Mon 6 June 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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5:15PM - 7:15PM |
Highlight Will migration spell the end of Europe? This lecture intends to present an overview of the migration crisis in the EU and to argue that it represents the most important quandary that will affect the outcome of the 'European project' in the medium to long-term. |
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Tue 7 June 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 |
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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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 8 June 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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9:30AM - 4:30PM |
One day Arduino workshop for beginner, intermediate and advanced users of Arduinos. Part of Open Technology Week 2016. |
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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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6:30PM - 7:15PM |
First Performance |
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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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6:45PM - 9:00PM |
Highlight An evening in the victorian parlour: the bible and antiquity at home An evening of music, talks, stories and artworks exploring the Victorian obssession with the ancient and the Bible. |
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Thu 9 June 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 |
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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11:30AM - 1:00PM |
Open Technology for Development Make-a-thon 2016 The Open Technology for Development Make-a-thon brings hardware design challenges from international development and humanitarian contexts to problem-solvers who are challenged over the course of five days to prototype solutions using open source technologies. |
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Fri 10 June 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 - 1:00PM |
Garden History Lecture with Dr Twigs Way - Art and the History of Plants & Gardens This dynamic series of four, linked half-day sessions will each take an element of culture which is fundamental to human society and explore the way in which our plants and gardens reflect and focus the ideas and beliefs embedded in our culture. Links will be drawn across the themes, but each session will be accessible as a ‘stand-alone’ for those who would like to drop in and out of the ‘course’. |
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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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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Technology for development workshop Cambridge is a global leader in science and technology, and advances pioneered in Cambridge have impacted significantly on the lives of the world’s poorest and most marginalised people. This workshop brings together people who are evolving innovative technological responses to challenges faced by people who live on less than $2 per day. |
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1:00PM - 6:00PM |
CNHS Annual Exhibition: 97th Conversazione: a celebration of citizen science The Cambridge Natural History Society's annual exhibition – its 97th Conversazione – includes displays on many aspects of natural history in Cambridge and further afield. It is an opportunity to meet local experts, hold creepy-crawlies, look down a microscope and discover what is going on locally. |
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Sat 11 June 2016 | 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. |
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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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
CNHS Annual Exhibition: 97th Conversazione: a celebration of citizen science The Cambridge Natural History Society's annual exhibition – its 97th Conversazione – includes displays on many aspects of natural history in Cambridge and further afield. It is an opportunity to meet local experts, hold creepy-crawlies, look down a microscope and discover what is going on locally. |
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7:30PM |
CUMS May Week Concert: The Dream of Gerontius Elgar's monumental and moving oratorio The Dream of Gerontius has been chosen by Stephen Cleobury for his last concert as CUMS Chorus Principal conductor, celebrating 30 outstanding years of music-making. |
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Sun 12 June 2016 | 12:00PM - 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. |
12:00PM - 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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12:00PM - 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. |