Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge. It is part of the Department of Earth Sciences and is located on the University's Downing Site in Downing Street, central Cambridge.

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is the oldest of the University of Cambridge museums, having been established in 1728 as the Woodwardian Museum. Since then the collection has grown from about 10,000 fossils, minerals and rocks, to at least 2 million.

A walk through the museum will take you on a 4.5 billion year journey through time, from the meteoritic building blocks of planets, to the thousands of fossils of animals and plants that illustrate the evolution of life in the oceans, on land and in the air.

Also a major teaching and research resource in the Department of Earth Sciences, the Sedgwick Museum collections are a national treasure.

See more about our teaching resources HERE.

Venue Category: 
Environment Centres
Activities provided: 
Archaeology
Archive and Library
Exhibitions
Guided Tour
Science
Workshops
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Curriculum: 
Citizenship
Geography / Geology
PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)
Science
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Key Stage 1 (4-7)
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Key Stage 5 (17+)
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Venue Address: 
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3EQ
United Kingdom
Venue Contact Number: 
01223 333456

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