Mon 1 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Concrete poetry exhibition - a token of concrete affection Works from the personal collection of art historian Stephen Bann relating to close exchanges between Cambridge and Brazilian poets in the 1960s. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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5:00PM - 6:00PM |
Diasporic romance: marriage, consumerism and Ghanaian experiences in Botswana A talk Rijk van Dijk (Leiden) Part of the Centre of African Studies' Michaelmas Seminar Series 'Migration and African Diasporas' |
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Tue 2 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Concrete poetry exhibition - a token of concrete affection Works from the personal collection of art historian Stephen Bann relating to close exchanges between Cambridge and Brazilian poets in the 1960s. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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2:00PM - 4:00PM |
An art appreciation course designed specially for people with dementia and their carers. |
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4:30PM - 6:00PM |
Contemporary South Asian visual constructions of self & nation Part of ‘Visual Rhetoric and Modern South Asian History' course (http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/50672) |
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5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Nausea in New York: the FBI and CIA vs Sartre and Camus A public talk by Dr Andy Martin (MML). The talk will be followed by a wine reception. This is part of a series of public talks from the Leverhulme-funded project Conspiracy and Democracy. More information at http://www.conspiracyanddemocracy.org |
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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 |
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Wed 3 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Concrete poetry exhibition - a token of concrete affection Works from the personal collection of art historian Stephen Bann relating to close exchanges between Cambridge and Brazilian poets in the 1960s. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Contemporary lacquer from Asia With Jin Hui, visiting professor from Shanghai University. |
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5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Professor Jacqueline Rose discusses her latest book 'Women in Dark Times' with Professor Juliet Mitchell and Professor Ulinka Rublack |
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6:00PM - 7:30PM |
St Catharine's political economy seminars: Ha-Joon Chang The next St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar in the series on the Economics of Austerity, will be given by Ha-Joon Chang who will give a talk on 'Framing the Austerity Debate'. All are welcome. |
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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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Thu 4 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Concrete poetry exhibition - a token of concrete affection Works from the personal collection of art historian Stephen Bann relating to close exchanges between Cambridge and Brazilian poets in the 1960s. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Hunting for dinner in the ice age Simon Parfitt will talk about new discoveries relating to hunting and butchery of fauna by hominids at an ice age site in Grays, Essex. |
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Fri 5 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
52 Days to Timbuktu - an exhibition by Tim Oelman Art exhibition by Tim Oelman |
9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Concrete poetry exhibition - a token of concrete affection Works from the personal collection of art historian Stephen Bann relating to close exchanges between Cambridge and Brazilian poets in the 1960s. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Social Commentary - an exhibition by Mohammed Djazmi Exhibition by artist Mohammed Djazmi |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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6:00PM - 8:00PM |
Book launch of Fred Sanger- Double Nobel Laureate: a Biography Join us to celebrate the publication of Fred Sanger - Double Nobel Laureate: A Biography at Cambridge University Press Bookshop. Learn more about one of the leading lights in the Human Genome Project. The author will be discussing the book, followed by a meet and greet with wine and nibbles. |
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7:30PM - 9:30PM |
An evening of ferociously new women’s poetry from the Furies anthology, performance, transcultural interdisciplinary debate with Q&A, practical self-defence, and chocolate. |
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Sat 6 December 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Fine cell work FINE CELL WORK IS A CHARITY THAT HAS PROVED THE EXTRAORDINARY CAN HAPPEN, EVEN IN AN ENVIRONMENT AS BLEAK AS PRISON.” |
9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 An exhibition of over 50 of Cambridge University Library's wonderful early printed books, selected for the stories they tell about the use of books in the first hundred years after the invention of printing. |
|
9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Polar Muse The Polar Muse is a collaboration between The Polar Museum, PN Review and eight of Cambridge's most exciting and innovative poets. |
|
10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight The Thing Is... This exhibition explores the many ways in which we consider and care for museum objects, how and why objects gain meaning and why we collect them and their accompanying stories. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
|
10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay |
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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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8:00PM - 10:00PM |
Peter Donohoe returns to Cambridge once more for what promises to be a very special evening of music making. |
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Sun 7 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Element – An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer An exhibition of recent paintings by Zachary Beer, exploring flora and biochemical processes. |
10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Natalie Dower & Harriet Mena Hill: the elegance of order Cancelled An exhibition that brings together two artists from different generations, who work within pre-set parameters, which guide, and to some extent govern the outcome of their images. |
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10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers. |
|
12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right. |
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7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Academy of Great St. Mary's Concert Orchestral and choral Christmas concert |