Exhibitions and Displays

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

Easter opening hours: Good Friday 7 April, CLOSED | Saturday 8 April, open 10.00 - 17.00 | Easter Sunday 9 April and Easter Monday 10 April, open 12.00-17.00

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Gallery closures and collection updates

Our current exhibitions

Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean

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Friday 24th February 2023 to Sunday 04th June 2023

New displays in the galleries

Women: Makers and Muses

Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Sunday 25th June 2023

Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain

Tuesday 02nd August 2022 to Sunday 30th July 2023

Fitzwilliam Favourites in Gallery 3

Friday 17th March 2023 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

Tuesday 10th January 2023 to Sunday 02nd April 2023

Our forthcoming exhibitions and displays

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

Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance

Friday 08th September 2023 to Sunday 07th January 2024

Chantal Joffe, Self-portrait combing Esme’s hair, 2009 © Chantal Joffe / Victoria Miro

Real Families: Stories of Change

Friday 06th October 2023 to Sunday 07th January 2024

Showcasing a range of textiles from across the Mediterranean world

Mediterranean Embroideries

Tuesday 18th April 2023 to Friday 20th October 2023

Archived exhibitions and displays

The Bird Psalter, London, c. 1284. Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 2-1954, fol. 1r

Medieval Britain in Colour: 500 Years of Illuminated Manuscripts

Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023

This is now closed

Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest

Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Sunday 08th January 2023

This is now closed

First Official Joint Portrait of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 30th December 2022

This is now closed

Jamie Coreth, Fine Art Commissions

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