Fitzwilliam Museum

Trumpington Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1RB
England

Website

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

E-mail

fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk

Telephone

01223 332900

Fax

01223 332923

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Founded in 1816 by the bequest of the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam to the University of Cambridge, the Fitzwilliam Museum houses world-class collections of works of art and antiquities spanning centuries and civilisations.

Highlights include sculpture, furniture, pottery, oriental art, paintings, drawings and prints, illuminated, literary and music manuscripts, antiquites from Egypt, Greece and Rome, coins and medals and a fine collection of 20th century art.

Venue type

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1200-1700

Closed Mon (except Bank Holidays when open 12.00-17.00) Closed Good Friday; 24,25,26 & 31 Dec and 1 Jan.

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Trumpington Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1RB
England

Website

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

E-mail

fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk

Telephone

01223 332900

Fax

01223 332923

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

They comprise antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Sudan, Greece, Rome and Cyprus; applied arts, including English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, fans, armour, Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, rugs and samplers; coins and medals; illuminated, literary and music manuscripts and rare printed books; paintings, including masterpieces by Simone Martini, Domenico Veneziano, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hals, Canaletto, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Picasso and a fine collection of 20th century art; miniatures, drawings, watercolours and prints.

Collection details

Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • Ancient Egypt, Sudan
  • Greece and Rome
  • Roman and Romano-Egyptian Art
  • Western Asiatic displays and Cypriot Art
  • English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, fans, armour
  • Chinese, Japanese and Korean art
  • Simone Martini, Domenico Veneziano, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hals, Canaletto, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Picasso

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Trumpington Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1RB
England

Website

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

E-mail

fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk

Telephone

01223 332900

Fax

01223 332923

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts

16 June — 4 October 2009 *on now

Science meets art in this ground-breaking, cross-disciplinary exhibition exploring Darwin's interest in the visual arts and the vast range of artistic responses to his ideas in the later 19th century.
The exhibition is a key element in the global celebration of Darwin's Bicentenary, which includes Cambridge University's international Darwin Festival in July 2009 and also coincides with the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'.

Suitable for

  • All ages

Admission

Free

Trumpington Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1RB
England

Website

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

E-mail

fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk

Telephone

01223 332900

Fax

01223 332923

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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