What’s OnMay - August 2014

Exhibitions and events

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There is a lot to see and do at the Fitzwilliam Museum this Summer. By the time you read this, the portico of the Founder’s Building will have emerged from scaffolding after its restoration, cleaning and relighting. When entering the Museum, don’t forget to look up at the ornate coffered ceiling of the portico, which has also been conserved. If you want a closer look, a section of the plasterwork will be on display in the Courtyard. All this will ensure that the Museum looks its best on Monday 7 July, when we will have a front row seat of the world’s greatest cycling race as stage 3 passes down Trumpington Street at 12.30. For details of associated events see page 20.

Inside the Museum, the Dutch Gallery (15) and the Charrington Print Room (16) will reopen, while the Shiba Gallery (14)

will host the exhibition La Grande Guerre, which forms part of the First World War Centenary Partnership celebrations, on display from 20 May – 28 September. Meanwhile, from 27 May - 27 July, Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration from the University of Cambridge Museums will be shown in the Mellon Gallery (13). This exhibition, successfully shown in London earlier this year, is now back home – so that visitors to Cambridge can enjoy the confrontation between a dodo skeleton, 22 pairs of snow goggles,

discovery that led them to end up here in Cambridge. We hope it will encourage you to ‘discover’ the other University of Cambridge Museums themselves, all within walking distance of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

We also look forward to the annual Museums at Night festival, which sees the Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle’s Yard, The Polar Museum, Whipple Museum, Museum of Classical Archaeology and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology opening after hours on 16 May, with special activities programmed across all the sites.

Captain Scott’s telescope and G.B. Pittoni’s preposterous imaginary monument to Sir Isaac Newton. All eight University of Cambridge Museums have contributed thought-provoking objects, reflecting the voyages of learning, exploration, invention and

A message from the Director

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Tim KnoxDirector and Marlay Curator

The Fitzwilliam Museum is always adding to its collections. On show in Gallery 1 are five works by Stanley Spencer, 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. They include one of his most significant early paintings, John Donne arriving in Heaven, shown at the Impressionist Exhibition of 1912, two preliminary sketches documenting his experiences of World War 1, as well as studies for an unexecuted mural for the University Library depicting the Tower of Babel. These new acquisitions significantly enrich the Museum’s representation of Spencer’s work, making the Fitzwilliam one of the most important places to study the artist outside London.Also new is a gift from celebrated potter and author, Edmund de Waal. In plain sight comprises 20 porcelain vessels in 3 aluminium, glass and plexiglass vitrines, and was created by de Waal specifically for an eighteenth-century bureau bookcase in the Fitzwilliam’s Lower Marlay Gallery (26). By complete contrast is an array of elaborate nineteenth-century Copeland porcelain, on show in the Glaisher Gallery (27), recently purchased at the sale of Trellissick House in Cornwall, home

of the Copeland family who owned the prolific porcelain factory. The pieces we acquired – including a complete dessert service, and extravagantly decorated ‘cabinet’ wares in a variety of historical styles, including ‘Kashmiri’ - are in mint condition. We have relatively little porcelain of this kind, the collectors who enriched the Museum’s collection half a century ago probably thought it too vulgar and Victorian! Finally, look out for the fine full-length portrait of Phillip II of Spain in armour by Anthonis Mor in the Armoury. Long consigned to storage, the careful depiction of the King’s damascened breastplate, chain mail and rapier shows how these items were

worn, and compliment actual examples on view in the cases. He is the first of a series of portraits depicting armed men that will eventually be shown here. Meanwhile, in Gallery 4, don’t miss Polyphemus devouring a Sailor, a white marble sculpture attributed to the eighteenth-century French sculptor, Claude David, who spent several years working in England. Lent to the Museum by a private collector, it shows the one-eyed giant reclining on the ground - about to snack on the leg of one of his victims!

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Thomas Akilak (b.1961), Drum Dancer, 1987 © The Polar Museum

DiscoveriesArt, Science and Exploration from the University of Cambridge Museums

27 May – 27 JulyMellon Gallery (13)

LATE NIGHT Thursday 3 July until 20.00

Following recent success at London’s Two Temple Place, the Fitzwilliam Museum is pleased to be able to display a smaller version of the Discoveries exhibition - the first major show to bring together the fascinating collections from all eight University of Cambridge Museums.

