History Events in Cambridge

Check out happening history events all around Cambridge, EN

Operation Mincemeat

 Mon, 19 Oct at 07:30 pm 6 St Edwards Passage, CB2 3PJ Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Imitation Game Outdoor Cinema Experience at King's College Cambridge

 Sun, 21 Jun at 06:00 pm King's College, Cambridge

A10 SHOW & SHINE

Sun, 26 Jul at 11:00 am IWM Duxford Museum

A10 SHOW & SHINE IWM DUXFORD

 Sun, 26 Jul at 11:00 am IWM Duxford GBP 0 to 29

Translation and Grieving - By Cristina Rivera Garza

 Wed, 13 May at 05:30 pm Old Combination Room - Trinity College Free

IWM History Festival - Saturday

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am Imperial War Museum Duxford, CB22 4QR Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ancient Oak Fayre Medieval/ Viking, Pagan and Fantasy

 Sat, 05 Sep at 09:30 am Quy Park, Stow Road, CB25 9AF Stow cum Quy, United Kingdom

Autobiography of Cotton - Cristina Rivera Garza, at Heffers Bookshop

 Mon, 18 May at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 15

Author Event: No Future: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture

 Tue, 26 May at 06:00 pm Cambridge University Press Bookshop Free

Bottisham at War 2026 - 1940's Weekend - Bigger, Better and Unforgettable!

 Sat, 27 Jun at 10:00 am Bottisham Airfield Museum GBP 5 to 77

The Brontë Sisters: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey & more

 Sun, 03 May at 04:30 pm Cambridge Junction GBP 14 to 32

Ashtons Cambridge Charity Treasure Hunt

 Thu, 14 May at 04:30 pm West Court GBP 160

Cambridgeshire Finds - Archaeology

 Fri, 15 May at 10:15 am Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology GBP 80

Once Upon a Time in Fenland

 Wed, 10 Jun at 01:30 pm Cambridge Junction

Book launch - Cormorant, by Gordon McMullan

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm Cambridge University Press Bookshop Free

The Accoutrements of an Indian Dancer

 Mon, 18 May at 05:30 pm Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Free

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

 Sat, 09 May at 01:00 pm The Polar Museum Free

Farewell to Norms? Historical Perspectives on Global Reordering

 Fri, 15 May at 10:00 am Bowett Room, Queens' College Free

200 years after the Congress of Panama

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm Selwyn College, Cambridge Free

National Mills Weekend

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am 10 Cambridge Road, Impington

The Spiritual Person: An Intellectual Biography of Watchman Nee

 Thu, 07 May at 04:00 pm Faculty of Divinity Free

Day Trip to Holkham Hall and Gardens, Norfolk

 Thu, 11 Jun at 09:30 am Impington Lane, Impington, Cambridge

Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

 Wed, 13 May at 05:30 pm Department of Zoology Free

An Afternoon with Rafe Heydel-Mankoo - lunch and a talk about Poland

 Sun, 17 May at 12:30 pm The Polish Restaurant Cambridge GBP 15

Day Trip to the National Memorial Arboretum

 Wed, 06 May at 09:30 am Impington Lane, Impington, Cambridge

Tea & Talk with Dr David Waterhouse: Ice Age Time Machine

 Fri, 08 May at 11:00 am The Polar Museum Free

Knights of Malta

 Tue, 12 May at 05:00 pm Pembroke College, Old Library Free

The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography

 Thu, 21 May at 02:15 pm Clare Hall, University of Cambridge Free

️ Behind the Lens at 10 Downing Street with Richard Etienne - CPS 26 Talks

 Sun, 18 Oct at 12:00 pm Corpus Christi College GBP 5 to 8

Threads, Echoes, and Ink

 Thu, 14 May at 05:15 pm Woolf Institute Free

Master of Lies - Piers Blofeld, at Heffers

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 25

Gregory Hardiman's walking tour of Cambridge

 Sat, 23 May at 11:30 am Bodies In The Bookshop GBP 17

America, the Baltic States and the making of an unlikely Security Alliance

 Wed, 20 May at 05:30 pm Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College Free

