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Robert Tait McKenzie, Plaster cast of Sprinter (1902) © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Paris 1924 exhibition at The Fitzwilliam: Beyond Chariots of Fire

09 Jul 2024

The 1924 Paris Olympics stars in a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition exploring the sport, art and bodies behind a pivotal Games. Exhibits speak of...

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Time, crime and how can the arts interact with a Natural World in decline?

04 Mar 2024

Each year the Cambridge Festival’s (13-28 March 2024) rich programme of events celebrates the arts across the city and this year is no exception.

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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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Returned ‘Tree of Life’ notebooks go on display

08 Jul 2022

‘Darwin in Conversation’ reveals how the famed naturalist’s global network of correspondents shaped his ideas around the evolution of life on planet...

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Samurai, Darwin, the Poet Laureate and some very Curious Cures

13 Jan 2022

A year of wonder in store at Cambridge University Library during 2022.

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Ghost Words: Reading the past

02 Mar 2021

A new exhibition from Cambridge University Library is set to bring to life the hidden words buried in some of our oldest manuscripts - known as...

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Aeroplane schematics.

The first non-stop transatlantic flight - 100 years on

14 Jun 2019

Exhibiton and Vickers archive at Cambridge University Library celebrates aviation milestone.

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World first as Bell Burnell pulsar chart goes on display

08 Mar 2019

Iconic object exhibited for the first time, alongside works by Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University Library.

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‘Photographing Tutankhamun’ exhibition reveals historical context behind pioneering images

14 Jun 2018

Iconic photography taken during the decade-long excavation of King Tutankhamun’s tomb has gone on display at Cambridge University’s Museum of...

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EDGE III by Antony Gormley.

Antony Gormley exhibition opens at Kettle’s Yard

22 May 2018

Renowned sculptor Antony Gormley has today become the first solo artist to exhibit in the new galleries of Kettle’s Yard with the opening of ‘SUBJECT...

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A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones, 1813, by John Mawe

Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with landmark exhibition

24 Nov 2017

A box full of diamonds, volcanic rock from Mount Vesuvius, and the geology guide that Darwin packed for his epic voyage on the Beagle will go on...

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Exhibition highlights the untold story of Nazi victims in the Channel Islands

19 Oct 2017

The untold stories of slave labourers, political prisoners and Jews who were persecuted during the German occupation of the Channel Islands during...

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