History Events in Cambridge

“Rachmaninoff and the Myth of Exile”, a talk by Prof Marina Frolova-Walker

Fri, 06 Nov at 06:30 pm Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ (Entrance via St John’s Street, opposite Trinity College’s main gate)

GBP 0 TO 12 MUSIC

Cambridge, Famous Alumni Outdoor Exploration Game

Sun, 01 Nov at 12:00 am Cambridge Tourist Information Centre

GBP 8 TRIPS-ADVENTURES

Tour of the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge

Tue, 03 Mar at 02:00 pm Parker Library

GBP 11 FITNESS

Anglo-Rossica: Seven Objects from My Collection — A Talk by Prof Anthony Cross

Tue, 24 Nov at 06:30 pm Cameron Lecture Theatre, Fitzwilliam College

GBP 0 TO 12 WORKSHOPS

The Man Who Broke Reality - Philip Ball, at Heffers Bookshop

Thu, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop

GBP 5 TO 30 ART

The Causes of Great-Power War

Fri, 23 Oct at 05:30 pm The Long Room, Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge

FREE SCIENCE-FAIR

Folklore, Female Aging & The Hag

Sun, 01 Nov at 06:00 pm Cambridge Junction

GBP 14 TO 32 ART

Walking tour of Gregory Hardiman's Cambridge

Sat, 24 Oct at 11:30 am Bodies In The Bookshop

GBP 17 DOG

Mevlevi Sema Ceremony

Tue, 24 Nov at 06:45 pm West Road Concert Hall

GBP 6 TO 14 FITNESS

The Fate of the World: a History and Future of the Climate Crisis

Tue, 03 Nov at 06:30 pm Unitarian Church

FREE FITNESS

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Sat, 24 Oct at 02:00 pm The Polar Museum

FREE ART

The Great Fire of London! (Second Show)

Sat, 31 Oct at 03:00 pm St Paul's Cambridge

TRIPS-ADVENTURES

Historic Writers tour

Tue, 10 Feb at 07:00 pm University of Cambridge

GBP 14 TO 28 FITNESS

From Darwin to Dodos: Guided Tour of the Museum of Zoology

Fri, 14 Oct at 03:00 pm Museum Of Zoology

FREE FITNESS

German colonialism in Africa and its legacies

Thu, 05 Nov at 05:30 pm Pembroke College

FREE FITNESS

Cambridge Audio Tour: Bedders, Bargees and Booksellers

Tue, 20 Oct Cambridge Market Square

GBP 6 PARADES

Hidden Gems of Cambridge Outdoor Exploration Game

Sun, 01 Nov at 12:00 am Mathematical Bridge

GBP 8 TRIPS-ADVENTURES

Bring 'n' Byte

Sun, 25 Oct at 10:00 am Rene Court, Coldhams Road, CB1 3EW Cambridge, United Kingdom

'Divvy Day': Street Theatre Celebrating The Kite's Cooperative Legacy

Sun, 25 Oct at 07:30 pm The Grafton

GBP 6 TO 20 FITNESS

Fellow's talk: Ladies, Lives, and Letters

Wed, 21 Oct at 05:00 pm Cambridge University Library

FREE FITNESS

A Four Thousand Year History of Female Entrepreneurship

Thu, 22 Oct at 05:30 pm King's College, Cambridge (Provost’s Drawing Room)

FREE FITNESS

Cambridge Outdoor Exploration Game

Sun, 01 Nov at 12:00 am 9 King's Parade

GBP 8 TRIPS-ADVENTURES

Copy: Cambridge Audio Tour: Echoes of Knowledge and Stone

Sun, 18 Oct 2 Wheeler St, Cambridge CB2 3QB, UK

GBP 4

Adhan Workshop

Fri, 27 Nov at 04:00 pm Main Prayer Hall, Cambridge Central Mosque

GBP 6 FITNESS

Cambridgeshire: Conversations About Ghosts with Will Russell

Thu, 22 Oct at 06:30 pm St Botolph's Church

GBP 6 TO 12 FITNESS

The Revelation That Inspired Muhammad Ep 1 & 2

Fri, 27 Nov at 06:00 pm 58 Sturton St

FREE FITNESS

Dr. Matthew Walker, Illustrating Ancient Greek Architecture Late 17th c.

Mon, 26 Oct at 06:00 pm Queens' College, Old Hall

FREE FITNESS

Dispossession

Sun, 08 Nov at 06:00 pm Storey's Field Centre

FREE FITNESS

The Secret History of the Universe - Jonathan Black, at Heffers Bookshop

Thu, 12 Nov at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop

GBP 0 TO 25 FITNESS

Spies, Lies and Double Agents (e)

Fri, 23 Oct Outside Great St Mary's (GSM)

GBP 21 FITNESS

Trouble in Mind (National Theatre Screening) at Cambridge Central Library

Sat, 24 Oct at 02:30 pm Cambridge Central Library

FREE FITNESS

Black History of Science Tours

Sat, 15 Nov at 10:30 am Whipple Museum of the History of Science

FREE FITNESS

Mapping Historical Networks

Mon, 02 Nov at 01:00 pm Cambridge Digital Humanities, 2 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UK

FREE FITNESS

Ottoman Calligraphy: Talk & Live Demonstration

Sun, 22 Nov at 01:00 pm Robinson College

FREE FITNESS

Computational Methods and Curious Looking: Integrating AI into Art History

Thu, 12 Nov at 05:00 pm GR06/07 Faculty of English

FREE FITNESS

Unequal Pasts, Shared Futures

Thu, 29 Oct at 05:30 pm Lee Hall

FREE BUSINESS

The Fairbairns 2026 (JCBC Bicentenary Events 2026-2027)

Fri, 04 Dec at 12:00 pm Jesus College, Cambridge

SPORTS

Dr. Shruti Balaji: Worlds of Women Beyond the 'West'

Mon, 16 Nov at 12:00 pm S1, Alison Richard Building

FREE FITNESS

Islamic and Christian Bookbinding

Sat, 21 Nov at 10:00 am Conservation Room, Corpus Christi College

GBP 6 FITNESS

Book Talk with Alex de Waal and Willow Berridge: The Sudans

Wed, 04 Nov at 05:00 pm Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

FREE FITNESS

Weird Whipple

Wed, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm Whipple Museum of the History of Science

SCIENCE-FAIR

Serial Killer Speakeasy

Sat, 09 Jan at 03:30 pm The C3 Venue

GBP 39 TO 49 STORYTELLING

Tax and Flax: Textile Manufacturing in Medieval Egypt

Wed, 18 Nov at 05:00 pm Umney Theatre, Robinson College

FREE ART

The Islamic Garden as Sacred Art

Mon, 23 Nov at 03:00 pm Cambridge Central Mosque

FREE ART

Panel on Islamic Architecture in Britain and Europe

Tue, 24 Nov at 11:00 am Woolf Institute

FREE ART

The Path of Paper: New Evidence for the History of an Old Technology

Tue, 17 Nov at 05:00 pm Umney Theatre, Robinson College

FREE ART

Dr. Elizabeth Petcu Toward an Ecocritical History of Early Modern Arch.

Mon, 02 Nov at 06:00 pm Queens' College, Old Hall

FREE ART

Dive into Liverpool’s mysteries with an exhilarating escape game!