Nine Days in May - Jon Schneer, at Heffers Bookshop

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 25

Common Ground or Walled Gardens? International conference

 Tue, 19 May at 10:15 am Sidney Sussex College Free

Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History

 Wed, 24 Jun at 09:00 am Winstanley Lecture Theatre - Trinity College Free

Armenian Heritage at our Doorstep: Exploring UK Collections

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:00 pm Ancient India and Iran Trust GBP 10 to 12

Hidden Heritages: One School, Many Stories Exhibition Launch

 Mon, 13 Jul at 06:00 pm Museum of Cambridge Free

Doing Mathematics in the Archive

 Sat, 16 May at 10:30 am Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences GBP 0 to 36

History and Art of South Georgia

 Fri, 10 Jul at 09:15 am British Antarctic Survey GBP 25 to 148

BOOK LAUNCH - Revisiting the General Strike of 1926

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Mill Road Community Centre Free

Enslavement’s Legacies & Violence in Liberia and Haiti (in person)

 Wed, 06 May at 05:00 pm Room S1, Alison Richard Building Free

Seminar: The First Crossing and the Transition from Slavery to Indentureshi

 Thu, 21 May at 05:15 pm Selwyn College, Cambridge Free

Spooky Cambridge Tour

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:00 pm Magdalene College GBP 13 to 25

DAY 2: Cambridge Heritage Research Centre 26th Annual Symposium

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Free

MAEASaM Distinguished Visitor Lecture 2026

 Thu, 07 May at 05:00 pm McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Free

Tracing the African roots of Sri-Lanka Afro-Portuguese

 Mon, 11 May at 09:00 am Queens' College: Bowett Room Free

In conversation with Jean Pfaelzer

 Tue, 12 May at 12:30 pm 7 West Rd Free

Book Launch roundtable on Converting Ireland (MUP)

 Tue, 19 May at 04:00 pm Sidney Sussex College Free

Behind the Scenes at the Crematorium - 1

 Sat, 09 May at 12:00 pm Cambridge Crematorium Free

Clunch the local stone local history lecture

 Fri, 12 Jun at 02:00 pm Cambridge Central Library Free

Cambridgeshire Spies

 Mon, 25 May at 07:30 pm Willingham, CB24 5LH

Witness to Service An Army Photographer’s Perspective - CPS 26 Talks

 Sat, 17 Oct at 01:30 pm Graduate by Hilton Cambridge GBP 5 to 8

Sons of Willingham Remembering our boys of the Suffolk Regiment and the Somme

 Sun, 25 Oct at 07:30 pm Willingham Social Club. Fen End, CB24 5LH Willingham, United Kingdom

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

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

Cambridge Fun Puzzle Treasure Hunt! Single route or double for racing! :)

 Fri, 13 Oct at 10:00 am Cambridge Train Station GBP 20 to 70

CWGC Volunteering Day at Cambridge City Cemetery

 Thu, 23 Apr at 10:00 am Cambridge City Cemetery Free

DAY 1: Cambridge Heritage Research Centre 26th Annual Symposium

 Fri, 08 May at 09:00 am McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Free

Cambridge Fun Team Building Interactive Treasure Hunt!

 Sat, 29 Jun at 10:00 am Cambridge Train Station GBP 15 to 70

Short Course: Topics in Church History - Medieval Church History

 Tue, 05 May at 02:00 pm Westcott House GBP 200

Bridging Binaries tour: LGBQT+ history of science

 Wed, 02 Apr at 02:30 pm Whipple Museum of the History of Science Free

Treasure Hunt Cambridge - Colleges and Courtyards - 2-2½ hours

 Fri, 09 Oct at 08:00 am Great St Mary's Church GBP 24

Discover Liverpool’s hidden gems with an exciting scavenger hunt!

 Sun, 03 Nov at 07:00 am Parker's Piece USD 9 to 16