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Punting on the Cam
Rowing a boat on the river Cam is a time-honoured pastime around
the University town. The boats are flat-bottomed and resemble
the Venetian gondola. It is called punting as you actually stick
the pole into the muddy riverbed rather than through water.
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King’s College
Chapel
A treasure of English architectural heritage, the chapel’s
highlights are its fan-vaults and great, stained glass windows.
Visitors are welcome during vacation time and choral services
are open to the public during school term.
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The
Fitzwilliam Museum
Archeological artifacts, medieval armour, rare books and
paintings by Titian, Hogarth and Monet — an eclectic mix for the
museum founded with a bequest by Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion
in 1816.
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Scott Polar Research Institute
Founded in memory of Robert Scott, leader of the ill-fated
expedition to the South Pole, this institute is one of the
world’s most important repositories of information gathered in
the Polar Regions. Visitors get to see the equipment and
clothing of the explorers, as well as photos taken on these
perilous journeys.
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Imperial War Museum (Duxford)
Housed in a former World War II airbase used by the US Air
Force, the focus of this branch of the famous museum has on
display the only B 29 Superfortress remaining in Europe.
Concorde is now part of the collection and is undergoing
restoration work. The American Air Museum, dedicated to the
American services operating out of Britain during World War II,
is a part of the museum complex.
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Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
Discovering the way humans lived in all ages and across
boundaries is the work of the anthropologist. This museum houses
a collection of material from places around the world such as
the Pacific, South America and Paleolithic Europe.
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Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Cambridge is strongly associated with the natural sciences,
being the academic home of Isaac Newton and Steven Hawking. This
museum, housed in and Elizabethan-era building, is an archive of
the many scientific achievement of humanity and the various
tools of the trade.
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