How human Aboriginal remains were traded for scientific accolades
29 November 2023Victorian collector traded human Aboriginal remains for scientific accolades, study reveals
Cambridge collections awarded Arts Council England funding
04 November 2022Culture in Cambridge receives a boost with a £913,641 Arts Council England (ACE) award to the University’s museums and collections.
The museum technician who found her place among ancient faces
22 January 2020When Charis Millett realised that being a museum technician was the job for her, she worked day and night to make it happen. She speaks about her passion for transporting museum-goers to another time and why Blue Peter may have more in common with museum technicians than you might think.
World’s oldest, illustrated Sanskrit manuscript launches India Unboxed film series
12 June 2017What connects a head-hunter’s trophy, a meteorite, Hercules, a painting of a Hindu temple, an ornate desk, a brass instrument, a tin of tea (unopened), an exotic orchid, a gharial, stacks of home movies and 8,000 lines of Sanskrit manuscript?
Saving a renaissance masterpiece: Fitzwilliam Museum wins award for decade-long restoration
19 May 2017A ten-year research and restoration project to save one of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Renaissance masterpieces was rewarded with a major national accolade this week.
The Fitzwilliam Museum is 200 today
04 February 2016Today, one of the great collections of art in the UK celebrates its bicentenary. Two hundred years to the day of his death, the Fitzwilliam Museum has revealed previously unknown details of the life of its mysterious founder, Richard 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion.
