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A Mughal Songbook - Art, Music and Empire

Opening this autumn at the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire explores the Plowden songbook – a manuscript that fostered a cross-cultural appreciation of Hindustani music. ...

10 July 2026

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Urdu marsiya, Book of Songs, commissioned by Sophia Elizabeth Plowden, India, Lucknow, around 1787–88. The Fitzwilliam Museum, given by Joan Pernel Strachey and Philippa Strachey, 1942

An Enamel Revolution: China and the World

An Enamel Revolution: China and the World is a unique collaboration between The Fitzwilliam Museum and the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The display explores the history of painted ...

10 July 2026

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Sweetmeat set with flower, butterfly and scholars’ rock designs, China, 1750–1800 , Copper, painted enamel. Collection of Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Gift of Mr. Anthony K. W.  Ch

A Call to Art: William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites

A major new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Call to Art: William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites (23 October 2026 – 3 May 2027) will re-examine Morris and his circle – including artists and d...

5 June 2026

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William Morris, La Belle Iseult, 1858, Oil paint on canvas, © Tate

Six New Members Appointed to the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate

The University of Cambridge has appointed six new members to the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate, the Museum’s governing body....

28 May 2026

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War Craft

War Craft, a new free display at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, explores the human experience of war through objects made, adapted and treasured in moments of conflict. ...

16 February 2026

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France. Third Republic (1871-1940), AR 1 franc, Paris, 1918. Obverse smoothed and engraved ‘TO MY / DEAR / MOTHER’. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

One of the most important British artists working today, Frank Bowling has, for almost seven decades, relentlessly pursued a practice that boldly expands the possibilities and properties of paint. See...

16 February 2026

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Frank Bowling, Yellow Map, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with maroufl age, 161.5 x 107.3 x 4.5 cm. Courtesy the artist. Photographed by Anna Arca. © Frank Bowling. All rights reserved, DACS 2025

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