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Nuclear family.

Beyond the nuclear family at the Fitzwilliam Museum

05 Oct 2023

An unprecedented Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition explores the family, informed by psychological research from the University's Centre for Family...

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Unexpected experiences: George Doji reflects on putting museum storytelling into the digital world

20 Aug 2020

George Doji, host of Museum Remix at the University of Cambridge Museums, describes the digital experiment in museum storytelling that began when the...

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Toddlers, knights and golden bears

23 Mar 2019

Inside the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Armoury and Renaissance galleries are alive with the sound of chattering children. Eyes wide in amazement, noses...

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Youngest Ancient Egyptian human foetus discovered in miniature coffin at the Fitzwilliam Museum

12 May 2016

Tiny coffin excavated at Giza in 1907 is remarkable evidence of importance placed on official burial rituals in ancient Egypt.

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Production still from 'Jaywick Escapes', a film by Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope

Curating Cambridge: Kettle's Yard autumn season

17 Sep 2014

This autumn Kettle’s Yard hosts four varied and inspiring exhibitions - Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie take over the main gallery with the first major...

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Mater Dolorosa (Virgin of Sorrows) by Pedro de Mena (1628-1688)

Fitzwilliam Museum bids to acquire weeping Virgin

01 Aug 2014

A remarkably realistic painted wood bust of the Mater Dolorosa (Virgin of Sorrows) by Pedro de Mena (1628-1688), one of the most celebrated sculptors...

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Plastic hair comb, 21st century, bought in Nigeria

Origins of the Afro Comb: 6,000 years of culture, politics and identity

02 Jul 2013

The 6,000-year history of the Afro Comb, its extraordinary impact on cultures worldwide, and community stories relating to hair today are being...

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Extreme Unction

Fitzwilliam succeeds in saving Poussin masterpiece for the nation

02 Nov 2012

A campaign by the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Art Fund to raise £3.9m to enable the museum to acquire Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece Extreme Unction (c...

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Poussin

The Fitzwilliam Museum strives to save national treasure

13 Aug 2012

The Fitzwilliam Museum has today announced the launch of a Public Appeal to acquire Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece Extreme Unction (c. 1638-40).

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Tomb Treasures from Han China

The search for immortality: tomb treasures of Han China

05 May 2012

In the first exhibition of its kind, the Fitzwilliam Museum will relate the story of the quest for immortality and struggle for imperial legitimacy...

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London 2012 is now just 100 days away

One hundred days until London 2012

18 Apr 2012

The one hundred day countdown to the Olympic Games has begun.

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Johannes Vermeer, A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman 'The Music Lesson' c.1662-1665

Vermeer breaks Fitzwilliam Museum records

05 Jan 2012

Vermeer’s Women: Secrets and Silence has achieved record-breaking attendance figures at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, with more than 130,000...

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