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
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
1918: Victory and a new Europe
In 1918 the western allies led by Britain, France and the United States finally defeated Germany and its allies, after four years of brutal conflict. The great empires of Germany, Austria and Turkey fell, and a new Europe was born. The end of World War I and its consequences are seen through the coins, medals and banknotes of the time
05/06/2018 to 30/09/2018
Free
