Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

The museum, founded in 1884, has one of the most important collections of its kind in the UK.

The collection spans almost two million years of human history, the oldest object they hold is the 1.8 million year old stone tool from Olduvai Gorge. The museum works with modern-day indigenous communities in many ways, holding innovative exhibitions with contemporary artists using the historic collections. It has  strong collections from the Pacific, including one of the largest collections of objects from the voyages of Captain James Cook and the most important collection of Fijian material outside Fiji itself. Entry is free into the museum.

Magnus Manske/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Magnus Manske/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Jörg Bittner Unna/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
Jörg Bittner Unna/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
Vysotsky/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Vysotsky/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Vysotsky/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Vysotsky/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Opening Hours

Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
Closed
Wednesday:
Closed
Thursday:
10:00 - 17:00
Friday:
10:00 - 17:00
Saturday:
10:00 - 17:00
Sunday:
12:00 - 17:00

Divento Review of Reviews

Fed up with misleading or - even worse - fake reviews? Or trying to collate reviews yourself from the best sources? You can now rely on Divento’s Review of Reviews which aggregates content from hundreds of trusty sources from around the world to deliver reliable overall reviews.

    Critics Review will be updated soon...
Back to top