
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean
Fri 24 February - Sun 4 June
Fitzwilliam Museum
Bringing together extraordinary antiquities, 'Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean' takes visitors on a 4,000-year journey from life in the ancient Mediterranean to today.
Many of the more than 200 objects from three of the largest Mediterranean islands, Cyprus, Crete and Sardinia will be seen in the UK for the first time. They help us understand the ways these island cultures reflected, and even shaped the larger Mediterranean world with its migrations and movement of peoples. And they reveal how islanders lived every day, their communities, memories, myths, art and creativity.
Highlights include striking bronze votive figurines made around 4,000 years ago by the Nuragic people of Sardinia; exquisite pottery, jewellery and bronze figures from the palaces, sanctuaries and caves of Minoan Crete; and from the sanctuary of Agia Eirini, a selection of clay-modelled humans, deities, sphinxes and horse-drawn chariots that reveal the complexities of Cypriot society in the 6th and 7th century BCE.
Cost: Free
Timing
In person
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Friday 24 February until Thursday 6 April
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Friday 24 February until Sunday 4 June
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Saturday 8 April until Sunday 4 June
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 10 April
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 1 May
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 8 May
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 29 May
All times
Fri 24 February | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 February | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 26 February | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 February | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 4 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 5 March | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 12 March | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 14 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 19 March | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 21 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 26 March | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 March | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 2 April | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 4 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 8 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 9 April | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 10 April | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 11 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 14 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 15 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 16 April | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 18 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 21 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 22 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 23 April | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 25 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 26 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 28 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 29 April | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 30 April | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 1 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 2 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 3 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 4 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 5 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 6 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 7 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 8 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 14 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 21 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 29 May | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 31 May | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 1 June | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 2 June | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 June | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 4 June | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |