What does wellbeing look like in a museum? In spring and summer 2025, the Fitzwilliam Museum invited young adults to help answer this question, co-creating an immersive wellbeing pilot Happy Place designed to spark joy, connection and calm in a challenging world. Happy Place is a collaborative participatory research project exploring how museums can support young adult wellbeing through co-designed…
At the end of last year, we introduced a new student placement in collaboration with Cambridge University Hospitals, exploring how museum objects and artworks can support therapy for stroke rehabilitation patients. The placement was an exciting step forward in our ongoing collaboration with the Occupational Therapists at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, which has developed over the last three years. In…
Covering the period 1 July – 30 September 2024, this report provides an insight into some of the stories behind our NPO-funded activity delivered under our Collections In Action programme themes: Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing, as well as our underpinning Programme Enablement activity. Our main themes of Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, Health…
At the end of last year, we introduced a new student placement in collaboration with Cambridge University Hospitals, exploring how museum objects and artworks can support therapy for stroke rehabilitation patients. The placement was an exciting step forward in our ongoing collaboration with the Occupational Therapists at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, which has developed over the last three years. In…
Covering the period 1 July – 30 September 2024, this report provides an insight into some of the stories behind our NPO-funded activity delivered under our Collections In Action programme themes: Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing, as well as our underpinning Programme Enablement activity. Our main themes of Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, Health…
What does wellbeing look like in a museum? In spring and summer 2025, the Fitzwilliam Museum invited young adults to help answer this question, co-creating an immersive wellbeing pilot Happy Place designed to spark joy, connection and calm in a challenging world. Happy Place is a collaborative participatory research project exploring how museums can support young adult wellbeing through co-designed…
Covering the period 1 July – 30 September 2024, this report provides an insight into some of the stories behind our NPO-funded activity delivered under our Collections In Action programme themes: Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing, as well as our underpinning Programme Enablement activity. Our main themes of Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, Health…
What does wellbeing look like in a museum? In spring and summer 2025, the Fitzwilliam Museum invited young adults to help answer this question, co-creating an immersive wellbeing pilot Happy Place designed to spark joy, connection and calm in a challenging world. Happy Place is a collaborative participatory research project exploring how museums can support young adult wellbeing through co-designed…
Covering the period 1 July – 30 September 2024, this report provides an insight into some of the stories behind our NPO-funded activity delivered under our Collections In Action programme themes: Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing, as well as our underpinning Programme Enablement activity. Our main themes of Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, Health…
Following a year of change, transition and new ways of working, this period was one of reflection and consolidation as we focussed on the planning and delivery of a second year of programming. Our well-established themes of Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, Health and Wellbeing, and Programme Enablement provided a focus for activity and audience development; and building on…
Covering the period 1 July – 30 September 2024, this report provides an insight into some of the stories behind our NPO-funded activity delivered under our Collections In Action programme themes: Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing, as well as our underpinning Programme Enablement activity. Our main themes of Social Justice, Our Planet, Creating Opportunities, Health…
For the third year running, our paid Museum Experience Internships for A Level or equivalent education leavers are helping young people navigate the world of museum careers. Coming to the end of secondary education is a pivotal part in any young person’s life. Looking back, I remember that period between finishing my exams and getting my results as a time…
At the end of last year, we introduced a new student placement in collaboration with Cambridge University Hospitals, exploring how museum objects and artworks can support therapy for stroke rehabilitation patients. The placement was an exciting step forward in our ongoing collaboration with the Occupational Therapists at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, which has developed over the last three years. In…
To understand how to provide a great family welcome at the Fitzwilliam Museum, we went straight to the experts: babies, young children and their parents. Using a range of creative research tools, both inside the museum and during outreach sessions in the local community, we worked together to explore what it means to feel welcome. The Family Welcome Project The…
