Exhibitions
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.
Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration
Tue 8 October 2019 - Sun 12 January 2020
Fitzwilliam Museum
Can we listen to a painting? What does music look like?
This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.
Artistic and musical collaborations for the stage sit alongside works which employ music-making as a visual metaphor for love. Others reference music’s ability to trigger an emotional response without a visual cue. The tension between abstract and figurative, graphic and sonic, is alluded to through the display of musical scores alongside drawings and prints.
The exhibition includes works by Watteau, Rossetti, Renoir and Picasso and musical manuscripts by Handel, Brahms, Stravinsky and the Founder of the Museum, Lord Fitzwilliam.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Tuesday 8 October 2019 until Monday 23 December 2019
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Friday 27 December 2019 until Saturday 28 December 2019
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Thursday 2 January 2020 until Sunday 12 January 2020
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Tuesday 8 October 2019 until Sunday 12 January 2020
All times
| Tue 8 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 9 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 10 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 11 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 12 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 13 October 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 15 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 16 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 17 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 18 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 19 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 20 October 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 22 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 23 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 24 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 25 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 26 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 27 October 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 29 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 30 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 31 October 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 1 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 2 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 3 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 5 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 6 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 7 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 8 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 9 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 10 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 12 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 13 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 14 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 15 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 16 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 17 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 19 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 20 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 21 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 22 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 23 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 24 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 26 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 27 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 28 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 29 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 30 November 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 1 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 3 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 4 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 5 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 6 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 7 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 8 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 10 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 11 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 12 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 13 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 14 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 15 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 17 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 18 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 19 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 20 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 21 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 22 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 27 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 28 December 2019 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 29 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 2 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 3 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 4 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 5 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 7 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 8 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 9 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 10 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 11 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 12 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |