The news comes as the Fitzwilliam celebrates record-breaking visitor numbers with 2025 becoming the second-highest attendance on record (493,612), following a record-breaking year in 2024 (506,428).
Research England has supported nine of the University’s museums and collections with £3m a year of Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections (HEMG) funding, over the coming five years.
The University of Cambridge collections, together with Colchester + Ipswich Museums, Norfolk Museums Service and Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, will join the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) scheme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Members of collegiate Cambridge recognised for outstanding contributions to society in science, education, engineering and art
Scientists from around the world gathered at the Museum of Zoology yesterday to celebrate and promote the work of women in conservation.
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