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C24 Feature Beautiful Roman "Swiss army knife" is star archaeological attraction at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam MuseumWith a spoon, knife, fork, toothpick and spike among its arsenal, the Fitzwilliam's six-pronged implement is its most popular online exhibit. Find out more.21 November 2014 -
Trail Bright Star - on the trail of John KeatsAs poetry fans flocked to watch the 2009 Jane Campion movie Bright Star, Culture24 developed this UK-wide guide to the real life John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Why not follow the poet's footsteps round London and beyond?13 November 2009 -
News Cultural Venues Get Behind National Storytelling FestivalMuseums, libraries, galleries and heritage sites across the UK are getting behind StoryQuest, the National Festival of Storytelling, running from November 2-30.01 November 2007 -
Interview Curator's Choice: Epic of the Persian Kings: Ferdowsi's Shahnameh epic at the FitzwilliamDr Stella Panayotova discusses eagles and impaled legs of lamb as part of the epic 2010 exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.13 September 2010 -
Interview Curator's Choice: Ipswich Museum curator Caroline McDonald's Wickham Market HoardAs the hoard of Iron Age coins goes on sneak preview to the public, we find out about Ipswich Museum's plans to save it.03 May 2011 -
News Curators find faint ancient writing on back of "recycled" medieval Judas painting covered in dirt and faecesA rare surviving church painting from the medieval period, conserved by the Fitzwilliam Museum after arriving covered in dirt, varnish and faeces, could have listed the ten commandments on its reverse.25 November 2015 -
News Darwin200 Celebration Plans Revealed At Natural History MuseumCulture Minister Margaret Hodge joined President of the Royal Society, Lord Rees, to reveal Darwin200 celebration plans for 2009 at the Natural History Museum.05 June 2008 -
Preview Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration from the University of Cambridge MuseumsAn egg cracked by Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle Voyage of the 1830s is among the highlights of an unusual and quirky display of discovery at London's Two Temple Place.28 January 2014 -
News Egyptologists use hospital CT scans to find 3,000-year-old fingerprints on prehistoric coffinsA set of incredibly beautiful coffins owned by a priest in Ancient Egypt have gone on display in a new exhibition in Cambridge called Death on the Nile, alongside loans from the British Museum and the Louvre.26 February 2016 -
Article Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh at Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgePaintings from the epic 1,000-year-old poem telling the history of Persia go on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum this week.07 September 2010 -
News Fitzwilliam Redisplays Broken Chinese Vases - Safely In Display CaseThe Fitzwilliam has put the Chinese vases knocked over by a visitor in 2006, that have now been painstakingly restorated, back on show, now safely inside a glass case.08 November 2007 -
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C24 Feature Journey to the Next WorldFollow an ancient Egyptian mummy as it is prepared for its journey to the Kingdom of the West.06 May 1999 -
Review Maggi Hambling brings Suffolk seascapes to the Fitzwilliam MuseumPainter and sculptor Maggi Hambling sets out to do for her local coastline what John Constable did for the Suffolk skies. Melanie Abrams checks out her latest show and talks to the artist about her visceral waves.06 May 2010 -
Trail Monks, knights, peasants, merchants - a Mediaeval trailThis trail is a guide to some of the places in Britain where you can find out about all things mediaeval, from the monks' plainsong to King Richard III and the Peasants' Revolt.11 June 2008 -
News News In Brief - Week Ending August 6 2006Museums, galleries and heritage news in brief from the 24 Hour Museum for the week ending August 6 2006.31 July 2006 -
News Only surviving pair of Michelangelo bronzes found in Cambridge with help of 500-year-old student sketchA pair of "exceptionally powerful" metre-high male nudes, riding on panthers and lost for more than a century, are likely to have been made by Michelangelo at the start of the 16th century.02 February 2015 -
Preview Origins of the Afro Comb: Cambridge museums explore 6,000 Years of CultureThe Fitzwilliam Museum and The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology are asking the public to help inform an exhibition which pipes memories through hairdryers.26 June 2013 -
Preview Porcelain and Mediterranean scenery feature in Fitzwilliam Museum's winter exhibition programmeAn intervention by author and ceramicist Edmund de Waal kicks off the Fitzwilliam Museum's winter programme, followed in December by the first retrospective of John Craxton, one of the great British artists of the 20th century.11 November 2013 -
News Radiographers carry out CT scans on body parts of 19th century museum mannequinsRadiologists at Addrenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, have worked with the Fitzwilliam Museum on mannequins including Child no.98 - a Parisian stuffed lay figure.28 October 2014