The exhibition challenges and responds to the very notion of ‘discovery’, displaying objects that span millennia; from artworks to scientific artefacts, historic instruments to rare zoological specimens. It is about imagination and knowledge, the pleasures of looking and the power of objects to generate wonder as well as new ideas.

Please visit our website for more information. See pages 7 & 8 for complementary events.

Exhibitions

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Unknown artist, Les Hindous, 1914 (detail)Colour lithograph, no. 16 in the series La Grande Guerre

La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War

20 May – 28 SeptemberShiba Gallery (14)

The first seven months of World War I are dramatically illustrated in the colour lithographs and woodcuts of the series La Grande Guerre. Scenes of action in the form of battles, sieges and airstrikes are punctuated by moments of relative repose, including commemorations, award ceremonies and depictions of the Allied forces, such as the English and Scottish taking five o’clock tea and Indian soldiers at prayer.

The prints will be shown in chronological order, so visitors to the gallery can experience a retelling of events from the perspective of France, from the taking of the first flag during the Battle of Saint-Blaise La Roche (14 August 1914) to the Fall of Przemysl (22 March 1915).

See page 7 for complementary lunchtime talk.

Building an Empire: Money, trade and power in the age of Charlemagne

3 June – 3 AugustOctagon Gallery (10)

This exhibition marks the 1200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne, ‘beacon, king and father of Europe’. A selection of the finest medieval coins from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s own collection (Frankish, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Byzantine and Islamic) will be on show to illustrate the complex political, economic and cultural ties of the period.

RELATED DISPLAY

Art, revolution and war: France, 1789 - 1914

Until 28 SeptemberGlaisher Gallery (27)

Medals, coins and banknotes depict key moments in the political and artistic history of France.

Silver denier of Charlemagne struck at Quentovic between 812 and 814 showing ship with bird at masthead

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Sebastian Carter, Wood letter alphabet (detail), Miscellany 2Rampant Lions Press, 1998

The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey

Until 18 MayOctagon Gallery (10)

Inspired by the venerable tradition of private presses in England, the Rampant Lions Press was a small publisher of fine editions and a designer-printer for other publishers. They printed all books by letterpress, mostly on hand or mould-made papers and specialised in elegant, but colourful typography that made inventive use of a small repertoire of exceptional metal typefaces, including several designed by Hermann Zapf and the Golden Cockerel Roman designed by Eric Gill. The work of the Rampant Lions Press was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. This exhibition displays a selection of their books produced since then.

Exhibitions

Enjoy a variety of free lunchtime talks by members of staff and guest speakers.

Talks take place on Wednesdays from 13.15 – 14.00 in the Seminar Room (space may be limited), unless otherwise stated. Admission is by token, 1 per person, available at the Courtyard Entrance desk from 12.45 on the day of the talk. Induction loop available.

14 May

History of Chinese art sales and collecting in the UKHajini Elias, MPhil student, Cambridge University

28 May

Hidden music: The mystery of early Chinese bronze vessels with bellsKirie Stromberg, MPhil student, Cambridge University

11 June

The age of the collector: History of the Woodwardian and Sedgwick MuseumsKen McNamara, Director of the Sedgwick (and Woodwardian) Museums

18 June

Making sense of the Whipple Museum’s Muggletonian astronomical printsDr Joshua Nall, Assistant Curator, Whipple Museum of the History of Science

9 July

Fish and flowers: Roman mosaic glass plaques Dr Lucilla Burn, Keeper (Antiquities)

25 June

Inside the refurbished Dutch Gallery: The shape of things to comeJane Munro, Acting Keeper (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) and colleaguesGallery 15

23 July

Recreating ancient everyday life within the MuseumDr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Outreach Officer Greece and Rome

6 August

La Grande Guerre: A WWI Centenary exhibition of French printsElenor Ling, Exhibition Curator and Researcher (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

20 AugustCoins and currency in the crusader statesDr Richard Kelleher, Assistant Keeper (Coins and Medals)Winner of the British Numismatic Society’s Blunt Prize for 2014

27 August

Fantastical pottery creatures by Andrew HullKathy Niblett, Author of Andrew Hull: Artist and Sculptor Designs since 1986

Tuesdays 20 May, 17 June, 15 July & 12 August13.15 –13.45

Art Speak

Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art. Meet in the Courtyard Entrance.

