India Unboxed: Heracles at the Museum of Classical Archaeology
Which muscle-bound Greek hero do we have here then? It’s the one and only Heracles – striding manfully through myth and legend and revealing the surprising links between the Classical world and the Indian subcontinent in this new India Unboxed video. India Unboxed is a year-long celebration across the University and city of Cambridge to mark the UK–India Year of…
What’s New? Recent additions to the Department of Paintings, Drawings and Prints at the Fitzwilliam
One of the many exciting and interesting aspects of being a museum curator is the opportunity to enhance and develop the collections by acquiring new works of art. You may have heard about the Fitzwilliam Museum’s intriguing recent acquisition of Jean-Léon Gérôme’s (1824-1904) striking portrait of his brother Claude-Armand, painted around 1848, which involved a significant public fundraising campaign; but…
Malavika Anderson on Change Making and India Unboxed
In December 2016, Malavika Anderson began an Arts Council-funded placement with the University of Cambridge Museums team. As she prepares to move to her next job, we caught up with her to reflect on the India Unboxed season and her work with the Change Makers initiative. You’ve been coordinating the India Unboxed season for the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM)…
