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Exhibitions

Joy Labinjo, An Eighteenth-Century Family, 2022, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

Will Carter - Man of Letters

Mon 24 October 2022 - Wed 14 December 2022

Magdalene College, The Robert Cripps Gallery

Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Will Carter OBE (1977), was a master craftsman - printer, typographer, calligrapher, carver of wood and slate - for whom good design was “a matter of seeing the simplest way of doing something, which is usually the best”.

He is regarded as amongst the finest lettering artists of his generation and the post-war era.

His fascination with the letter form is evidenced in his skill as a calligrapher, compositor-printer, lettering artist, typeface designer, and letter carver.

The Exhibition shows examples of Carter’s skill as a printer, typographer and font designer; hand-cut letters rendered in stone and wood; book jacket designer; and the well-worn tools he used to create signs, plaques and more personal artefacts.


Exhibition Opening Hours

24 October - 14 December 2022

Monday to Thursday. Closed on Friday.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (last entry 11:30 AM)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (last entry 3:30 PM).

To arrange access to the Exhibition please call at the Porters’ Lodge, Magdalene College, Magdalene Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AG.

Cost: Free

Enquiries and booking

No need to book.

Timing

In person

10:00am-12:00pm Monday-Thursday every week from Monday 24 October 2022 until Wednesday 14 December 2022

2:00pm-4:00pm Monday-Thursday every week from Monday 24 October 2022 until Wednesday 14 December 2022

All times

Mon 24 October 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 25 October 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 26 October 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 27 October 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 31 October 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 1 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 2 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 3 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 7 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 8 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 9 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 10 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 14 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 15 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 16 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 17 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 21 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 22 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 23 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 24 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 28 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 29 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 30 November 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 1 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 5 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 6 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 7 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 8 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 12 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 13 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Wed 14 December 2022 10:00AM - 12:00PM
2:00PM - 4:00PM

Venue

Address: Magdalene College, The Robert Cripps Gallery
Magdalene College, Magdalene St, Cambridge, CB3 0AG
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AG
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