From Saturday 23 October, Cambridge families can embark on a free quest through the city's streets to discover its hidden secrets.

To mark The Big Draw 2010 - an annual celebration of art and drawing - the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge Central Library have joined forces with the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University to offer this exciting Drawing Adventure Trail through Cambridge's city centre. Designed especially for children, this special trail leads families through the streets to discover and draw some of the wonderful beasts and amazing characters who are carved onto buildings and lurking behind college gates.

The free half-term trail will be available to pick up from both the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge Central Library from Saturday 23 October. Visitors to the Museum and the Library on this particular day can enjoy special free drawing and craft activities to celebrate the launch of the event, as well as additional storytelling fun at the Library.

The trail, called 'Lord Fitzwilliam and the Cambride Quest', has been specially designed by Anna Betts, an illustration student from the Cambridge School of Art. Her fellow illustration students will be on hand to offer drawing advice and inspiration to those families taking part at the Museum and the Library on Saturday 23 October.

For further information visit The Big Draw 2010 website.