The Fitzwilliam Museum - Welcome to the Museum

Self portrait of David Hockney

Visiting us? Book Free Entry

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 or call us on 01223 333230.

Gallery closures and collection updates

Exhibitions and new displays

Johann Jakob Frey, Cloud Study (3). Private collection. Photo © Artcurial

True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe 1780-1870

Ticket and timed entry

Book now

Tuesday 03rd May 2022 to Monday 29th August 2022

Pot, burnished earthenware. Made by Magdalene Odundo, c. 1983 © Magdalene Odundo. Photograph © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge

Included in General admission

Tuesday 05th October 2021 to Sunday 24th July 2022

Portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

First Official Joint Portrait of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Included in General admission

Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 30th December 2022

Discover our galleries

Gallery 16 - the Charrington Print room

Gallery 16: Charrington Print Room Exhibitions.

Chinese gallery

Gallery 28: Arts of the Far East

A view of Gallery 19's Egyptian coffin installation

Gallery 19: Ancient Egypt

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 in a landscape

Mary Magdalene in a Landscape

On the Brink, 1865

On the Brink

The Knight, Death and the Devil

The Knight, Death and the Devil

Our research

Ivory combs

African Combs

An extract of one of our manuscripts

MINIARE

Page from a medieval psalter

Cambridge Illuminations Research Project

Latest news

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leaving the Museum

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Fitzwilliam Museum to view first official joint portrait

La Ronde Enfantine by Gustave Courbet

Call for Information - La Ronde Enfantine by Gustave Courbet

Clare Simpson

Clare Simpson appointed as Head of Exhibitions and Major Display Projects at The Fitzwilliam Museum

Gifts from Curating Cambridge

A product image depicting White Cup and Saucer - Greetings card

White Cup and Saucer - Greetings card

£3.20

A product image depicting Butterflies - Notecard pack

Butterflies - Notecard pack

£6.00

A product image depicting The Siesta - Art print

The Siesta - Art print

£30.00

Sign up for updates

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