Black Atlantic

Power, People, Resistance

8 September 2023 - 7 January 2024

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Courtesy the artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. © Barbara Walker. Photo Chris Keenan

Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance

8 September 2023 to 7 January 2024

Showcasing a range of textiles from across the Mediterranean world

Mediterranean Embroideries

18 April 2023 to 3 December 2023

Coming soon

Chantal Joffe, Me, Em and Nat, 2019. Oil on board © Chantal Joffe. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.

Real Families: Stories of Change

6 October 2023 to 7 January 2024

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Craft workshop picture

Play Make Saturdays

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

Collections highlights

Wounded soldiers in a cart, c. 1814–18

Wounded Soldiers in a Cart

A figure of Mercury

Mercury

Bestiary

Bestiary

Our research

Photograph of hands and designs for a museum resource

Making Connections Through Collections

The Egyptian coffins in the Gayer Anderson gallery

Ancient Egyptian Coffins

Page from a medieval psalter

Cambridge Illuminations Research Project

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