70 Years of New Hall & Murray Edwards College
Fri 17 May - Tue 31 December
Murray Edwards College
That first cohort of undergraduates barely had room to squash round a table for dinner, and our first President – the redoubtable Rosemary Murray - not only taught the students but patrolled the building with her screwdriver, carrying out repairs and putting up towel rails.
Nevertheless, the new foundation flourished, and 10 years on moved into iconic purpose-built modernist buildings, designed as a concrete manifesto for women’s education. New Hall gained a reputation as an open, progressive and free thinking place to be, building its own traditions and continuing to value women’s learning.
In 1972, the foundation received its Charter and was finally a full college of the University of Cambridge. Three years later Rosemary Murray became the first woman Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, and, as the college expanded through the 1970s, New Hall fellows campaigned for women’s rights within the university and higher education.
Further expansion followed in the 1980s, and, in another key development, the College hosted the American conceptual artist, Mary Kelly. One of her works, Extase, bought by the College and inspired a wider appeal to women artists to donate works. Their extraordinary act of collective giving formed the basis of what is now The Women’s Art Collection – the largest collection of art by women in Europe.
By the 1990s, the College was struggling financially amid government funding changes. With bankruptcy a real prospect, its future was secured thanks to a generous endowment of £30 million by alumna Ros Smith and her then-husband Steve Edwards: then the largest single gift to a higher education institution. The College was now properly endowed, and was renamed Murray Edwards in recognition of its pathbreaking founding president and the generosity of its donors.
Today, the College is thriving, and we celebrate our 7 decades with a new free exhibition drawing on material from our archives to tell our story.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Murray Edwards College Email: enquiries@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223762100
Timing
In person
10:00am-6:00pm daily from Friday 17 May until Tuesday 31 December
All times
Fri 17 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 18 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 19 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 20 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 21 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 22 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 23 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 24 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 25 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 26 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 27 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 28 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 29 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 30 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 31 May | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 1 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 2 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 3 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 4 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 5 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 6 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 7 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 8 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 9 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 10 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 11 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 12 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 13 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 14 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 15 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 16 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 17 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 18 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 19 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 20 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 21 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 22 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 23 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 24 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 25 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 26 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 27 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 28 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 29 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 30 June | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 1 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 2 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 3 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 4 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 5 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 6 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 7 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 8 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 9 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 10 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 11 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 12 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 13 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 14 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 15 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 16 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 17 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 18 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 19 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 20 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 21 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 22 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 23 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 24 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 25 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 26 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 27 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 28 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 29 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 30 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 31 July | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 1 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 2 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 3 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 4 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 5 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 6 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 7 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 8 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 9 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 10 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 11 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 12 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 13 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 14 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 15 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 16 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 17 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 18 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 19 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 20 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 21 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 22 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 23 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 24 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 25 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 26 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 27 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 28 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 29 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 30 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 31 August | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 1 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 2 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 3 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 4 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 5 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 6 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 7 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 8 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 9 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 10 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 11 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 12 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 13 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 14 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 15 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 16 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 17 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 18 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 19 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 20 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 21 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 22 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 23 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 24 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 25 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 26 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 27 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 28 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 29 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 30 September | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 1 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 2 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 3 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 4 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 5 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 6 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 7 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 8 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 9 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 10 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 11 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 12 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 13 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 14 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 15 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 16 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 17 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 18 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 19 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 20 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 21 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 22 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 23 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 24 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 25 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 26 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 27 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 28 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 29 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 30 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 31 October | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 1 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 2 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 3 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 4 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 5 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 6 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 7 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 8 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
TodaySat 9 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 10 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 11 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 12 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 13 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 14 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 15 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 16 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 17 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 18 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 19 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 20 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 21 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 22 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 23 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 24 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 25 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 26 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 27 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 28 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 29 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 30 November | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 1 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 2 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 3 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 4 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 5 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 6 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 7 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 8 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 9 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 10 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 11 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 12 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 13 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 14 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 15 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 16 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 17 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 18 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 19 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 20 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 21 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 22 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 23 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 24 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 25 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 26 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 27 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 28 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 29 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 30 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 31 December | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |