Ultimate Guide to The Sedgwick Museum

Thinking of visiting The Sedgwick Museum? Footprints Tours has put together the ultimate guide to help you with your visit!

The Sedgwick Museum is the geology museum at the University of Cambridge, located at the Downing site on Downing Street. This earth sciences is the oldest museum in Cambridge University, having been established in 1728 as the Woodwardian Museum. John Woodward originally contributed 10,000 specimens to its collection.
 
It now boasts at least 2 million specimens, covering 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history. It contains 400 Meteorites, 40,000 fossils of animals and plants and the following fascinating artefacts:
 

• a complete replica of an Iguanodon skeleton, gifted to the Museum by the King of Belgium in 1896
• a giant prehistoric deer skeleton from Ireland purchased by Adam Sedgwick
• Samurai armour from Japan complete with a moustache made of boar’s bristles
• the William Smith Map, which was the first geological map of the UK published in 1815

 
The museum is free to visit and often schedules special exhibitions or lectures for visiting groups. Keep an eye on the website for availability. Its the perfect museum for a rainy day in Cambridge!