History Events in Cambridge

Check out happening history events all around Cambridge, EN

Talking Classics Lunchtime Signing - Mary Beard, at Heffers Bookshop

 Fri, 17 Apr at 12:30 pm Heffers Bookshop Free

A10 SHOW & SHINE

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

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

 Sun, 21 Jun at 06:00 pm King's College, Cambridge GBP 9 to 46

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

Breathing in Unison: The Archive and the Senses - By Cristina Rivera Garza

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm Winstanley Lecture Theatre - 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

An Evening with Dr Jess Venner in Cambridge

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

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

Murder at the Grosvenor - Town and Gown, Cambridge

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

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

Cambridge Computer History Tour

 Sun, 12 Apr at 02:30 pm Peterhouse GBP 15

Below the Bridge: A Mill Road life, 1961-65

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:30 pm Ross Street Community Centre

Tour of the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge

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

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

The Accoutrements of an Indian Dancer

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

Public talk with Şeyda Kurt

 Mon, 27 Apr at 05:00 pm Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Free

The Archaeology of Wandlebury Hillfort: A Twilight Talk

 Fri, 17 Apr at 06:00 pm McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Free

Offa - Rory Naismith, at Heffers Bookshop

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Heffers Bookshop GBP 5 to 30

Farewell to Norms? Historical Perspectives on Global Reordering

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

Ukrainian writer about the War. Sergiy Adamenko

 Sat, 18 Apr at 02:00 pm St Andrews Street Baptist Church Free

National Mills Weekend

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

Research and Design for Cultural Heritage Data and Experience

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

The Spiritual Person: An Intellectual Biography of Watchman Nee

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

Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

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

The Secret History of the String Quartet: Part III

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

Baltic Symposium "1945 in the Baltic and its legacies"

 Mon, 13 Apr at 09:15 am McCrum Lecture Theatre Free

Up in the Air - A history of High Rise Britain

 Tue, 14 Apr at 05:00 pm Unit 55 - The Cambridge Room Free

Doing Mathematics in the Archive

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

Spooky Cambridge Tour

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

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

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

In conversation with Jean Pfaelzer

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

BOOK LAUNCH - Revisiting the General Strike of 1926

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

Tracing the African roots of Sri-Lanka Afro-Portuguese

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

DAY 2: Cambridge Heritage Research Centre 26th Annual Symposium

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

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

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

History and Art of South Georgia

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

Discover Cambridge Central Mosque

 Sat, 20 Apr at 01:00 pm Cambridge Central Mosque Free

Cambridgeshire Spies

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

Celebrating the Royals and how Willingham has changed

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:30 pm Willingham Social Club

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

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

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

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

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

Black History of Science Tours

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