penguin card to take home with you! 🐧 Sessions start at 10.30 & repeat at 11.30. Please book ahead! University of Cambridge Museums ow.ly/QY4c50XFHim
- FREE gallery tour Friday 12 Dec at 3pm - the final tour of 2025! Book your place to discover why we have a 21 metre long fin whale, the story behind the dodo & what was Darwin doing when he should have been studying? Hope you can join us! University of Cambridge Museums ow.ly/MT5850XFMCz
- The Upper Gallery, shop & café are open! Lower Gallery remains closed. Our Fragile Harmony exhibition is now on plus it's the last 2 weeks of our artificial intelligence experiment - where you can have a chat with some of the specimens, including the dodo! 🙂Museum entry FREE. Photo credit: J.Garget
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeFantastic work by #HeadLab PhD student Andrés Alfonso Rojas! Anacondas have been (resiliently) giant since at least the middle Mioncene. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/twel...
- 🦣Out now on YouTube!🦣 Join Ice Age expert Dr Richard Preece as he takes us behind the scenes at the Museum to reveal extraordinary finds — including mammoth hair dating back around 40,000 years & real mammoth dung💩 ow.ly/WNMK50XA6xP @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- 📢MUSEUM IS CLOSED 2 & 3 DEC📢The Upper Gallery will re-open on Thurs 4 Dec. Really sorry if you were hoping to visit this Tues & Wed. The shop & café are open throughout & both have excellent views of our 21 metre long fin whale 🐳We look forward to seeing you again soon! 🐳
- ❄️ICE AGE EARTH FAMILY DAY - this Saturday 29 Nov!❄️ Make a festive lino print animal themed card with our artist Lizzie 🐦 PLUS handle a real mammoth tooth & pick up a free bookmark for making a pledge for nature! No need to book 🙂University of Cambridge Museums
- 🦣It's TONIGHT! Join us LIVE on You Tube as we chat with Ice Age expert Dr Richard Preece. We'll also be talking about winter migrant birds PLUS sustainable craft ideas. Don't miss it! 7pm Mon 24 Nov 🦣ow.ly/uJaa50XwNBN University of Cambridge Museums
- 📢MUSEUM CLOSED THIS WEEK 24-28 NOV 📢for essential maintenance. The shop & café are open. The Museum will be open again this Sat 29 Nov & Sun 30 Nov. We're really sorry if you were planning to visit. We hope to welcome you again soon 🙂 University of Cambridge Museums museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🦣Are your questions ready?🦣 Join us online as we put questions LIVE to Ice Age expert Dr Richard Preece. What is an Ice Age? Are we in an Ice Age now? How does climate change affect our wildlife? All welcome. You Tube - Mon 24 Nov, 7pm. ow.ly/tqGK50XsUWb University of Cambridge Museums
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeOur tropical field course offers our undergraduate students a unique opportunity to experience tropical rain forest ecology and conservation.🐛 Read their accounts of their unforgettable experiences in Borneo. 👉 bit.ly/3WJwUrE
- 📢The Museum will be closed for 6 days in November & December for essential maintenance. We’re really sorry if you were planning to visit during this time. Café & shop open as usual. See our website for closed dates: museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/visit-us University of Cambridge Museums
- 🦣Dive into the past to understand the present with Pleistocene (commonly known as the Ice Age) expert Dr Richard Preece, LIVE on YouTube at 7pm, Mon 24 Nov. Get your questions ready!🦣 All the details are on our blog. ow.ly/jM9N50XqvZk University of Cambridge Museums #IceAge #ClimateChange
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 📢Some spaces left for our Pride in Nature LGBTQ+ tour this Saturday 15 Nov at 2pm🏳️🌈Book your FREE place to hear some of the stories that museums don't usually share... This tour is led by one of our expert volunteer guides. ow.ly/B8u150Xq2Ue University of Cambridge Museums
- 📢FREE 'Meet the Conservation Scientist' workshop for 13-18 yr olds. Join Dr Stevens from TRAFFIC & discover how they work to reduce illegal & unsustainable wildlife trade + explore different conservation careers. Online: Wed 12 Nov 5.30pm ow.ly/Un4k50Xn4Gk University of Cambridge Museums
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeJoin us! 😃 Thinking of applying for a fellowship? Could we sponsor you? Find out more about our Senior Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme: www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/senior-resea... Deadline: 9 November 2025
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🦣SAVE THE DATES!🦣 We will be LIVE online at 7pm on Mon 24 Nov with expert Dr Richard Preece, chatting about the Ice Age PLUS on Sat 29 Nov we have an Ice Age Family Day. Do join us for both events! ow.ly/ogm550XlPhe University of Cambridge Museums ❄️ 🦣Illustration by Angela Wade.
