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Thu 11 February 2016 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Force Majeure - an exhibition by Mella Shaw

Exhibition of ceramic sculptures by artist Mella Shaw

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Fulcrum - three painters

‘Fulcrum’ presents the work of three painters from Cambridge - Helen Latham, Miranda Boulton and John Clark

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

1816: Prints by Turner, Goya and Cornelius

A look across Europe at three series of prints by major artists published in 1816, the year of the founding of the Fitzwilliam.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Crawling with Life: Flower drawings from the Henry Rogers Broughton Bequest

Spiders, snails, beetles, butterflies, moths, frogs and lizards are just some of the living creatures painted amongst the flowers in the Museum’s botanical paintings and drawings.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Cutting the curve: crafting the classical body

An exhibition of cut-paper collages by Vanessa Stone.

2:30PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Measure for Measure

The Marlowe Society, Cambridge University’s leading drama society, celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with a vivid production of his gripping drama of lust and repression.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

The Indian National Movement

This lecture is part of the 'Visual Rhetoric and modern South Asian history' course. The course offers practical and theoretical approaches to old and new media literacies required when exploring the visual dimension of modern South Asian history.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

‘Breath of Life: making the most of life’s ups and downs’

LGBT History Month

6:00PM - 7:30PM

The Penultimate Curiosity Talk

Join us for a talk on the new book, 'The Penultimate Curiosity' which sets out to answer one of the most profound questions about the development of human thought: why it is that throughout the long journey from cave painting to quantum physics what we now refer to as 'science' and 'religion' have been so closely entangled.

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Social Movements, Protest & Dissent in India (film series) - Week 5 - Environmental Activism and India's Adivasis

A weekly series of films which consider various fractures, inequalities, and struggles within India. Week 5 (11 Feb) features two films on Environmental Activism + India's Adivasis'.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Managing Cherry Hinton Brook: balancing wildlife, recreation and public access

Sue Wells and Monica Frisch, members of the Friends of Cherry Hinton Brook, will talk about this chalk stream and the adjacent lakes and associated wildlife.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Lieder recital

ALASTAIR MILES - bass MARIE – NOELLE KENDALL - piano Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel Franz Schubert - Schwanengesang

7:45PM - 10:15PM

Highlight Measure for Measure

The Marlowe Society, Cambridge University’s leading drama society, celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with a vivid production of his gripping drama of lust and repression.