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Lunchtime Talks

EVENING EVENT

Thursday 8 May18.30 – 20.30Galleries 3 & 4

Poussin’s Extreme Unction: Art and sacrament in an age of controversy

Learn more about the subject of Nicolas Poussin’s moving masterpiece Extreme Unction and the historical context in which it was painted from Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Cambridge. Includes a reception and an opportunity to view Poussin’s painting after the talk.

FREE but booking essential, tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

ITALIAN & ART

Practice your Italian in these art and language events with Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts. In collaboration with La Dante Italian Cultural Centre, Cambridge. Booking essential tel: 01223 315191 or email: ladanteinfo@gmail.com

Friday 23 May13.00 –14.00

Italian Renaissance objects handling session

Handle beautiful examples of Italian Renaissance bronzes and maiolica from the Fitzwilliam’s reserve collection and learn how and why they were made.£5 per person

Friday 6 June13.00 –14.00

Italian galleries highlight tour

Learn about the highlight pieces of art in the Italian Galleries including paintings, sculpture, furniture, maiolica and glass.£5 per person

PANEL DISCUSSION

Tuesday 10 June18.00 – 20.00

The Nature of Discovery

Join five Cambridge museum directors as they debate how differing notions and meanings of ‘discovery’ have enriched our understanding of the world and inspired the creation of their extraordinary collections. £5Booking essential, tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

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Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Extreme Unction, 1638-1640 (detail) Reproduction of James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 skeletal model of DNA © MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Special Events

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Cornelis Vermeulen (1644-1708/09), River scene by moonlight (detail)

Friday 16 MayOpen until 21.00

Come and explore the Fitzwilliam Museum and its world class collections after hours.

• Listen to a selection of song poems in Gallery 3 – part of Cycle of Songs, which celebrates the start of the third stage of the world’s greatest cycling race from Cambridge on 7 July.

• Learn about our conservation work with special talks down in the Seminar Room.

• Sign up for 'Exploring Boundaries' - a unique Museum tour led by Philip Stephenson (Senior Lecturer, Homerton College) and Julia Tozer (former Head of Education at the Fitzwilliam), with plenty of chance for discussion.

• Make your way to our welcome desk for Museum trails and drawing activities to try in the galleries.

• Stop for a break in our Courtyard café and listen to live music by a vintage skiffle band. Then treat yourself to a unique gift from our Museum shop.

Late night openings will also be taking place at Kettle’s Yard, The Polar Museum, Whipple Museum, Museum of Classical Archaeology and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. For full details visit: www.cam.ac.uk/museums

FREE

Museums at Night

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Thomas Tompion (1639-1713), Longcase equation and astronomical clock, 1675-1680

Adult Courses & Workshops

Booking essential. To register your interest please contact 01223 332904 or email education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.

Wednesdays 14, 21 & 28 May14.30 –15.30

Behind the doors and inside the drawers

Take a closer look at the furniture and long case clocks in our collection with the people who care for them: Margaret Clarke (Fitzwilliam Applied Arts Department) and Brian Jackson (British Horological Institute) who has fifty years’ experience of working with watches and clocks.£25 (£15 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum)

MUSEDiscover new ways of working at this artist led workshop inspired by Museum exhibitions and collections, with different themes each month.

Fridays • 10.15 –12.00

23 MayColour and shape with mono printing, inspired by the Islamic collection

27 JuneWatercolours and ink; with a look at feathers from the Museum of Zoology handling collection, and paintings at the Fitzwilliam

25 JulyPainting miniatures, with inspiration from the Rothschild Gallery

Please note: places are limited to 15 and booking for each session opens on the first day of that month.£10 per workshop

A question of style

A new five week course led by Deborah Monteiro, art historian and adult education tutor,which charts the history of styles from the medieval period to the 21st century, using examples from across the Museum’s collections, as detailed below.

Fridays • 14.00 –15.30

6 JuneThe courtly Gothic and classical styles

13 JuneMannerism and showing off in the Baroque

20 JuneFabulous and frivolous:the Rococo

27 JuneRevival styles of empire and the Arts and Crafts Movement

4 JulyThe dawn of the modern age-isms galore

£80 (£65 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum)

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Nicholas Hilliard (1547 – 1619), Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1594 Andrew Hull, Parenthood, 2011 © The artist

Saturday 3 May15.00 –16.30

Nicholas Hilliard’s art of the miniature

Discover the working methods of Hilliard with Conservator and Artist, Philippa Abrahams. Artists’ materials will be available to view and the talk will be illustrated with slides of miniatures from the Fitzwilliam’s collection and Abrahams’ own work, which follows Hilliard’s techniques. Planned in collaboration with the 2014 Festival of the Voice, celebrating the 40th and final year of The Hilliard Ensemble. £8 (£5 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum)

SKETCH

Enjoy sketching? Join this friendly drawing group inspired by the Fitzwilliam’s exhibitions and collections, with a different focus every month. Bring your own sketchbook, pencils and ideas or borrow ours. This is not an artist led session.

Fridays • 10.15 –12.15

9 MayFrom root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

13 JuneCypriot pots

11 JulyFurniture and interiors

£5 per session

Wednesday 27 August10.15 –16.00 (break for lunch at 13.00)

Caricature: Portraits giving a different view

Guided by artist Andrew Hull, participants will explore, in clay, the merging of two images to depict a caricatured portrait to be proud of! Please bring a photo of yourself and a picture of a bird which you like.£40 (£35 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum)

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FREE drop-in events at a glance

Cover image: Woodward Cabinet Drawers, Cabinet E Drawer 27: Bones, teeth etc of fishes (detail) © The Sedgwick Museum of Earth SciencesA Message from the Director images: Dodo skeleton © Museum of Zoology; Forepart of a hollow cast lion, c.800BC-601BC © The Fitzwilliam Museum;Anthonis Mor (1517-1577), Philip II of Spain, 1557 © The Fitzwilliam Museum

APRIL

27 Sun Music Goldenberg Duo 13.15-14.00 Gallery 3

MAY

3 Sat Drop-In Family First Saturday 14.00 –16.00 Courtyard Entrance

4 Sun Music Chamber music 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

11 Sun Music Songs of Love, Songs of Departure 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

14 Wed Talk History of Chinese art collecting 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

16 Fri Drop-In Museums at Night Open until 21.00 Fitzwilliam Museum

18 Sun Music The Hermes Experiment 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

20 Tue Drop-In Art Speak 13.15 –13.45 Courtyard Entrance

25 Sun Music Piano recital 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

28 Wed Talk Hidden Chinese Music 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

Drop-In Drawing together 12.00 –16.00 Courtyard Entrance

JUNE

1 Sun Music Mischievous Mozart to Fabulous Folk 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

7 Sat Drop-In Family First Saturday 14.00 –16.00 Courtyard Entrance

8 Sun Music Perspectives on the Bach Suites 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

11 Wed Talk The age of the collector 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

17 Tue Drop-In Art Speak 13.15 –13.45 Courtyard Entrance

18 Wed Talk Muggletonian astronomical prints 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

25 Wed Talk Refurbished Dutch Gallery 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 15

GUIDED TOURS

Saturdays14.30

Enjoy a one-hour introductory tour of the Museum with a Blue Badge Guide. Meet at the Courtyard Entrance.£6

Guided tours for private groups are also available through Cambridge Tourist Information Centre, tel: 01223 457574 or email: tours@cambridge.gov.uk

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JULY

5 Sat Drop-In Family First Saturday 12.00 –18.00 Parker’s Piece

9 Wed Talk Roman mosaic glass plaques 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

15 Tue Drop-In Art Speak 13.15 –13.45 Courtyard Entrance

20 Sun Music Cambridge Summer Music Festival 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

23 Wed Talk Recreating ancient everyday life 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

27 Sun Music Cambridge Summer Music Festival 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

AUGUST

2 Sat Drop-In Family First Saturday 14.00 –16.00 Courtyard Entrance

2 Sat Music Cambridge Summer Music Festival 13.15 –14.00 Gallery 3

5-7 Drop-In Family art week 11.00 –13.00 &

14.00 –16.00 Education Studio

6 Wed Talk La Grande Guerre 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

12 Tue Drop-In Art Speak 13.15 –13.45 Courtyard Entrance

20 Wed Talk Crusader states coins & currency 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

27 Wed Talk Fantastical pottery creatures 13.15 –14.00 Seminar Room

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Henry Purcell, Service in Bb Flat Creed, folio 301 verso

