| Sat 2 July 2016 | 1:00AM - 2:00AM |
Highlight City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Music by Ginastera, de Falla, Rodrigo and Bernstein |
| 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. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Science Makers: sensor networks Science Makers is a monthly event to discuss and build low-cost, DIY and open hardware for science and education. This month we're looking at sensor networks. Hear from researchers building and using sensor networks for science and get hands-on in the afternoon working on a project. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum. |
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| 7:00PM - 9:00PM |
Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia present songs from Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy. The melodies are reconstructed from a rediscovered leaf of the 11th-century ‘Cambridge Songs Manuscript’ and are the product of a collaborative project with Dr Sam Barrett of the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge. |
