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Dr Ladan Akbarnia Appointed as Head of Curatorial

On 16 May 2025, the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, announced Dr Ladan Akbarnia as its new Head of Curatorial and Professor of Islamic World Collections joining the Museum in September 20...

19 May 2025

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Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

'Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition' at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge will tell the multifaceted story of the fight to end transatlantic slavery, its aftermath and ongoing legacies....

20 February 2025

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Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem

Open until 13 April 2025, the Fitzwilliam Museum brings together four monumental still life paintings by the 17th-century artist Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1684) for the first time since they were crea...

18 December 2024

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2025 Exhibition and Major Displays Programme

The Fitzwilliam Museum announces its programme of major exhibitions and displays that confront enduring issues from the past that remain powerfully present in our lives today. ...

13 November 2024

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Jan Davidsz de Heem A banquet still life, 1643, oil on canvas, 155 x 211 cm, Private Collection, New York.

Sir Richard Heaton announced as New Chair of Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate

The museum is delighted to announce Sir Richard Heaton KCB,the Warden of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, as the new Chair of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Syndicate. Sir Richard succeeds Cathe...

30 September 2024

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Sir Richard Heaton

Rare Japanese prints of glamour and eroticism go on show at the Fitzwilliam Museum

A new display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, 'Women in Japanese Prints', opening 20 August until 17 November 2024, will reveal the diverse representation of women during a unique era of Japan...

20 August 2024

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Harukawa Goshichi, Woman seen through a window gazing at a book of actors, c.1820–30 Surimono (luxury print). Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing.

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