Until 24 May 2009 | Charrington Print Room | Changing faces: Anthony Van Dyck as an etcher |
Until 31 May 2009 | Octagon Gallery | The immortal stone: Chinese jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century |
Until 5 July 2009 | Glaisher Gallery | Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan: naval diplomat and collector |
16 June 2009 to 4 October 2009 | Galleries 10 to 14 | Endless forms: Darwin, natural science, and the visual arts |
Until January 2010 | Museum lawns | Sculpture promenade |
Art in Context talks take place on Wednesdays from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. in the Seminar Room (Room 35) unless otherwise stated. No booking is required, but space may be limited. Admission will be by token, available from the entrance desks from 12.45 p.m. on the day of the talk.
20 May | Speaking in whispers: Vuillard and Bonnard, by Julia Tozer, Head of Education (in Gallery 1). |
27 May | Rites of passage: classical imagery in the Italian Renaissance, by Carrie Vout, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics (in Gallery 6). |
3 June | Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan: naval diplomat and collector, by Frances Parton, Researcher, Coins and Medals. |
10 June | Luxury and vanity in the new Dutch Republic, by Gill Hart, Outreach and Access Officer (in Gallery 15). |
17 June | Dragonsblood: a far-fetched tale about a far-fetched artist's pigment, by Spike Bucklow, Research Scientist in the Hamilton Kerr Institute. |
24 June | Birds of enlightenment: a look at Sèvres porcelain, by Julia Poole, Keeper of Applied Arts. |
1 July | Potted histories: what can ancient Greek vases tell us?, by Kate Cooper and Christina Rozeik, AHRC Research Associates. |
Darwin in Context talks take place on Thursdays from 1.15 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Seminar Room (Room 35).
18 June | Survival of the fittest? Life in the wild and struggling Victorians, by Diana Donald, co-curator of Endless forms. |
25 June | Flaunting it: Darwin, beauty, and sexual selection, by Jane Munro, co-curator of Endless forms. |
2 July | Photographs of popular Darwinism, by Elizabeth Edwards, catalogue contributor. |
9 July | Man before mankind: Darwin's appeal to the imagination, by David Bindman, catalogue contributor. |
Promenade Concerts will take place on Sundays from 1.15 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Gallery 3 on the following dates: 17 May, 24 May, 31 May, and 7 June.
Handel at the Fitzwilliam, harpsichord recitals of Handel music in the Founder's collection, by Gerald Gifford, will take place on 22 May at 1.15 p.m. in Gallery 3.
As part of the Cambridge Summer Music Festival, the Rosamunde Trio will play piano trios by Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert, on 30 July at 1.15 p.m. in Gallery 3.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For further information, telephone 01223 332900, or see the website at http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/.