Music

27 April

Goldenberg Duo

Susan Goldenberg violinWilliam Goldenberg pianoCopland, Vaughan Williams, Schumann

4 May

Instrumental award holders for chamber music

A variety of works played by the very best undergraduate chamber musicians

11 May

Songs of Love, Songs of Departure

Carris Jones mezzo-sopranoLibby Burgess pianoSchumann, Strauss, Poulenc

18 May

The Hermes Experiment

Héloïse Werner sopranoOliver Pashley clarinetAnne Denholm harpMarianne Schofield double bassColeman, Gershwin, Piazzolla

Promenade ConcertsSundays 13.15FREEGallery 3

Admission is by token, 1 per person, available at the Founder’s Entrance desk on a first-come first-served basis from 12.00 on the day of the concert. Space is limited - no standing room available. Voluntary collection after each concert. Programmes may be subject to change.

25 May

Lynn Carter pianoBach, Brahms, Liszt

1 June

Mischievous Mozart to Fabulous FolkThe Reid Sisters Violin DuoAlexandra Reid violinCharlotte Reid violinMozart, Schnittke, Bartók

8 June

Perspectives on the Bach Suites

Veronica Henderson celloBach, Jacob, Britten

Enjoy a series of popular Promenade Concerts, with music performed by talented musicians in the beautiful surroundings of the Museum.

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Sunday 6 July12.30Gallery 3

Britten Sinfonia Academy

See a performance from some of the most talented classical musicians of secondary school age from the East of England. This concert will pair dynamic and key pieces of repertoire with an exciting new commission, this time by one of Britten Sinfonia's long term collaborators, Philip Cashian. Philip spent a weekend in residence with the Academy at the Fitzwilliam; working on musical ideas inspired by the paintings, in particular La Petite Afrique III by Graham Sutherland.

Concert programme to include pieces by Cashian Strix (new commission), Schubert Piano Quintet in A major IV (Trout Quintet), Stravinsky Danse Concertantes: 1. Marche Introduction, Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, Villa Lobos Bachieras Brasilieras no. 5, Milhaud La cheminée du roi René, and Beethoven Coriolan Overture. £8 (£6 Cam Card holders, Britten Sinfonia subscribers and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum; £3 students and under 18s). Booking essential, tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.

CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Thursday 24 July19.30Gallery 3

Evening concert

Enjoy a programme of music by English composers written around the time of the First World War, including Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad and songs by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Ivor Gurney and Gerald Finzi. Performed by the acclaimed baritone, Roderick Williams, and Gary Matthewman (piano). £18, includes a glass of wine. Tickets available from City Centre Box Office, Wheeler Street, Cambridge. Tel: 01223 357851 from 1 May

Sundays 20, 27 July & Saturday 2 August13.15Gallery 3

Music PromsFor more information visit:www.cambridgesummermusic.com/events/

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Drop-in to all events for free, unless otherwise stated

Families

Family First Saturdays

On the first Saturday of each month visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point in the Courtyard and collect drawing materials, activities and trails to use throughout the Museum, exploring a variety of themes.

Saturday 24 May10.30 –12.30Ages 5+, under 8’s must be accompanied by an adult

Making a mark

Explore the Museum’s collections through experimental drawing. Continue your drawing in our studio using a variety of materials on a gigantic scale.£5 per child

Saturdays • 14.00 –16.00

3 MayPortraits

7 JunePattern

5 July

This month’s session will be transported to Parker’s Piece. Join us there for the Big Weekend and cycling race celebrations. - see page 20.

2 AugustSculpture

FREE

Wednesday 28 May12.00 –16.00All Ages

Drawing together

Drop-in and draw at the Museum with activities available from the Fitz Family Welcome Point.

FREE

Wednesday 14 May (repeated 20 May)

Wednesday 2 July (repeated 8 July)

10.00 –11.30Ages 2 – 5, accompanied by an adult

It’s Magic!

