Henslow recognised the need to study plants in their own right to discover how they worked, and how they could be used. He planned a garden large enough to accommodate many species, including trees, and particularly those which were then being discovered in North America and Eastern Asia. The Glasshouse Range dates from 1880-89, but has been partly rebuilt since. The entrance is in Bateman Street and the garden is open daily except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. A charge is made from 1 March to 31 October and on all weekends and Bank Holidays throughout the year.
Admission is free on weekdays at all other times.
The Cambridgeshire and County Folk Museum at 2-3 Castle Street has, amongst its varied artefacts, a number of medical items. In 1917, Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones founded a tuberculosis hospital and sanatorium at Papworth, twelve miles west of Cambridge, where patients in all stages of the disease were treated. In addition, his scheme involved the construction of a village settlement where people with tuberculosis could live and work in a rural environment with their families. As soon as patients were well enough, they were set to work at carpentry, joinery, cabinet-making, poultry farming, cobbling, tailoring, leatherwork, printing, horticulture, sign writing and handmade jewellery. Papworth Industries became a great financial success expanding turnover from 410 in 1918 to 100,000 in 1938.