Talks
Lucilla Burn, Keeper, Antiquities, will give a talk entitled Medea in ancient art, from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. on 12 October.
Art in Context talks will take place on Wednesdays from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m., unless otherwise stated. Admission is free, and no booking is required.
| 10 October | Medea and the law of homicide, ancient and modern, by Professor Edith Hall, of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. This talk will begin at 12.30 p.m. |
| 17 October | The gold treasure of King Henry III, by Martin Allen, Assistant Keeper of Coins and Medals. |
| 24 October | Lady Mary Hervey's Capodimonte porcelain scent flask - a new acquisition, by Julia Poole, Keeper, Applied Arts. |
| 31 October | A Lighthouse on Fire, by Joseph Wright of Derby, by Duncan Robinson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
| 7 November | Ethiopian Encounters: explorers and collectors, by Professor Simon Keynes, of Trinity College, and Jane Munro, Senior Assistant Keeper, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints. |
| 14 November | Scratching the surface: a brief introduction to cuneiform script, by Anders Bell, Research Assistant, Antiquities. |
| 21 November | 'Am I not a man and a brother?': Josiah Wedgwood's campaign button, by Dr Lydia Hamlett, Research Assistant. |
| 28 November | Hughie O'Donoghue and the poetry of coincidence, by Gill Hart, Access and Outreach Officer. |
Music
Sunday Promenade Concerts will take place every Sunday in October and November at 1.15 p.m. Admission is free.
Exhibitions
| Until 13 January 2008 | The Gentle Art: friends and strangers in Whistler's prints |
| Until 20 January 2008 | Ethiopian Encounters: a British expedition to Ethiopia in the 1840s |
| 23 October - 7 January 2008 | Private Pleasures: illuminated manuscripts from Persia to Paris |
| 23 October - 27 January 2008 | From Reason to Revolution: art and society in eighteenth-century Britain |
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For further information, telephone 01223 332900, or see the website at http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/.