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🕷️It's Halloween at the Museum this Friday 31 Oct - follow our Spooky Trail & learn about the myths behind some of our specimens, like our komodo dragon. Get creative with some mask making 😀 or just pop by to see our spider display! 🕷️All FREE! University of Cambridge Museums
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeEngineering for insects! 🐜🐞 New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates. Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3 PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh @wildlifebcn.org
- 📢NEW exhibition - Fragile Harmony is now on! 🐚Curated by Year 12 students, Fragile Harmony explores the relationship between the natural world & man-made art from Cambridge's modern art gallery - Kettles Yard. Can you see the connection? @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @kettlesyard.bsky.social
- 🦇Halloween at the Museum is coming soon! Join us on Friday 31st October for a day of Halloween fun! 🕸️Get creative with our mask making crafts & follow our trail to find out the more unusual stories behind some of our specimens 🕷️ Pop in between 10am - 4pm. FREE @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- 🐳Did you know that we run FREE guided tours every month?🐝Join our expert guide & discover fascinating facts about the Museum & our specimens 🙂 Next tour - Fri 10 Oct at 3pm, a few spaces left. Please book ahead! University of Cambridge Museums ow.ly/nh4850X7N4G
- 🐦Discover the amazing world of birds - this Fri 10 Oct - especially for 2-5 year olds. Feel some real feathers, find out how birds cope with the cold ❄️plus make your own owl mask! FREE 🙂please book ahead. ow.ly/eZuN50X7Ewh University of Cambridge Museums
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🏳️🌈Looking for a FREE activity this Sunday in Cambridge? Our Pride in Nature tours are back & we have spaces for Sun 5 Oct at 1pm. In this 30 min tour, expert guides will share fascinating stories about gender & sex in the animal world. ow.ly/WC3350X4Rik University of Cambridge Museums
- 🦋We're working with the Wildlife Trust to understand how to improve the habitat for butterflies & other insects - by creating some giant letter 'E's from soil.... see more below!🦋
- 🦋Five giant E's have appeared at our Trumpington Meadows nature reserve on the edge of Cambridge. They are helping us understand how we can protect butterflies and other insects from climate change. youtu.be/iRcItx3z5cI
- 📢ARTIST REQUIRED📢Love working with young people & families? We're seeking an artist/facilitator to lead some workshops & create an art installation, film or animation, on the theme of climate change & the Ice Ages! ❄️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct 🙂@camunivmuseums.bsky.social ow.ly/llRt50X05P3
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge📢Publication alert! PhD student, Iris Berger and Prof Lynn Dick's paper is published today in @natecoevo.nature.com It analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions, and its exciting implications for biodiversity and economics. Read more: bit.ly/4nht5Wi
- 🏳️🌈Our Pride in Nature tours are back this October! 🏳️🌈Book onto one of these FREE tours to discover how queer perspectives help us to better understand the natural world. These tours are run by our expert volunteers. All welcome. ow.ly/AzRw50WY0jp @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeResearch into tiny charismatic peacock spiders makes the news! BBC Breakfast this morning featured research by PhD candidate Jonah Walker and @joanameier.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/3JUL5qF
- Leaf or a leaf insect? 😉Stick & leaf insects mimic twigs & leaves to avoid predators. Even their eggs are camouflaged to look like seeds. There are about 3000 known species & they are largely nocturnal herbivores. On display in our upper gallery. FREE entry! @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- 🏋️♂️The larvae of goliath beetles are often titled 'the heaviest insects in the world' & can weigh over 100g 🏋️♂️ Goliath beetles are super strong - able to lift a load around 850 times their own weight. Our beetles are on display in the upper gallery - FREE entry. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🐳If you could talk to a whale, what would you say? With our artificial intelligence experiment you can now chat to our fin whale. It's the largest specimen in Cambridge! Just scan the QR code in the Whale Hall & start chatting. Museum upper gallery, shop & café open Tues - Sun. Entry FREE 😀
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeAre you a prospective postgrad looking for a research project? Check out our brand new list of postgrad projects for 2026-27. From animal weapons 💥and rewilding, to neuronal plasticity and invitro fertilisation 🧪 the breadth of topics is tremendous. Find out more: bit.ly/3VxHscv
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeJoin our Learning Team! We have two roles: Family Learning Coordinator: Create nature experiences for families Interpretation & Learning Coordinator: Share stories of our plant collections & lead adult learning programmes Apply at: botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/job-op…
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge📢We’re recruiting! 🌳Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation A permanent teaching-focused position in our vibrant, welcoming and intellectually stimulating academic community. Deadline: 7 September. Apply here: bit.ly/3HKtNeZ
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge📢Congratulations! 🎖️Prof Andrew Balmford FRS has won the @royalsociety.org's new Environment Medal and Lecture! Awarded for groundbreaking contributions to #conservationscience & redefining conservation education. Read more: bit.ly/41oPGr1 @conservation.cam.ac.uk
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge📢Publication alert Out now! No Island too Far by Michael Brooke, Emeritus Strickland Curator of Ornithology @zoologymuseum.bsky.social The story of a life-long global adventure searching for seabirds on remote specks of land. Find out more: bit.ly/4mLVinw
- Our lower gallery is currently closed for maintenance. We're sorry for any inconvenience. The upper gallery, café and shop are open🙂 Museum entry is free.
