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Fri 6 September 2019 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition: Permeable Spaces

An exhibition that questions how physical spaces shape our perceptions and behaviour, and how in return we shape them.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Palaces in the Night: The urban landscape in Whistler’s prints

This second exhibition of the Fitzwilliam’s collection of etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by the American artist James McNeill Whistler, is devoted to the cityscapes for which he is most celebrated as a printmaker.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

10:30AM - 11:15AM

Animal Tails: Monkeys and more

Stories and play for ages 2-5

11:30AM - 12:15PM

Animal Tails: Monkeys and more

Stories and play for ages 2-5

5:30PM - 8:30PM

Genome Lates: Defeat The Helix

WARNING! An alien life-form known as The Helix has found Earth and is taking over the planet as we know it! Can you solve clues to defeat them? Enter Mission HQ, or book for the timed puzzle experience, at the Wellcome Genome Campus and work together - only your skills puzzle-solving can save us now... You have until September to defeat them!