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Road closures around the Museum for Sunday’s half marathon

This Sunday 3 March the Cambridge Half Marathon will go through the city and there will be a number of road closures and diversions in place.

February half term week at the Fitzwilliam 2019

Free activities during half term, including Twilight at the Museums, SOURCE sessions for art students, Fitz Kits for the very young, and exhibitions and displays for all.

Display in Gallery 21 shows evidence of Eddington's prehistoric and Roman past

Mosaic floor fragments, a highly decorated Roman ceramic container and a toilet spoon are amongst the objects on display that have been found by the CAU.

Christmas at the Fitzwilliam

Open: 27-29 December 10.00 – 17.00 & 30 December 12.00 – 17.00 • Closed: 24-26, 31 December & 1 January • Treat yourself to some culture, seasonal shopping, food and drink...

Portrait of Giovanni Belzoni, donated to the Fitzwilliam

A portrait of Giovanni Belzoni, alongside Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of Gertrude Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Bedford have been donated to the Fitz.

Advent Calendar on Facebook and Twitter 2018

Christmas is a time for giving and in our 2018 social media advent calendar we are celebrating gifts that have been made to the Museum.

Rossetti drawing bought in second-hand bookshop for £75 on display

The chalk drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, will go on display in ‘Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest’.

Museum Shop Sunday: 25 November

Join us for Museum Shop Sunday, with some enticing offers on one of the best Christmas shopping weekends of the year.

The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals

A new blog post looks at a portfolio of sixty-six lithographs, known as The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals, commissioned in 1917 to inspire a war-weary public and overseas allies. #Remembrance2018

Digital publications

We are publishing a pilot digital publication for the exhibition Amateur Etcher of Distinction: Prints by Francis Seymour Haden, and need your help to get it right...

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