The Fitzwilliam Museum has gained a major new acquisition - Roelandt Savery's oil painting of a Still life with flowers in a glass berkemeyer with a lizard, frog and dragonfly on a ledge. The painting, which is on copper, is dated 1637 and is the last known painting by Savery. At this time in his career he had moved from Prague, where he had been Court Painter to Rudolf II, and was living in Utrecht.

This year's Alumni Weekend begins today (Friday 27 September). Cambridge alumni from across the world are gathering for three days of events.

The latest technology will be on show at The Fitzwilliam Museum this summer in a three-week trial of visitor information systems. The Museum is offering information about its collections through two different systems: state-of-the-art digital audio guides and pioneering wireless computing technology. Visitors will be encouraged to try out both systems and pass comment on their respective merits.

East meets West at Cambridge today (Monday 3 December, 2001), when scientists and musicians swap ideas and musical traditions.

The extraordinary world of bandits, religion and daily life in the backlands of Brazil is brought to life in Heroes and Artists: Popular Art and the Brazilian Imagination, an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

28 August - 21 October Fitzwilliam Museum, Shiba Room

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of £5.6 million towards the Fitzwilliam Museum's Courtyard Development. This building project is vital to the Museum, which receives over 250,000 visitors annually, yet has no dedicated education space, no reception or orientation spaces for large groups nor even a public lift.