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Visit to Charles Darwin Heritage Sites in the UK: University of Cambridge, Down House, Kent, Oxford University
Sunday, September 20 through Tuesday, September 22
Venues: 1. Christ's College, Cambridge (various sites in Cambridge) 2. Down House in Kent 3. Oxford University Museum
Charles Darwin Heritage Tour. The bicentenary celebrations for Charles Darwin in 2009 include his undergraduate university (Cambridge) and his College (Christ's) as well as institutions that hold major collections of Darwin material from the voyage of the Beagle and from later in his life (notably his correspondence):
The field trip will include a two-night stay in Charles Darwin's College (Christ's College, Cambridge) to see his college rooms (specially renovated); a special exhibition in the Old Library focused on his correspondence with his cousin William Darwin Fox (who was at Christ's with Darwin); the 1909 celebrations in Cambridge; a new garden exhibition; and a new life-sized sculpture of Charles Darwin (aged-22-years old) created by a Christ's College graduate. There will also be a special dinner in College. After time in Cambridge the field trip departs for Down House (his family home from 1842-1882), and then moves on to the University Museum, Oxford, for an opportunity to visit the place where the great 1860 debate was held between Wilberforce and Huxley. The trip ends at Bristol on Tuesday night.
Itinerary:
| Sunday, September 20 | Noon: Meet in Cambridge. Register in Christ's College, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3BU (www.christs.cam.ac.uk) where accommodation (only single, en-suite is available) will be provided that evening and on Monday night. |
| Monday, September 21 | The Cambridge tour (many sites to see and exhibitions to visit). Special dinner in Christ's College on Monday evening with a post-dinner speech about Darwin and his life and times. |
| Tuesday, September 22 | Down House, Oxford and Bristol. Luggage will be transported on the coach on Tuesday morning. |
Cost: 225 GBP
Cost includes: a two-night stay, all entry fees and coach transportation from Cambridge to all venues including drop-off at Bristol, bed and breakfast on Sunday and Monday, and the special dinner on Monday night in the Old Combination Room, Christ's.
Cost does NOT include: Dinner Sunday night, lunch on Monday and Tuesday.
Transportation Information: Trains and busses direct from the airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton) to Cambridge are frequent.
Attire/what to bring: A variety of clothing and an umbrella. Weather is changeable, it's Britain after all! Money for meals.
Minimum number of attendees: 19
Maximum number of attendees: 34
Leader:
David Norman
Christ's College, UK
Dn102@cam.ac.uk
+44 (0)7812167528