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Sat 3 October 2015 9:00AM - 6:00PM on Fri 9 October 2015

Explore Islam & Muslim Culture Exhibition 2015

People from all backgrounds, cultures, faiths and beliefs are welcome to come and share this interactive and informal event introducing Islam and its teachings.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight By endurance we conquer: Shackleton and his men

This major exhibition commemorates the centenary of the Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17).

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Following Hercules: the story of classical art

Hercules is one of the best loved heroes from ancient Greece. Known in antiquity for completing twelve tasks or ‘labours’ that confirmed his status as a god, Hercules is today tasked with one more — to show visitors to the Fitzwilliam how sculptures made in the Mediterranean millennia ago came to define western art.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Ruskin's Turners

In 1861, John Ruskin, Turner’s most fervent champion and critic, generously gave twenty-five Turner watercolours to the Fitzwilliam. This display includes works made for engraving, book illustration and vignettes, as well as landscapes.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Ruskin’s Turners

The Fitzwilliam Museums’ collection of watercolours by J.M.W. Turner was founded in 1861 by the generous gift of twenty-five watercolours from John Ruskin, Turner’s most fervent champion and critic.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays

Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum.