Useful Links

Why not explore some other sites related to museums and the history of science.

Other Cambridge museums and collections

University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology [http://museum.archanth.cam.ac.uk]
University Botanic Garden [http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk]
Cavendish Laboratory Museum [http://www-outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/camphy/museum/tour.htm]
Museum of Classical Archaeology [http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum]
Fitzwilliam Museum [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk]
Cambridge and County Folk Museum [http://www.folkmuseum.org.uk]
Kettle's Yard [http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk]
Cambridge Museum of Technology [http://www.museumoftechnology.com]
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences [http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org]
Scott Polar Research Institute [http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/]
University Museum of Zoology [http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/museum/index.htm]

For kids

Gallery Challenge [http://www.gallerychallenge.org] - make your own museum display using objects from the Whipple Museum's collection.
Show Me [http://www.show.me.uk] - wild/cool/crazy/scary/fun stuff from museums and galleries across the UK.
rEvolution [http://revolution.caret.cam.ac.uk] - an interactive biology experience, including an online museum and resources.

Other museums in the UK with History of Science collections

British Museum [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk]
National Maritime Museum, London [http://www.nmm.ac.uk]
National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh [http://www.nms.ac.uk]
Natural History Museum, London [http://www.nhm.ac.uk]
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk]
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester [http://www.msim.org.uk]
Science Museum, London [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk]

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