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Exhibitions

Portrait of a man

Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance

Which stories get remembered, and why? This exhibition explores some new stories from history – stories that help us to separate fact from fiction and history from myth.

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

Enquiries and booking

Please note that booking is required for this event.

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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

Venue

Address: Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1RB
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Email: fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk
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Fax: +44 1223 332923
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