Sun, 03 Nov at 07:00 am Parker's Piece

USD 9 TO 16 TRIPS-ADVENTURES

Talk: Astronomy and the Islamic calendar

Tue, 24 Nov at 04:30 pm Cambridge Central Mosque

FREE CALENDAR

Muslim Auralities Panel Discussion

Wed, 25 Nov at 11:00 am Woolf Institute, KC Shasha Suite

FREE FITNESS

Arabic and the Bible in early 17th-century Europe

Fri, 27 Nov at 02:30 pm Read Room, Parker Library

FREE FITNESS

Beauty: Recovering a Forgotten Dimension of the Islamic Tradition

Thu, 26 Nov at 01:00 pm Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity

FREE FITNESS

Cambridge Walking Tour

Wed, 25 Nov at 01:00 pm The Round Church

FREE FITNESS

Listening Session: Music in the World of Islam Festival: 50 Years On

Tue, 24 Nov at 04:00 pm Little Hall

FREE FESTIVALS

Treasure Hunt Cambridge by Lindle

Fri, 09 Oct at 08:00 am Great St Mary's Church

GBP 30 FITNESS

Christmas Lecture

Tue, 08 Dec at 11:00 am Coton Village Hall

GBP 15 TO 17 FITNESS

Will Palin - Waking Sleeping Giants

Mon, 30 Nov at 06:00 pm Queens' College, Old Hall

FREE ART

Richard Haldane and the modernization of the British State

Thu, 29 Oct at 05:30 pm Sidney Sussex College

FREE FITNESS

Howard Foundation Lecture: Professor Frank Salmon

Tue, 20 Oct at 06:00 pm Howard Theatre, Downing College

FREE FITNESS

What did the Romans ever do for Cambridgeshire?!

Mon, 22 Feb at 07:30 pm Willingham Social Club

MEETUPS

Sons of Cambridgeshire and the Somme

Mon, 26 Oct at 07:30 pm Willingham Social Club. Fen End, CB24 5LH Willingham, United Kingdom

PARTIES

Explore Cambridge’s gems with a fun scavenger hunt by World City Trail!

Wed, 23 Sep Parker's Piece

USD 9 TO 16 FITNESS

Travel Club- Cambridge

Sat, 05 Dec at 07:45 am Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

MEETUPS

Curator Talk: What Remains

Thu, 12 Nov at 01:00 pm Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge

GBP 0 TO 6 FITNESS

Original Uncomfortable Cambridge™ Walking Tour

Sat, 14 Feb at 02:30 pm Cambridge Tourist Information Centre

GBP 23 FITNESS

Winter in the Fens

Fri, 11 Dec at 02:00 pm Cambridge Central Library

FREE FITNESS

Andy Zaltzman - The Certifiable History 2026

Tue, 12 Jan at 07:30 pm Cambridge Junction

ART

Exhibition: The Arts of the Book - Muslim and Christian Manuscripts

Thu, 19 Nov at 11:00 am Parker Library

FREE FITNESS

Sex and the City: Cambridge Women, Town and Gown (n)

Sun, 16 Aug The Round Church

GBP 21 FITNESS

Ciné-club in Cambridge - Délicieux (Delicious)

Tue, 24 Nov at 07:00 pm Alliance Française Cambridge

FREE PERFORMANCES

Haunted History of Cambridge

Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm Market Hill

GBP 17 TO 33 FITNESS

Professor Marta Halina

Mon, 23 Nov at 05:30 pm Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre

SCIENCE-FAIR

Now and Then Photos of Willingham

Mon, 25 Jan at 07:30 pm Willingham Social Club

MEETUPS

The Menin Gate: 100 Years of Commemoration

Mon, 29 Mar at 07:30 pm Willingham, CB24 5LH

SPORTS

Riverflies: Poetry, citizen science and women in natural history

Thu, 12 Nov at 05:30 pm Cambridge University Library, West Road, CB3 9DR Cambridge, United Kingdom

ART

Uncover Cambridge’s secrets with a thrilling escape game!

Sun, 03 Nov at 07:00 am Parker's Piece

USD 9 TO 16 TRIPS-ADVENTURES

Discover Cambridge! Interactive Treasure Hunt & Exploration Game

Wed, 30 Apr at 09:00 am Great St Mary's

GBP 29 FITNESS