Whipple Museum cambridge

This museum opens at 12.30pm. Takes about 1hr 20mins to view the exhibitions.

The Whipple museum of th History of science is one of Cambridge's hidden jewels. It has a magnificent collection of antique scientific instruments to enjoy - but more importantly for young children, it has a great selection of activity bags and boxes on various subjects. You can spend a great afternoon of explorations!

It's a small museum, interesting, but not first on your list

A small but charming museum with artifacts from the history of scientific technology.

Compact yet eclectic collection of scientific instruments. There are some very nice pieces but the explanations can be a bit sparse. High points for me was the collection of astrolabes and the globe collection. Although a good collection I felt it could be better curated as it does not always seem to have a discernable logic to the layout. However I enjoyed my visit a lot as I am a fan of such things.

For a campus museum, the collections are above or on par. While in terms of creating dialogues between audiences and collections, I would say the museum is subpar.