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Library Late

Join Cambridge University Library for an evening themed around our exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World.

Mon 30 September 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Jane Joseph: imprints

This survey exhibition of prints is drawn from over the last 30 years and includes folio works made in collaboration with contemporary writers.

Tue 1 October 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Jane Joseph: imprints

This survey exhibition of prints is drawn from over the last 30 years and includes folio works made in collaboration with contemporary writers.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Vicken Parsons: painted objects

Vicken Parsons is best known for her small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural space. But for this special installation of recent work in St Peter’s Church, Parsons will be showing a number of recent sculptures or ‘painted objects‘ that might almost be models for utilitarian buildings.

Wed 2 October 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Jane Joseph: imprints

This survey exhibition of prints is drawn from over the last 30 years and includes folio works made in collaboration with contemporary writers.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Vicken Parsons: painted objects

Vicken Parsons is best known for her small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural space. But for this special installation of recent work in St Peter’s Church, Parsons will be showing a number of recent sculptures or ‘painted objects‘ that might almost be models for utilitarian buildings.

Thu 3 October 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Jane Joseph: imprints

This survey exhibition of prints is drawn from over the last 30 years and includes folio works made in collaboration with contemporary writers.

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Landscapes of exploration exhibition tour

A tour of the current exhibition at The Polar Museum, by curator Liz Wells.

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Highlight Landscapes of exploration exhibition tour

Liz Wells, curator of Landscapes of Exploration gives an informative tour of the exhibition at The Polar Museum. The forbidding environment of Antarctica is examined in this exhibition through the work of ten contemporary visual artists and one musician who undertook residencies in the Antarctic as part of the British Antarctic Survey's Artists and Writers in Residence Scheme.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Vicken Parsons: painted objects

Vicken Parsons is best known for her small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural space. But for this special installation of recent work in St Peter’s Church, Parsons will be showing a number of recent sculptures or ‘painted objects‘ that might almost be models for utilitarian buildings.

Fri 4 October 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Until lions write their own history ... and exhibition by artist Deanna Tyson

An eclectic exhibition of painted and stitched kimono, wall hangings, soft sculptures and paintings at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Jane Joseph: imprints

This survey exhibition of prints is drawn from over the last 30 years and includes folio works made in collaboration with contemporary writers.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Vicken Parsons: painted objects

Vicken Parsons is best known for her small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural space. But for this special installation of recent work in St Peter’s Church, Parsons will be showing a number of recent sculptures or ‘painted objects‘ that might almost be models for utilitarian buildings.

Sat 5 October 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Jane Joseph: imprints

This survey exhibition of prints is drawn from over the last 30 years and includes folio works made in collaboration with contemporary writers.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Vicken Parsons: painted objects

Vicken Parsons is best known for her small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural space. But for this special installation of recent work in St Peter’s Church, Parsons will be showing a number of recent sculptures or ‘painted objects‘ that might almost be models for utilitarian buildings.

Sun 6 October 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Madonnas and mademoiselles by Rebecca Merry

Paintings from the South of France

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Building Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: an Architectural journey

Exhibition of photographs, plans and models showing the ways in which Denys Lasdun’s original vision for Fitzwilliam College has been interpreted and transformed by successive architects and imaginative landscaping.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work

Paintings from Audley End and earlier work by Tony Rothon and Sarah Nutley

10:00AM - 4:30PM

Landscapes of exploration

Landscapes of Exploration is a joint exhibition presented by The Polar Museum and the Ruskin Gallery.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Pedro Barateiro: we belong to the people when we're outside

Portuguese artist Pedro Barateiro has developed a new film taking as its starting point two particular objects, a letter from the artist Constantin Brancusi and the painting Composition, 1936 by Portuguese abstract artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Sophy Rickett: objects in the field

In 2011 and 2012 Sophy Rickett made regular visits to the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University as an Associate Artist. Her new photographs are a response to meeting a retired fellow of the Institute, the scientist Dr Roderick Willstrop.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Vicken Parsons: painted objects

Vicken Parsons is best known for her small, intimate paintings of landscape and architectural space. But for this special installation of recent work in St Peter’s Church, Parsons will be showing a number of recent sculptures or ‘painted objects‘ that might almost be models for utilitarian buildings.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Origins of the Afro Comb

Discover the extraordinary 6,000-year history of African hair combs in this joint exhibition between the Fitzwilliam Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight The night of longing: love and desire in Japanese prints

An exhibition of Japanese woodcuts and books of the Edo and Meiji periods (18th and 19th centuries) depicting lovers from literature and life.