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Museum Details
Fitzwilliam Museum
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Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
Cambridgeshire
England
Collection details
Archaeology
Coins and Medals
Costume and Textiles
Decorative and Applied Art
Fine Art
Music
Weapons and War
Facilities
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
Hearing disability facilities: yes
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
01223 332900
General information (Fax)
:
01223 332923
E-mail
:
fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk
Website
:
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Open
Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1200-1700
Closed
Closed Mon (except Bank Holidays when open 12.00-17.00) Closed Good Friday; 24,25,26 & 31 Dec and 1 Jan.
Admission charges
Free
Description
Founded in 1816 by the bequest of the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam to the University of Cambridge, the Fitzwilliam Museum houses world-class collections of works of art and antiquities spanning centuries and civilisations.
Highlights include sculpture, furniture, pottery, oriental art, paintings, drawings and prints, illuminated, literary and music manuscripts, antiquites from Egypt, Greece and Rome, coins and medals and a fine collection of 20th century art.
Collections description
They comprise antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Sudan, Greece, Rome and Cyprus; applied arts, including English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, fans, armour, Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, rugs and samplers; coins and medals; illuminated, literary and music manuscripts and rare printed books; paintings, including masterpieces by Simone Martini, Domenico Veneziano, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hals, Canaletto, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Picasso and a fine collection of 20th century art; miniatures, drawings, watercolours and prints.
Key artists and exhibits
Ancient Egypt, Sudan
;
Greece and Rome
;
Roman and Romano-Egyptian Art
;
Western Asiatic displays and Cypriot Art
;
English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, fans, armour
;
Chinese, Japanese and Korean art
;
Simone Martini, Domenico Veneziano, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hals, Canaletto, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Picasso
Articles
Tomb Treasures Of Ancient Georgia At The Fitzwilliam Museum
Darwin200 Celebration Plans Revealed At Natural History Museum
Fitzwilliam Redisplays Broken Chinese Vases - Safely In Display Case
Cultural Venues Get Behind National Storytelling Festival
From Reason To Revolution At The Fitzwilliam Museum
Watercolours From 1840s Ethiopia At The Fitzwilliam Museum
Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1992-2007 At Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
Trails
Monks, Knights, Peasants, Merchants - A Medieval Trail
Hidden Treasure Trail 4 - The People's Museum In The East Of England
The Pre-Raphaelite Collections - Part One
Where To Find The Pre-Raphaelite Collections
The Pre-Raphaelite Collections - Part One
Events
Palaces in the Night: the urban landscape in Whistler's prints
Exhibition (temporary)
Bordering the Black Sea - Greeks, Barbarians and their coins
Exhibition (temporary)
From the Land of the Golden Fleece - Tomb Treasures of Ancient Georgia
Exhibition (temporary)
Dreams and Lies - Picasso prints from the collection of The Fitzwilliam Museum
Exhibition (temporary)
'I Turned it into a Palace': Sir Sydney Cockerell and The Fitzwilliam Museum
Exhibition (temporary)
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