| Sat 28 May 2016 | 8:45AM - 10:00PM |
Business in Africa Conference 2016: Transforming Africa The 5th annual conference aims to stimulate a robust dialogue about business, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa, incorporating both practitioner and academic perspectives. The event will feature some of the industry’s leading professionals in keynote speeches and panel discussions. |
| 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
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 |
Brueghel and his time: landscape drawings from the Bruce Ingram bequest This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector. |
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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. |
