| Sun 4 October 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM on Sat 10 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. |
| 12:00PM - 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. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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| 12:00PM - 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. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Power of paper – printmaking workshops As part of the exhibition The Power of Paper: 50 Years of Printmaking in Australia, Canada and South Africa at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, engaging with the techniques used by artists in the exhibition, a series of workshops and demonstrations held by professional printmakers will be held on the first and last Sunday of each month. |
