Exhibitions
Designers & Jewellery 1850 –1940: Jewellery & Metalwork from The Fitzwilliam Museum
Showcasing little-known treasures from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s outstanding permanent collection, this exhibition celebrates exquisitely-designed and often hand-crafted jewellery and metalwork, dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
31/07/2018 to 11/11/2018
Free
Print REbels: Haden, Palmer, Whistler and the origins of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
This touring exhibition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder and first President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910). See a selection of prints, ranging from Haden to work by current RE members.
18/09/2018 to 06/01/2019
Free
Amateur Etcher of Distinction: Prints by Francis Seymour Haden
An exhibition of Sir Francis Seymour Haden's work, celebrated in his own time as a major figure in the ‘Etching Revival’. Trace the development of his style, and see unrecorded early proof impressions that demonstrate his manner of working.
09/10/2018 to 06/01/2019
Free
Lunchtime Talks
The Pastons: From poverty to wealth and back again
A talk with Dr Spike Bucklow, Senior Research Scientist, Hamilton Kerr Institute, looking at the family fortune behind the 17th century still life painting at the heart of The Paston Treasure exhibition recently seen at Yale Center for British art and Norwich Castle Museum.
17/10/2018
13:15 to 14:00
Free
Displays
The Frua-Valsecchi collection
Over the past fifty years, Francesca and Massimo Valsecchi have built up a remarkable collection of paintings, furniture, sculpture, glass and ceramics. This includes the renowned nude portrait of Patricia Preece by Stanley Spencer (Gallery 1), a Spanish 17th century polychrome wood sculpture of the Christ Child (Gallery 6), Art Nouveau Tiffany glass (Gallery 1) and an extremely rare Meissen porcelain vulture (Gallery 27)...
01/08/2016 to 30/12/2018
Free
Jerusalem: Coinage and empire from antiquity to the 19th century
The Holy City of Jerusalem is central to the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Control of the city has been contested by the great empires of the region and has changed hands many times. This special display explores the history of Jerusalem through the coins minted and used in the city from the earliest coinage to that of the Ottoman Empire.
02/10/2018 to 28/01/2019
Free
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