Group Visits to University of Cambridge Museums

Visiting the University's Museums and Collections

The University's Museums and Collections are all within short walking distances of the Fitzwilliam Museum and City Centre. Group visits to these collections are very welcome, but please do book in advance. More information on group visits can be found at the University of Cambridge Museums website.

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Fitzwilliam Museum Education Department

Young musicians in the museum

Thu, 16 May 2019

On 31 March 2019, the Britten Sinfonia Academy, talented young instrumentalists from the east of England, went on a family-friendly musical tour exploring the stories behind the collections in the Museum of Zoology, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Fitzwilliam Museum. Britten Sinfonia Academy (BSA) has a longstanding partnership with the Fitzwilliam Museum which began in 2013. March... Read full article

Source: art exam help for young people

Thu, 02 May 2019

Source is a free programme at the Fitzwilliam Museum for young people researching their art GCSEs and A Levels. The programme includes primary art and museum object research in the museum galleries, and guest artists in the museum studio. Source introduces young people taking art and design exams to ‘ how to research from primary sources in museum collections and... Read full article

More sessions please! Planning enrichment sessions for teachers

Tue, 09 Apr 2019

Over the last 18 months we have been working hard on developing our enrichment programme for teachers at the Fitzwilliam Museum. This blog gives an overview of what we tried, what worked and what didn’t. From September 2017 to July 2018 we ran 12 sessions for just under 100 teachers from 40 different schools. The aims of the sessions varied... Read full article

Postcard to the Pacific: Outreach teaching in the Fens

Thu, 28 Mar 2019

Last year, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) refurbished its Pacific Island cases thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. An associated education programme has been increasing engagement with the new cases. Part of this programme involved outreach to three schools in the Cambridgeshire and Fenland region: Gretton School in Girton, Hinchingbrooke School in Huntingdon and... Read full article

Talking Together in the Museum

Fri, 15 Mar 2019

Community organisations from all around Cambridgeshire are working with the County Council to support young children to develop strong communication, language and literacy skills and to inspire parents to become more involved in their child’s crucial early development. After an initial arts-based ‘getting to know you’ session at the North Cambridge Children’s Centre, families visited the Fitzwilliam Museum three times,... Read full article