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The Fitzwilliam Museum’s main painting galleries to reopen following a major refurbishment and redisplay project

On 15 March 2024 the Fitzwilliam Museum’s five main painting galleries will reopen in their entirety following a major refurbishment and redisplay project. The new displays will bring together famo...

11 March 2024

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An 18th Century Family by Joy Labinjo

William Blake's Universe

Responding to the upheavals of revolution and war in Europe and the Americas, visionary artist, poet, and printmaker William Blake (1757-1827) produced an astonishing body of work that combined critic...

21 December 2023

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Blake painting

2024 Exhibition and Displays Programme

Fitzwilliam Museum Announces 2024 Exhibition and Displays Programme...

16 November 2023

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Image: Detail of William Blake, America: A Prophecy, Plate 12, ‘Thus Wept the Angel Voice...,’ c. 1793-1821 © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance

A landmark exhibition exploring the impact of the Black Atlantic will be staged in the Museum’s historic Founder’s Galleries...

22 June 2023

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Barbara Walker, Vanishing Point 29 (Duyster), 2021. © Barbara Walker, 2023

Real Families: Stories of Change

Real Families is a major exhibition exploring the intricacies of families and family relationships through the eyes of artists. ...

9 June 2023

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Chantal Joffe, Self-Portrait Combing Esme's Hair, 2009 © Chantal Joffe. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.

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