Looking at art can be magical. Explore work in the collections and make art of your own in the studio to take home.£3 per child

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Saturday 7 June10.30 –12.30Ages 8+

Building explorer

Investigate how artists and craftspeople have depicted architecture and made use of perspective. Then create your own paper sculpture, inspired by paintings in the Museum.£5 per child

Tuesday 5 –Thursday 7 August Drop-in any time between 11.00 –13.00 & 14.00 –16.00All Ages

Family art week at the Fitzwilliam

Pop in for a taste of our family programme at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the three days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the Museum’s collections for creative inspiration.

FREE

Gallery Trails

Choose from a selection of themed gallery trails available at both entrances.

Fitz Kits

Discover our range of Fitz Kits with games and puzzles to take you on a journey around the Museum, available at both entrances.

Story Starters (2-6 years)

Pick up a satchel containing a picture book and activities to help little ones explore the galleries. Available at both entrances.

Supported by Cambridge University Press

Saturday 28 June10.30 –12.30Ages 5+, under 8’s must be accompanied by an adult

Body building

Go on a tour of the Museum to discover how people have depicted the human body throughout history. Afterwards create your own sculptures inspired by people within the Museum’s collections.£5 per child

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Young People

Booking essential. To register your interest please contact 01223 332904 or email education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.

ReSource

Ages 13 –18

Enjoy art and want to develop your own ideas and projects? Join us in our art studio with a different guest artist each month. These sessions are specifically designed for young people.

Saturdays • 11.00 –13.0010 MayInsects inspired reduction lino printing with Lucy Mazur

14 JuneSymbols in paintings with Ella McCartney

12 JulySculpture and 3D in clay with Susie Olczak

£5 per session

Saturday 19 July14.00 –16.00Ages 12 –18

pARTy

Join us to celebrate Arts Award at the University of Cambridge Museums! Use our collections as inspiration to make your own art with members of our Education Department, and guest artist Susie Olczak. Suitable for those interested or working towards an Arts Award. Ticket includes yummy cakes and music on the Museum lawn. £5

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Moche pot from Peru Image courtesy of Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

University of Cambridge Museums

Friday 16 May

Museums at Night

Drop-in and enjoy an evening of talks, trails and grown up fun. Live music at the Fitzwilliam and Kettle’s Yard; science buskers at The Polar Museum; top researchers at the Whipple Museum; wine and spot-light talks at the Museum of Classical Archaeology; and Chilean artists with their artisan jewellery at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.www.cam.ac.uk/museumsatnight

FREESupported using public funding by Arts Council England

19 July – 6 September

Summer at the Museums

Our annual programme of events for families is back! Enjoy hands-on activities, trails, workshops and creative fun throughout the holidays.www.cam.ac.uk/museums/summer

The University of Cambridge Museums and collectionswww.cam.ac.uk/museums

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Museum of Classical Archaeology

Fitzwilliam Museum

Kettle's Yard

The Polar Museum

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

The Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Museum of Zoology*

*Museum of Zoology is closed for redevelopment and will reopen in 2016. Throughout the museum’s refurbishment work there will continue to be a programme of public events for all to enjoy: www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk

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Le Tour de France

1-12 July10.00 –16.00

Reinventing the wheel: Bicycles in the Polar regions

The Polar Museum

Join us at The Polar Museum and discover how and why bicycle wheels were used on ice in this temporary exhibition. The Museum will also be open on Sunday 6 July in celebration of the world’s greatest cycling race in Cambridge. Drop-in activities available Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 July. www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/

FREE

Saturday 5 July

Big Weekend

Parker’s Piece(Make & Create Tent)

As part of cycling race celebrations, drop-in to the University of Cambridge Museums stall for hands-on activities and a cycle powered cinema showing films made by local children. Visit our website for further information on this and other related activities:www.cam.ac.uk/museums/tdf

FREE

Cycle your way to Discover

Ages 5+

Purchase a self-led activities booklet, inspired by cycling themes, to achieve an Arts Award Discover - a certified introduction to the arts, which will get you exploring the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle’s Yard, The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and The Polar Museum. Available from July 2014. For more information visit: www.cam.ac.uk/museums/tdf

These events form part of the Velo Festival - celebrating cycling in Cambridgeshire through culture & sport: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/velofestival

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Bicycle © smaedli (Flickr Creative Commons)

Cycle of Songs 2014

The visit of the race to Cambridge in July will be marked by an inspiring new cycle of songs. The cycle will be developed and performed by composers, local musicians, choirs, poets, historians and schools, inspired by iconic locations along the route. Using cutting-edge technology and new compositions, this project will draw on the city’s rich choral traditions and history. The works will tell untold hidden stories from the city’s history, and will be performed by different groups in the lead up to the start of the third stage of the race on 7 July. For more information about the project and how you can get involved visit: cycleofsongs.com

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Gallery HireFor details of gallery hire for events, tel: 01223 332921.

