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Bound Together: Leather from Northern Nigeria

The hidden skills and expertise of the Nigerian people behind the creation of a century of northern Nigerian leathers in the University of Cambridge collections is revealed for the first time in a new...

19 August 2025

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Bound Together: Leather from Northern Nigeria

Made in Ancient Egypt

This autumn, the Fitzwilliam Museum will present the first exhibition to explore ancient Egypt through the lens of its craftspeople....

3 July 2025

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Discovering Dürer

From 1 April - 3 August 2025, the Fitzwilliam Museum will present 'Discovering Dürer', a new free display of over 50 prints by one of the most ambitious, experimental and acclaimed pioneers of the me...

11 June 2025

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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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