The Fitzwilliam Museum - Welcome to the Museum

Islanders banner text

We are no longer ticketing for general admission. Booking is required for Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean.

We're open Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00 | Sundays and Bank Holidays: 12:00 - 17:00

For up-to-date visitor information and queries, please contact tickets@museums.cam.ac.uk, call us on 01223 333230, or visit our FAQ page

Gallery closures and collection updates

Exhibitions and new displays

Shot of Women: makers and muses

Women: Makers and Muses

Included in General admission

Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Sunday 25th June 2023

Silver-gilt tea caddy

Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain

Included in General admission

Tuesday 02nd August 2022 to Sunday 30th July 2023

Warring Couple, from the set The Crying Game, by Marcelle Hanselaar, 2015. ©MarcelleHanselaar

Bearing Witness? Violence and Trauma on Paper

Included in General admission

Tuesday 10th January 2023 to Sunday 02nd April 2023

Discover our galleries

Gallery 26 - the Lower Marlay gallery

Gallery 26: European & Japanese Porcelain & Exhibitions

A view of Gallery 19's Egyptian coffin installation

Gallery 19: Ancient Egypt

The torso of Dionysus in gallery 22

Gallery 22: Cyprus

Donate, become a member or support us

Founder's mosaic

Donate to us

The Marlay Group

Join the Marlay Group

Indian Manuscript

Become a Friend

Two people enjoying the scholar's reception

Purchase a gift membership

Podcasts

New art tile cover

New Art, New Perspectives

Iranian plate

What are museums for?

In My Mind's Eye

Collections highlights

Mary Magdalene at the door of Simon the Pharisee, 1858

Mary Magdalene at the Door of Simon the Pharisee

The Metz Pontifical

The Metz Pontifical

A Village Festival in honour of St. Hubert and St. Anthony

A Village Festival in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony

Our research

A view of the lions

A History of the Fitzwilliam Museum

The Rothschild bronzes - Michelangelo

Michelangelo – A Discovery

Detecting at Rendlesham

Lordship and Landscape in East Anglia, 400−800 CE

Latest news

A drawing, Vanishing Point 29 (Duyster) by Barbara Walker

Fitzwilliam Museum Announces 2023 Exhibition Programme

An oil painting of a wheat field and church spire in the background.

The Fitzwilliam Museum acquires its first David Hockney painting

Senate House

University of Cambridge publishes report on Legacies of Enslavement Inquiry

Gifts from Curating Cambridge

A product image depicting Paris Snow Scene - Art print

Paris Snow Scene - Art print

£30.00

A product image depicting Monet's Trees - Silk scarf

Monet's Trees - Silk scarf

£65.00

A product image depicting Finale: Graduation by Quentin Blake - Fine bone china mug

Finale: Graduation by Quentin Blake - Fine bone china mug

£12.50

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...