Access• Please use Courtyard Entrance for street level access and entrance for groups and schools• Fully accessible WCs and lift access to all floors• All displays accessible apart from balcony in Gallery 3 and Sasakawa Fan Gallery. Please ask a member of staff for further information.

Group VisitsAll groups must book at least 10 days in advance. Groups of children aged 16 and under must be supervised by an adult atall times.

Education & Families• Free family activities and trails available from entrance desks • A wide and flexible range of teaching and practical sessions for pre-booked school groups • In-service training for teachers and pre-service training for students available

Reference LibraryBy advance appointment - readers are required to provide identification on admission. Open Tuesday – Friday 10.00-16.30. Tel: 01223 764398 or email: fitzmuseum-library@lists.cam.ac.uk

Study RoomIndividual and group access to the collection of paintings, prints, drawings by advance appointment.Open Tuesday–Friday 10.00–13.00 & 14.00–16.30. Tel: 01223 764363 or email: fitzmuseum-studyroom@lists.cam.ac.uk

For group and school bookings tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

For large print or Braille information tel: 01223 332900 or email: fitzmuseum-access@lists.cam.ac.uk

For Verbal Description & Touch Tours tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Induction loop available

During your visit if you have any questions or need help, please speak to a member of staff at the entrance desks.

Courtyard ShopVisit the shop for a range of gifts inspired by the collections. Courtyard Café10.00–16.30Lunches from 11.30–15.30. For reservations tel: 01223 764402

North Lawn CaféFresh sandwiches, salads and drinks in an al fresco setting. Open March to October, weather permitting.

Visitor Information

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To find out more and get details of events, contact the Friends Officetel: 01223 332933email: fitzmuseum-friends@lists.cam.ac.uk

Become a Friendof the Fitzwilliamand enjoy ...Special visits to exhibitions, art galleries, historic houses and Cambridge Colleges. This season’s highlights include the Moore Rodin exhibition at Compton Verney, a two day trip to Derbyshire, an outing to The Manor - Hemingford Grey, plus Cambridge and London walking tours. Additional benefits:

• Annual summer garden party and Christmas party in the Museum• Seasonal discounts in the Courtyard shop

Support Us!

Donations keep galleries open free of charge, conserve our collections and deliver our Education Service. To help make donating easier you can now give us £5 by texting:FITZ345 to 70070

Legacies help safeguard the collections for future generations to appreciate.

Corporate sponsorship of exhibitions, events and education programmes offers opportunities for businesses to strengthen their corporate image and promote their brand.

The Marlay Group enjoy a special relationship with one of the greatest art collections of the nation and contribute to the future of the Fitzwilliam.

To find out more, contact Sue Rhodes, Development OfficerTel: 01223 332939Email: sr295@cam.ac.uk

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/support/

Support the Fitzwilliam

Opening HoursTuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 17.00

Sundays & Bank Holidays 12.00 – 17.00

CLOSED: Mondays, 24-26 & 31 December and 1 January

How to find usThe Fitzwilliam Museum is in Trumpington Street, a few minutes walk from Cambridge City Centre.

No visitor parking: however, limited Pay & Display and disabled badge-holder parking is available on Trumpington Street.

Nearest car parks: Grand Arcade off Pembroke Street, or Queen Anne, Gonville Place.

The Uni 4 bus to and from Madingley Road Park & Ride and Addenbrooke’s Hospital stops outside the Museum (Mon-Fri).

For Park & Ride information visit: www.parkandride.net/cambridge/cambridge_frameset.shtml

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The Fitzwilliam Museum gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Art Fund as a major supporter of acquisitions

FREE ADMISSION www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Trumpington StreetCambridgeCB2 1RBTel: 01223 332900Email: fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk

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