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Exhibitions

William Blake etching named Head of a Damned Soul.

William Blake’s Universe

Discover William Blake’s universe and a constellation of European artists seeking spirituality in their lives and art in response to war, revolution and political turbulence.

Captain Robert Falcon Scott

These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition

Wed 7 December 2011 - Sat 5 May 2012

Scott Polar Research Institute

The Polar Museum and the archives of the Scott Polar Research Institute contain the world's largest collection of manuscripts, photographs and artefacts relating to Captain Scott's second expedition to the Antarctic, during which he and four of his companions reached the South Pole in January 1912.

This expedition brings together the last volume of Scott's diary, on loan from the British Library, with many of the other journals, letters, notebooks and maps from the expedition - reuniting these materials for the first time in a century.

The manuscripts, many of which are on public view for the first time, tell the story of the voyage south, the Antarctic winter, the science, sledging journeys and daily life of the expedition, illustrated by stunning photographs of the continent taken both by the official 'camera-artist' Herbert Ponting and by other members of the team.

Cost: free

Enquiries and booking

No need to book.

Enquiries: Heather Lane Website Email: museum@spri.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 336540

Timing

10:00am-4:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Wednesday 7 December 2011 until Saturday 5 May 2012 (except between Friday 23 December 2011 and Monday 2 January 2012)

All times

Wed 7 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 8 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 9 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 10 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 13 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 14 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 15 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 16 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 17 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 20 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 21 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 22 December 2011 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 3 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 4 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 5 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 6 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 7 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 10 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 11 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 12 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 13 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 14 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 17 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Sat 21 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Thu 26 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 27 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 28 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 31 January 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 1 February 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Sat 4 February 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 7 February 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Sat 10 March 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Sat 31 March 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Thu 5 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 6 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 7 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 10 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Thu 12 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 13 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 14 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 17 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
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Thu 19 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 20 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 21 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 24 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 25 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 26 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 27 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 28 April 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Tue 1 May 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed 2 May 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Thu 3 May 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fri 4 May 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sat 5 May 2012 10:00AM - 4:00PM

Venue

Address: Scott Polar Research Institute
Polar Museum
Lensfield Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1ER
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Email: enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 336540
Fax: +44 (0)1223 336549
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