Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.
‘Jim Ede and India’ uncovers how the South Asian subcontinent was a crucial point of departure for the Kettle’s Yard House and collection, as well as for the friendships and philosophies cultivated by its owner.
Open House Artists in Residence, Wright & Vandame, are exploring ideas of mental health, well-being, and space with our local community in North Cambridge. Inspired by the House and Jim Ede’s own experiences, the Research Space will be an evolving display, documenting and reflecting Wright & Vandame’s progression through their residency.
Through varied art forms, Homelands tells stories of migration and resettlement in South Asia and beyond, as well as violent division and unexpected connections.
Food defines us as individuals, communities, and nations: we are what we eat and, equally, what we don’t eat. When, where, why, how and with whom we eat are crucial to our identity. Feast & Fast presents novel approaches to understanding the history and culture of food and eating.
This exhibition of art made by primary school children celebrates the creativity of local schools and teachers and champions the on‐going importance of cultural learning for young people at a time when the arts in schools are increasingly under threat.
Our free snowdrop trail, available at the Garden’s ticket offices, will guide you to the Garden’s snowdrop ‘hot spot walking routes’ where you’ll see our snowdrops growing and discover more about snowdrop science, history, folklore and cultivation from information panels in these areas.
An informal, creative professional development evening for teachers to develop their creative skills with an artist and to explore current and future exhibitions.
There's plenty to dip into at this late! Listen to our panel discussion on food and religion, hear Wintercomfort talk about food and homelessness, relax to a literature reading or chocolate meditation session, and treat yourself to lots of lovely healthy food in our cafe.
Join Helen Taylor for this creative writing workshop and explore our complicated relationship with food using the Museum’s Feast & Fast exhibition as inspiration.
Join Helen Taylor for this creative writing workshop and explore our complicated relationship with food using the Museum’s Feast & Fast exhibition as inspiration.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, The Polar Museum, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Classical Archaeology
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
09/02/2020
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
14/02/2020
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Free
This Valentines -From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
14/02/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
This Valentines - From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
15/02/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
15/02/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Join Helen Taylor for this creative writing workshop and explore our complicated relationship with food using the Museum’s Feast & Fast exhibition as inspiration.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
16/02/2020
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle's Yard, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge University Botanic Garden , The Polar Museum, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Classical Archaeology
19/02/2020
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Free
One night. 15 museums. An unmissable evening of family adventure
Join us for the first in a series of talks exploring Linder’s multi-sensorial work taking place across Kettle’s Yard as part of our Linderism exhibition.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
22/02/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
28/02/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
07/03/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
07/03/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
John Luther Adams is an American counter-cultural hero. In the 1970s he dropped out of mainstream Californian life and vanished into the Alaskan wilderness, but in 2014 his originality was finally acknowledged when he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Cassandra Miller’s Warblework contains dreamy transcriptions of Canadian birdsong and Kaare Husby’s 2nd String Quartet is a beautiful cacophony of avian melodies. But is that really Bartok in a concert of ‘new music’? All will be revealed…
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
14/03/2020
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Entrance to the Museum is free. Booking essential for performance.
See our exhibitions after-hours and join us for culinary and theatrical experiment with a performance of Food and Feuds: Two cooks of Hexham, written by Fiona Ellis.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
27/03/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
This concert is a complete performance of Juliet Fraser’s latest solo album (on Huddersfield Contemporary Records) – four pieces all composed for her spectacular voice with only the accompaniment of electronics.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
04/04/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
17/04/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
25/04/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Gently shimmering and unfolding like a sustained whisper, the music of Morton Feldman is like nothing else. Tonight, Philip Thomas will play Feldman’s final masterpiece, Palais de Mari.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
02/05/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
15/05/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
16/05/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
The Museum does not have an entrance on the road. Find them inside the Sidgwick Site.
06/06/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Please use the Courtyard Entrance
06/06/2020
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Brian Ferneyhough’s music pushes performers to the very edge of technical and expressive limits. When it’s played by Kathryn Williams, his music transforms into jaw-dropping physical theatre. For this one-off collaboration, Kathryn’s fearless style will perfectly complement Bastard Assignments – four composer/performers whose appearances over the last few years have left audiences shocked, amused and ultimately amazed.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
12/06/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RH
Please note that the Museum is in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
which is part of Cambridge University
The Museum is accessed via the departments door on Free School Lane.
26/06/2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
An exhibition of copies of paintings in The Fitzwilliam Museum made by students at the Hamilton Kerr Institute as part of their training to become painting conservators.
