The Fitzwilliam Museum - Welcome to the Museum

Self portrait of David Hockney

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We're open Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00 | Sundays and Bank Holidays: 12:00 - 17:00

For up-to-date visitor information and queries, please contact tickets@museums.cam.ac.uk or call us on 01223 333230.

Gallery closures and collection updates

Exhibitions and new displays

Johann Jakob Frey, Cloud Study (3). Private collection. Photo © Artcurial

True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe 1780-1870

Ticket and timed entry

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Tuesday 03rd May 2022 to Monday 29th August 2022

Pot, burnished earthenware. Made by Magdalene Odundo, c. 1983 © Magdalene Odundo. Photograph © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge

Included in General admission

Tuesday 05th October 2021 to Sunday 24th July 2022

Portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

First Official Joint Portrait of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 30th December 2022

Discover our galleries

Eagle-Headed Demon from Nineveh

Gallery 23: Ancient Near East

A view of the Founder's Library

Gallery 25: Founder's Library

Chinese gallery

Gallery 28: Arts of the Far East

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Founder's mosaic

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The Marlay Group

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Indian Manuscript

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Two people enjoying the scholar's reception

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New art tile cover

New Art, New Perspectives

Iranian plate

What are museums for?

In My Mind's Eye

Collections highlights

Before

Before

Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist

Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist

Black jasper with white jasper reliefs

Copy of the Portland Vase

Our research

Don't sit on here! A teezel on a chair

Please, do not touch

A view of the lions

A History of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Page from a medieval psalter

Cambridge Illuminations Research Project

Latest news

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leaving the Museum

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Fitzwilliam Museum to view first official joint portrait

La Ronde Enfantine by Gustave Courbet

Call for Information - La Ronde Enfantine by Gustave Courbet

Clare Simpson

Clare Simpson appointed as Head of Exhibitions and Major Display Projects at The Fitzwilliam Museum

Gifts from Curating Cambridge

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Map Sampler - 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle

£18.00

A product image depicting Joan of Arc - Art print

Joan of Arc - Art print

£30.00

A product image depicting The Virgin Assumpta (Illuminated letter A) - Christmas card pack

The Virgin Assumpta (Illuminated letter A) - Christmas card pack

£7.00

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