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Drop in and see 'The Butterfly Effect’, a climate change-themed art installation by Parkside Community College Parkside Community College & artist Hilary Cox Condron.

Launched today on #EarthDay , the young people hope to 'spark thought, discussion & awareness', & 'inspire everyone to action'.

You might have heard of insects being preserved in amber, but did you know that insects can be fossilised too? You can find this beautifully detailed dragonfly fossil in our museum. This one is from the late Jurassic Period and is around 155 million years old! #Fossilfriday

Applications to our 4 CC-EE CDP fully funded AHRC studentships are now open! ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students…
Exciting opportunities to research amazing collections of Fitzwilliam Museum Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery in partnership with Cambridge University ARU Durham University

Desperately sad news.
Museums are treasure houses of objects and knowledge, founts of inspiration for future generations, places of wonder - and research. Places that invite us to see ourselves in a deep, wide context.
Our society and culture is impoverished if we lose them.…

One of the #ArchiveMyths we want to debunk is that archivists like to keep documents hidden away and secret...

The opposite is true!

We're a research facility, and aim to make as many archives as possible open to study (even if they once were 'top secret'!) #Archive30 ARA Scotland

The best book I have read this year! Suzanne Joinson’s Museum of Lost and Fragile Things. It’s a clever and fascinating tale of outgrowing a cult (which purged possessions) and of piecing together a self through recovering the items that structure a life. theindigopress.com/product/the-mu…

We are delighted with Research England's recent announcement of funding for the Sedgwick Museum! This recognition of the importance of our collections,
and a huge boost to our plans to improve how we support research & researchers 🦖💎🪨🏛 🎉
esc.cam.ac.uk/news

Dementia Journeys Science Gallery London is open! 🥳

So great to be there yesterday and see people being drawn in by the art and interactive elements.

#Dementia #PalliativeCare #EMBEDCare #photography #graphicart #poetry

Zambia kuchalo 🇿🇲 putting Zambia on the map! Our latest blog post reflects on a recent Cambridge Visual Culture fellowship to explore methods of creative intervention & new ways to engage with colonial-era collections. specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=27155

Job klaxon: Graduate Trainee Archivist role at Trinity College Cambridge!
trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/grad…

In 1887 students wanted to know the results of the #boatrace whilst they were on an Cambridge Earth Sciences field trip, so a telegram was swiftly dispatched 📨. Cambridge won by 2 lengths - one of the Oxford crew's oars snapped in half 😬.

💥Starmer: 'Tories think working people don't need culture... That's why the Tory 'culture wars' always end up as a war on culture. The arts shouldn't tell working class kids to know their place. They should help them find their place in the world, find truth and meaning.' ~AA

It's #IWD2024 & The Sedgwick Museum is Cambridge Dissertation Fair with lots of archive facsimiles celebrating women in Earth Sciences ⚒️👒⚒️ , a poster from History Of Geology conference & Lottie the fossil hunter trowelblazers. You can learn more about some of the women in the The Sedgwick Museum online…

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! Have you spotted these labels around the museum? They highlight the contributions of women to our collections and to the discipline of Earth Sciences. They were written and designed by two women Cambridge Earth Science students. #WomeninSTEM

We're all set up & The Sedgwick Museum team is ready to welcome students to this year's Cambridge Dissertation Fair - the first in person event since 2019! We have temporary tattoos, chocolate, postcards & fossil rubbing activity! Elena Hall, Jesus College, open until 4pm. #DissRes24

Today is the day! Come join us at Elena Hall, Jesus College, from 11am-4pm for the Dissertation and Research Fair. Learn how to use primary sources for research, explore the collections available and ask archive staff any questions.

No need to book, just call in! #DissRes24

It’s our birthday! We are celebrating 120 years of the Sedgwick museum today. The museum officially opened in March 1904 with a ceremony attended by King Edward VII. On opening day, badges were worn by staff. We’ve reimagined them to celebrate this milestone!
#Cambridgemuseums

My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share