- 📢Sunday 17 August 2025 - we are opening at a slightly later time of 12.30pm & the lower gallery will be closed today for maintenance work. We're really sorry for any inconvenience. The upper gallery is open as usual 🙂
- On 14 Aug 1875 the last Rodrigues parakeet was seen alive. 150 years on it rests (with one other) at the Museum, the only physical evidence that it ever existed. @jackdashby.bsky.social explains how collections are used to learn lessons from past losses. theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...
- 🌞Our Summer Family Day is this Thursday 14 Aug! Pop in to make a snake, have a go at our reptile quiz or try our reptile trail.... 🦎 Everyone welcome. All FREE, 10am - 4.30pm. #WorldLizardDay @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeWe’re so excited to see the work of our #agroecology group members featured in the @sciencemuseum.org.uk's new exhibition Future of #Food. Work by Prof Lynn Dicks, @irisberger.bsky.social, Katie Berthon, Ailsa Harris & Annie Northfield is on show. Go see! Read more: bit.ly/470rMFH
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeWe're recruiting! 🌳Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation 🌳Postdoctoral Research Associates in Drosophila Connectomics Whole Organism Neuroscience 🌳Research Assistant Environmental impacts of food consumption & policy Find out more: bit.ly/4o028qV
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeNew research on glasswing butterflies🦋 by an international team of researchers, including @joanameier.bsky.social and Prof @chrisjiggins.bsky.social offers fresh insights into insect evolution and may help shape more effective conservation of these species. Read more: bit.ly/4oi4XUo
- Celebrate reptiles with us on Thurs 14 Aug at our Summer Family Day 🙂 follow our Reptile Trail, make craft snakes & handle real reptile skeletons! All FREE, just drop in. #SummerAtTheMuseums @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- Thanks 🥰 to everyone who came along to our Zoology Live! INSECTOPIA event on Saturday, despite the very hot weather! 🦋We enjoyed mini-beast hunts, insect room tours, plus lectures, live stick insects, moths & butterflies. So cool in the Museum😉 @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
- Our biggest family day of the year is this Saturday 21 June. We have a jam packed day for you: 🦋Minibeast hunts 🐝Behind the Scenes tours 🪰Crafts 🪳Live insects 🐞Mini lectures 🙂ALL FREE 💗Can't wait to see you ow.ly/LPUF50WbC6r @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
- 🙂APPLY NOW - We are seeking a Senior Collections Lead to manage our Collections Management, Care & Conservation teams. 🦋Closes Sun 22 June. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51272/ @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- 🪰Only 2 days to go until our livestream with NHM fly expert Dr Erica McAlister. Author of The Secret Life of Flies. How do flies help to solve crimes?🪰 Tune in - Wed 18 June at 7pm @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social ow.ly/p4Ez50W9WQl Photo ©Trustees of the Natural History Museum
- 📢WE'RE HIRING📢Could you be our new Senior Collections Lead? Would you enjoy working with one of the UK's most important natural history collections? Apply by 22 June to look after our amazing Collections Management, Care & Conservation team. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51272/
- Our Assistant Director @jackdashby.bsky.social was on #BBCWomansHour this morning! Available online now, grab a cup of tea, sit down and listen back. Enjoy! @camzoology.bsky.social @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
- My conversation on #BBCWomansHour is now online. Hear about the ways in which natural history #museums under-represent and misrepresent female animals, and how that's bad for visitors and for science.🐦 Shout-out to @nhcooper123.bsky.social & Rebecca Machin. From 24mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge🎉🏆🏆🏆We're delighted to announce 3 new @royalsociety.org Fellows here in Zoology! Dr Gregory Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatic are all now FRS. Many, many congratulations! Read more: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge📢New publication! So much evidence, so little time: Could AI speed up decision-making in conservation? Research by published today in @plosone.org suggests it might: bit.ly/4jYT0QP @iccs.bsky.social @downingcollege.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @ai.cam.ac.uk #ShapingAIForEveryone
- 😀If you could chat to a cockroach, what would you ask?🪳How long do you live? Do you make a noise? Do you prefer hot or cold climates? With our AI experiment, you can ask anything! Just scan the QR code on display at the Museum. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- Have you seen the ACTUAL VIEW from the Museum shop & Café? Thought it should be shared! It's Cambridge's most iconic & largest specimen, our 21 metre fin whale. PLUS five more whales hanging in the gallery 😀 Come & take a look 🐳Entry FREE.
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge[Not loaded yet]
- The book is out! Want to know more? Join Jack Ashby & Prof. Rebecca Kilner as they discuss what really goes on behind the scenes at the Museum... Tues 6 May 6pm in the main University of Cambridge zoology lecture theatre, next to the Museum. Book ahead. FREE www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
