News from the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Novelist James Runcie and broadcaster Katie Thistleton will chair the judging panels for the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University, and submissions are now open.
The University of Cambridge has been awarded £3m from the AHRC's Capability for Collections Fund to invest in equipment and refurbishment that will enable researchers from across the UK and worldwide to undertake new research into its heritage collections.
George Doji, host of Museum Remix at the University of Cambridge Museums, describes the digital experiment in museum storytelling that began when the collections were forced to close their doors.
When 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.
A mouth-watering / stomach-churning new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum explores our complex relationship with food
The grandest gallery at the University of Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum will re-open this evening, restored to its majestic splendour after a refurbishment project lasting two years. Visitors to tonight’s after-hours Gallery Party will be the first to enjoy the museum’s extraordinary collection as never before.
The University of Cambridge has appointed Tilly Franklin as its new Chief Investment Officer to lead its £3.2 billion Endowment Fund.
New exhibition puts the University's collections of two leading figures in Modern British Art into context for the first time.
Centuries-old manuscripts feature the works of Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles and Euripides.
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