History Events in Cambridge

Check out happening history events all around Cambridge, EN

Twilight at the Museums 2026

 Mon, 16 Feb at 04:30 pm Cambridge, United Kingdom

Twilight at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences: Prehistoric Night Safari

 Wed, 18 Feb at 04:30 pm Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences Free

Tour of the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge

 Tue, 03 Mar at 02:00 pm Parker Library GBP 11

The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits & Women

 Sun, 01 Mar at 08:15 pm Cambridge Junction GBP 14 to 32

Encountering Extinction: A talk by author Dolly Jørgensen

 Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm Museum Of Zoology Free

Cambridge Antiques & Vintage Fair

 Sun, 22 Mar at 10:30 am Cambridge regional College sports center

Historical Fiction: Linda Wilgus and Rosie Andrews in Cambridge

 Wed, 11 Feb at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Book Launch: A people's history of the Anti-Nazi League

 Tue, 10 Feb at 06:30 pm Mill Road Community Centre Free

Lying Abroad by Carol Chillington Rutter

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm 20 Trinity Street, CB2 1TY Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cambridge Heritage Research Centre - 9th Annual Heritage Lecture

 Fri, 20 Feb at 06:15 pm Jesus College, University of Cambridge Free

Resurgence of global antisemitism and its implications for the West

 Wed, 25 Feb at 05:30 pm Nihon Room, Pembroke College Free

Leper Chapel Open Day

 Sun, 08 Feb at 01:30 pm Leper Chapel, Cambridge

Peaky Blinders M**der Mystery

 Sat, 14 Mar at 04:30 pm CB1 1DY GBP 33

Love of Rumi – flow and spirit: a performative fashion show

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm Mumford Theatre GBP 28

The Rise of Willingham

Mon, 23 Feb at 07:30 pm Willingham Social Club. Fen End, CB24 5LH Willingham, United Kingdom

The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects

 Wed, 25 Feb at 07:30 pm Willingham Library

How The British Fell in Love With Curry

 Wed, 18 Mar at 05:30 pm Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Free

PBFA Cambridge Antiquarian and Collectable Book Fair

 Fri, 20 Feb at 12:00 pm St. Barnabas Church Free

Themed walk: Discovering poetry in Mill Road Cemetery

 Sun, 22 Feb at 02:00 pm Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge

A Woman's Work - Elinor Cleghorn, at Heffers Bookshop

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

Black Queer Lives: Exploring the Archive and Mini-Zine Workshop

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Cambridge Central Library Free

Ghost Writers on the Cam

 Sun, 22 Mar at 02:00 pm Cambridge GBP 17

Themed walk: Transforming Cambridge Science Park

 Wed, 11 Feb at 10:30 am Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, United Kingdom

'Desi Queers': Celebrating South Asian LGBTQ+ Lives in Britain

 Tue, 24 Feb at 05:30 pm Wolfson College, University of Cambridge Free

Footnotes: The Writing of Football - Dr Carrie Dunn

 Wed, 11 Feb at 06:00 pm Lecture Theatre A (Arts School) Free

Gabriel Zuchtriegel: The Buried City at Waterstones Cambridge

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 8 to 19

The life and times of Elizabeth I, 1533-1603

 Wed, 25 Feb at 04:00 pm Queen Anne House, Gonville Place, Cambridge, UK GBP 5

Arbury Court Library 60th Anniversary Celebration

 Wed, 18 Feb at 10:00 am Arbury Court Library Free

Tomas Venclova on being a dissident in the Soviet Union

 Fri, 27 Feb at 05:30 pm Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College Free

The Fights That Make Us w Sarah Hagger-Holt at Cambridge Central Library

 Sat, 21 Feb at 02:00 pm Cambridge Central Library Free

Themed walk: A tour of Barnwell

 Wed, 25 Feb at 10:30 am Barnwell Baptist Church

English adventures at sea: Drake, Raleigh and Frobisher, 1558-1603

 Wed, 18 Mar at 04:00 pm Queen Anne House, Gonville Place, Cambridge, UK GBP 5

The Accoutrements of an Indian Dancer

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

AGENT ZO

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Rock Road Library Free

Murder at the Grosvenor - Town and Gown, Cambridge

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm Town and Gown Pub & Theatre - Cambridge

Beyond The Imitation Game: The Real Story of Bletchley Park

 Mon, 16 Feb at 06:30 pm The Tivoli,

The life and works of William Shakespeare, 1564-1616

 Wed, 25 Mar at 04:00 pm Queen Anne House, Gonville Place, Cambridge, UK GBP 5

Peer review, past, present… and future

 Mon, 16 Mar at 06:00 pm Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusef Hamied Department of Chemistry, (entrance to lecture theatre, adjacent to the Scott Polar Research Institute) Free

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

Edward VI and Mary I: Reformation and Counter - reformation, 1547-1558

 Wed, 11 Feb at 04:00 pm Queen Anne House, Gonville Place, Cambridge, UK GBP 5

Atlantic Furies, with author Midge Gillies

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:30 pm Milton Road Library Free

Cultivating Creations: Gardens and fashion of the Victorian period

 Fri, 27 Feb at 10:00 am 1 Brookside, CB2 1JE Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mapping Cambridge's History

 Thu, 12 Mar at 01:00 pm 2/3 Castle Street, CB3 0AQ Cambridge, United Kingdom

Writing historical fiction: Blending reality and imagination

 Thu, 12 Feb at 01:00 pm 2/3 Castle Street, CB3 0AQ Cambridge, United Kingdom

A10 SHOW & SHINE IWM DUXFORD

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

Standing Cambridge: Understanding Buildings in a Historic City

 Sat, 14 Mar at 09:00 am Cripps Lecture Theatre. Magdalene College GBP 10 to 20

The Romans!

Sat, 28 Feb at 12:00 pm St Paul's Cambridge

Spitfire Girls

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:30 pm 6 St Edwards Passage, CB2 3PJ Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Secret History of the String Quartet: Part III

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Pavilion Rm, Hughes Hall, Free

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A HUNTER-GATHERER

 Fri, 20 Feb at 03:15 pm Rock Road Library Free

Between Borders: then and now

 Wed, 11 Feb at 07:15 pm Rock Road Library Free

Terror Tales of Cambridge, by Frederick Cowles

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:30 pm The Leper Chapel of Saint Mary Magdalene GBP 14

Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History

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

Research and Design for Cultural Heritage Data and Experience

 Tue, 14 Apr at 05:30 pm GR06/07 Faculty of English Free

Politics and Culture at the Late Stuart Courts, 1649-1714

 Tue, 07 Apr at 09:30 am Christ's College, Cambridge Free

Suturing the Worlds: Tomie Ohtake Between Japan and Brazil

 Tue, 24 Feb at 05:00 pm Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Free

Short Course: Topics in Church History - Medieval Church History

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

Memory and Film Festival: The Best Years Of Our Lives

 Wed, 11 Feb at 06:00 pm Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Free

Slade Lectures in Fine Art 2026 with Professor Terry Smith

 Tue, 27 Jan at 05:00 pm Bateman Auditorium Free

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

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

Book Launch of Moltmann in China by Dr Naomi Thurston

 Wed, 04 Mar at 03:30 pm Faculty of Divinity Free

Talk - The Human and the Nonhuman in the Tragedies of Jean Racine

 Sat, 21 Mar at 02:00 pm 1 Red Cross Lane CB2 0QU Cambridge Free car park (Bell Foundation) Free

Bridging Binaries tour: LGBQT+ history of science

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

Whipple Highlights Tour

 Wed, 13 Aug at 01:00 pm Whipple Museum of the History of Science Free

Symposium on Christian Mission

 Fri, 17 Apr at 11:00 am Westminster College Free

Scholars, Punting & Timeless Grace in Cambridge Audio Tour

 Tue, 08 Apr at 08:00 am Trinity Lane USD 15

Tour of the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge

 Thu, 11 May at 02:00 pm Parker Library GBP 11

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

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