The Fitzwilliam Museum is widely considered the world’s outstanding university art collection. We care for works of art and material culture from Europe, Egypt and Asia of exceptional international importance, works that connect people across cultures and time. Founded in 1816 ‘for the increase of learning’, the Fitzwilliam has long been both a great public cultural asset and an extraordinary scholarly resource – local, regional, national and global.
The Fitzwilliam Museum: opening up the past to transform our futures.
We use art, objects, spaces and experiences to inspire reflection, connection and creativity
The Museum and our projects will always be inclusive, thoughtful, distinctive, welcoming, rigorous, challenging, unexpected, uplifting and entertaining.
Our decision-making will be guided by these values
To ensure our success, we will need:
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