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Venn Bowling Machine

11:00am-4:30pm on Saturday 29 March

Times shown are in GMT (UTC +0) up to the 26th March. For events on or after 27th March times are in BST (UTC +1).

New Museums site, Bene't St, CB2 3PT

See one of the world’s earliest bowling machines! Engineers from the University of Cambridge have recreated a 1900s bowling machine that once bowled out the Australian cricket team. Originally designed by John Venn (of Venn diagrams fame), chat to the makers about the process of recreating the historic machine from a single image.

Booking/Registration is: RECOMMENDED

drop-in event, no booking required

Additional Information

Age: All Ages
Format: Family Weekend, Sport
Timing: In person
Cost: free
Theme: Discovery
Accessibility: Accessible toilet, Full access

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Image copyright: Yao Liang

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