| Wed 4 May 2016 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Exhibitions by Beata Zygarlowska and Sandra Scott Works by photographer Beata Zygarlowska and textile artist Sandra Scott |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World The first of two stunning exhibitions marking the 600th anniversary of Cambridge University Library, Lines of Thought includes iconic treasures covering over 4000 years of human thought. Family activities are available. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Death on the Nile: Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt The first major exhibition for the Fitzwilliam’s 2016 bicentenary celebrations goes beyond the images of mummies, pharaohs and mystery often associated with ancient Egypt. It shows how coffin design developed over 4,000 years, reflecting significant changes both in the status of affluent ancient Egyptians and in the gods that were important to them. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:00PM |
What is left of the international? Professor Christopher Hill's valedictory lecture will consider what, if anything, is still distinctive about the international realm, and what that implies for its future academic study. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
A talk given by Professor Philip McCann, Tagliaferri Visiting Fellow at the Department of Land Economy |
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| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
The horizon is the point of no return: artist talk with Georgie Grace Join artist Georgie Grace as she discusses her practice and selection of works from the Kettle’s Yard Collection, currently on display in the University Library alongside two of her lenticular prints. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:30PM |
St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Paul De Grauwe ‘Flexibility versus Stability. A Difficult Trade off in the Euro Area’ |
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| 6:30PM - 8:00PM |
Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday. |
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| 7:30PM - 10:00PM |
EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO ILL HEALTH: On keys and music: an illustrated lecture by Mitsuko Uchida Cancelled A NEW DATE FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED. |
