Five works by Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) have been accepted in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. They include one of his most significant early paintings and two preliminary sketches documenting his experiences of World War I. The works were acquired through HM Government’s acceptance in lieu scheme with additional support from the Art Fund, The V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Fitzwilliam.

The 6,000-year history of the Afro Comb, its extraordinary impact on cultures worldwide, and community stories relating to hair today are being explored in a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology in Cambridge.

In a talk on Monday (20 May 2013) Dr Simon Nightingale will explore how painterly interpretations of the countryside were embedded into the literature of agricultural improvement in a way that might surprise modern readers. 

In the first exhibition of its kind, the Fitzwilliam Museum will relate the story of the quest for immortality and struggle for imperial legitimacy in ancient China’s Han Dynasty.

The Lacemaker, one of the great masterpieces of the 17th-century Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer, is to go on display in the UK for the first time as part of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Professor Pandermalis, Director of the New Acropolis Museum, is to speak at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

More than sixty events are taking place over the school holidays in museums across Cambridge.

Almost 50 Y10 pupils from state schools in Nottingham and West London have been welcomed to Peterhouse for a day designed to show them what life as an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge is really like.

The Fitzwilliam Museum will open its doors to the public for a special evening of entertainment tonight (Friday, May 13).

The annual reception for scholars of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and Cambridge Overseas Trust took place last Monday at the Fitzwilliam Museum. The event was attended by the Trusts’ Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.