Lunchtime Concerts
Handel inspires Handel
For his final recital as Honorary Keeper of Music, and on St Cecilia’s day, Gerald Gifford performs works from Handel’s own manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam’s collection, which demonstrate the composer’s art of arrangement and adaptation for keyboard.
22/11/2019
13:15 to 14:00
Free
Lunchtime Talks
Adult Workshops
Portals to the World
FULLY BOOKED
An art appreciation course designed especially for people living at home with a dementia diagnosis and their care partners. Each week join us in one of the galleries for a short talk followed by a related hands on practical art activity or art handling. In partnership with Dementia Compass.
21/11/2019
14:00 to 16:00
Free
Portals to the World
FULLY BOOKED
An art appreciation course designed especially for people living at home with a dementia diagnosis and their care partners. Each week join us in one of the galleries for a short talk followed by a related hands on practical art activity or art handling. In partnership with Dementia Compass.
28/11/2019
14:00 to 16:00
Free
Extended MUSE workshop: Winter lights
Explore the beauty of winter in our collection - low sun in softly lit European landscapes and Japanese snow scenes. See a selection of these artworks on paper with a visit to the Study Room. Then return to the Studio for a morning creating your own winter-inspired prints and paintings to use as greeting cards or seasonal gifts.
13/12/2019
10:15 to 13:00
£15
Christmas recipes
Join Food Historian, Ivan Day, for this insightful talk about historical Christmas food, with demonstration of original equipment and object handling opportunities. Afterwards there will also be the chance to walk around the Feast & Fast exhibition with Ivan, to look at exhibits relating to Christmas food traditions.
17/12/2019
14:00 to 15:30
£10 (£8 concessions)
Talks and Events
LATE: A Feast for your Senses
See our new Feast & Fast exhibition, join pop-up talks, learn more about Christmas food traditions and book for a special screening of Bright Star (PG) – a romantic drama about John Keats starring Ben Whishaw, programmed to complement our Keats display and preceded by live music. Catch up on your Christmas shopping with cards, decorations and unique art inspired gifts and jewellery in the Courtyard Shop and relax with seasonal treats in the Courtyard Café to live jazz music.
28/11/2019
17:00 to 21:00
Feast & Fast exhibition tour for people who love to move!
Tours run between 9.30 – 11.00 & 14.00 – 15.30
Join curator Dr Victoria Avery and dance artist Filipa Pereira Stubbs for this tour with a difference – we will hear stories, share our responses, select soundtracks and then dance! Everyone is welcome, the dance practice is simple and designed for all to enjoy.
02/12/2019
09:30 to 15:30
£10
Tour
Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tours
From same- sex behaviour among penguins to eroticism in the ancient world, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
Join our volunteer guides to discover their personal selection of fascinating stories of non-normative gender and sexual identities through a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-related objects.
07/12/2019
11:30
Free
Family Activities
for Young People
ReSource: Fan club
13 - 18 yrs
Love fashion and accessories? Fans really are a fashion must-have miniature design statement. Check out these beauties in our Fans Unfolded exhibition with artist Iona McCuaig. Find out how they were made, then make your own contemporary fan designs.
23/11/2019
11:00 to 13:00
£5
ReSource: A feast for your eyes
13 - 18 yrs
Design a feast that looks as good as it tastes with artist Caroline Wendling. Let your imagination run riot and create your own fanciful food displays that we can eat with our eyes, gaining design inspiration from the Baroque table displays in our Feast & Fast exhibition.
14/12/2019
11:00 to 13:00
£5
ReSource: Food glorious food
11 - 13 yrs
Join our food colour lab and make your own art with natural dyes from the food we eat - turmeric, chocolate, coffee, tea, berries, eggs, beetroot, spinach and red cabbage. Create a feast from these tasty colours with guest artist Caroline Wendling, and celebrate food with a visit to our Feast & Fast exhibition.
14/12/2019
14:00 to 16:00
£5
