Fitzwilliam launches festive caption competition
21 December 2006Visitors to the Fitzwilliam Museum are being invited to update a vintage piece of Victorian humour and have their wit judged by Griff Rhys Jones in a special festive competition.
Art for Arthur Rank Hospice
30 November 2006Original works of art are the centrepiece of a charity auction to be held on Saturday 2 December in Cambridge in aid of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
Literature, art and theatre take centre stage at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
31 October 2006Two fascinating exhibitions exploring the relationship between art and literature have opened at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
New sculpture for the Fitzwilliam
30 June 2006A dramatic sculpture by William Turnbull has been given to the Fitzwilliam Museum by The Art Fund, the UK’s largest independent art charity.
Queen’s Birthday Honours
16 June 2006The Head of Education at the Fitzwillam Museum and an eminent University astronomer have each been honoured with an OBE in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Encouraging Aspiration
14 June 2006Today Peterhouse runs its second annual aspiration day, showing bright pre-GCSE students what they can gain from higher education at top universities.
This being human
13 June 2006See a threefold exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, a Cambridge street window and the artist’s studio.
Come to Egypt week at the Fitz
26 May 2006The Egyptian Galleries at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge re-opened this week with stunning new contemporary displays, after a 2-year closure. A week of Egypt events runs until June 2 to celebrate.
Cambridgewordfest previews at Fitzwilliam Museum
19 April 2006An ancient Egyptian cliffhanger launches a new creative writing competition at Cambridgewordfest at the Fitzwilliam Museum today, April 20.
Boost for University museums
13 April 2006Four of the museums in the University of Cambridge are to benefit from funding to enhance their internationally important collections.
