Museums in Cambridge

FitzWilliam Museum is probably the best known in the city and roughly the equivalent of the Ashmolean at Oxford. There is no charge for admission but a donation of £3 is suggested - no pressure exerted.

The collections of both historical artefacts and paintings are stunning.

The Duxford branch of the Imperial War Museum is located about 15 miles from Cambridge. A city bus leaving from the Cambridge railway station can take you (45 minute ride) to the museum, which was a WWI RAF airfield and a WWII Battle of Britain fighter base/B17 base. Also worth seeing on the same site is the American Airforce Museum - the building alone is worth a visit - as is the B52 bomber housed inside.

There are also a number of small university department museums open to the general public.  See http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/libmuseums/ for the most up-to-date info:
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Museum of Classical Archaeology
- Whipple Museum of the History of Science
- The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
- University Museum of Zoology
- Kettle's Yard
- Botanic Garden
- The Herbarium
- Scott Polar Research Institute

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