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Tue 16 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.

3:00PM

Children's lantern crafts

Celebrate the e-luminate festinate of lights and create you own lantern.

5:00PM - 6:15PM

The art of invention

The fourth and last of this year's Clark Lectures on English Literature

5:30PM

e-Luminate Cambridge Festival

See a spectacular projection on the Fitz from 17.30 as part of the fourth Cambridge festival of light celebrations.

7:00PM - 8:30PM

The Rabbi and the English Scholar: An Exhibition of Jewish Thought in Renaissance Cambridge at Queens’ Old Library

Queens' College Old Library exhibition celebrating the influence of Jewish thought on English scholars in the Renaissance. Set in Queens' Old Library, which was built in 1448 and is unique amongst Oxbridge libraries in that it remains closest to its original state.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals