Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Trinity St.
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01223/338400.
www.trin.cam.ac.uk. The Wren Library Mon-Fri noon-2pm, Sat 10:30am-
12:30pm. Various other areas are open at different times; ask at the porter's lodge. Admission free.
Exploring the Rest of Cambridge
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
GARDEN The winter garden is
noted for the extravagance of stems and bark while the woodland garden bursts into
life with flowering spring bulbs. The garden opened in 1846 and much of the tree
collection dates back to the original layout. The magnificent avenue of trees along
Main Walk includes giant redwoods grown from seeds collected in California in
1851, the first ever brought to England.
1 Brookside, Bateman St.
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01223/336265.
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk. Admission £4 adults, £3.50 stu-
dents and seniors, children 15 and under free. Mar-Oct and all weekends and bank holidays. Daily
Apr-Sept 10am-6pm; Feb, Mar, and Oct 10am-5pm; Jan, Nov, and Dec 10am-4pm.
Fitzwilliam Museum
MUSEUM Suits of armor, Greek and Roman pottery,
Chinese jades, Japanese ceramics, and an art collection that includes Rubens, Van
Dyck, Canaletto, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, and the Impressionist painters:
You'll find them all here in a first-class museum that isn't so large that fatigue sets in.
There's also a good cafe and gift shop and regular lectures of a standard you would
expect from this Cambridge University-owned institution.
Trumpington St., near Peterhouse.
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01223/332900.
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Free admission;
donations appreciated. Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm; closed Mon, Good Friday, Dec 24-26 and
31, and Jan 1. Sat guided tours at 2:30pm (£4).
Great St. Mary's
CHURCH Closely associated with events of the Reformation
because the leaders of the movement (Erasmus, Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley)
preached here, this university church was built mostly in 1478 on the site of an 11th-
century church. The cloth that covered the hearse of King Henry VII is on display in
the church. There is a fine view of Cambridge from the top of the tower.
Senate House Hill.
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01223/741716.
www.gsm.cam.ac.uk. Admission to tower £3 adults, £1.50 children 5-16.
Tower summer daily 10am-4:30pm, winter until 4pm; Sun year-round noon-4pm. Church daily 9am-6pm.
Kettle's Yard
HISTORIC HOME This oasis of calm and good taste was the
home of Jim and Helen Ede during the 1950s to early 1970s. As curator of London's
Tate Gallery in the 1920s and 1930s, Jim built up an enviable collection of paintings
and sculptures, including work by Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Barbara Hepworth,
which are still on display more or less where the Edes left them. Around the corner
is Kettle's Yard Gallery, with a respected collection of 20th-century and contemporary
art, and ever-changing exhibitions.
Castle St.
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01223/748100.
www.kettlesyard.co.uk. Free admission; donations appreciated. Tues-Sun
and Mon bank holidays 1:30-4:30pm (late Sept-early Apr 2-4pm). Closed Mon, Good Friday, Dec
24-28, and Jan 1.
Museum of Zoology
MUSEUM You can see specimens collected by Cam-
bridge graduate Charles Darwin during his voyage on the
Beagle
in the 1830s on display
here, as well as rare examples of the dodo and great auk. Specimens from other historic
collections gathered during the great expeditions of the 19th century are also here.
Downing St.
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01223/336650.
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk. Free admission; donations appreciated.
Tues-Sun and Mon bank holidays 1:30-4:30pm (late Sept-early Apr 2-4pm). Closed Mon, Good Friday,
Dec 24-28, and Jan 1.
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