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Mark Fisher, Britain's Best Museums and Galleries
The Fitzwilliam Museum houses world-class collections of works of art and antiquities spanning centuries and civilisations.
Highlights include masterpieces of painting from the fourteenth century to the present day, drawings and prints, sculpture, furniture, armour, pottery and glass, oriental art, illuminated manuscripts, coins and medals and antiquities from Egypt, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome and Cyprus.
Rediscovering Greece & Rome
Newly displayed gallery now open
Visitors can now experience the Fitzwilliam's collection of Greek and Roman antiquities in a new light, following an 18-month gallery refurbishment.
Netsuke: Japanese Art in Miniature
23 February - 30 May 2010
Over 200 of the finest items from the Fitzwilliam’s collection of netsuke - a form of miniature sculpture originating in 17th-century Japan.
Clouds and Myths: Monotypes by Lino Mannocci
9 February - 9 May 2010
A selection of recent works by Italian-born artist Lino Mannocci (b. 1945), exploring the world of myth and its resonance.
Related exhibition: The Angel and the Virgin
Sargent, Sickert & Spencer
8 December 2009 – 5 April 2010
An exhibition focusing on three of the most original painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert and Stanley Spencer.
Chinese Themed Events
including Stories of the World: Eastern Exchanges, a major project of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
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A History of the World at The Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam is a part of a unique nationwide project that brings together the BBC, the British Museum, and 350 museums around the country
Podcasts from The Fitzwilliam Museum
New podcast episodes are now available to listen to online or download.
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What's On
Exhibitions
Clouds and Myths: Monotypes by Lino Mannocci
The Angel and the Virgin: A Brief History of the Annunciation
Netsuke: Japanese Art in Miniature
Special Displays
Matthew Boulton and the Industrial Revolution
Talks and Events
Lunchtime Talks
Stanley Spencer: ‘a fateful strangeness’
Meditations and Reveries: The Genius of the Human Hand
Mercury Blue - A pigment and the power of the planets
Drop-in Sessions
Painting demonstration in the Chinese galleries
Family Activities
for Children
Drop-in Sessions
