Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge. It is part of the Department of Earth Sciences and is located on the university's Downing Site in Downing Street, central Cambridge, England.Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: science museum in England
- Also known as: “Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge” and “The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences”
- Address: Cambridge, CB2 3EQ
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pembroke College and Corpus Christi College.
Pembroke College
University
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 students and fellows. Pembroke College is situated 650 feet southwest of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
Corpus Christi College
University
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century to the early 19th century it was also commonly known as Bene't College. Corpus Christi College is situated 800 feet west of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
Emmanuel College
University
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. Emmanuel College is situated 770 feet east of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambridge and Highsett.
Cambridge
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.
Highsett
Neighborhood
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Highsett is a residential estate and a listed heritage site in Cambridge, England. The estate was designed by Eric Lyons of Eric Lyons & Partners. It was built in three phases between 1959 and 1964.
Cambridge Castle
Locality
Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy and the First and Second Barons' Wars.
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
- Categories: natural history museum, university museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.20307° or 52° 12′ 11″ northLongitude
0.12197° or 0° 7′ 19″ eastOpen location code
9F42643C+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 497841920OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7445283
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “塞德威克地球科學博物館”
- Chinese: “塞格维克地球科学博物馆”
- French: “musée Sedgwick”
- French: “Musée Sedgwick”
- Spanish: “Museo Sedgwick de Ciencias de la Tierra”
- Swedish: “Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences”
- “SM”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hilton Cambridge City Centre and Zoology Library.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Department of Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge) and Sedgwick Building.
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