| Sat 19 May 2012 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Cows, bowers and towers |
| 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
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| 9:00AM - 11:00PM |
Over 300 Olympians have been associated with the University as former students, academics and staff. To celebrate London 2012, the University is hosting a variety of events highlighting the City’s Olympic links and the cultural diversity of countries competing in the Games. |
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| 9:00AM - 5:00PM on Sat 14 July 2012 |
Pick of the month London calling: an exhibition of paintings by Vic Stedman An exhibition of paintings for sale by local artist Vic Stedman. |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
The edge of beyond: the Antarctic paintings of Dafila Scott An exhibition of Antarctic work by landscape and wildlife artist Dafila Scott |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection See works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, as well as prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Edgelands Prints by George Shaw and Michael Landy |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China Featuring over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics, discover the secrets of ancient China’s 2000 year old royal tombs. This exhibition is part of the London 2012 Festival and is the largest exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Lys Hansen: across the divide The core of this exhibition is a selected group of major canvases on the theme of war and peace and family relationships. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:30PM |
Islamic banking & finance – a myth or a reality? Islamic banking & finance – a myth or a reality? By Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi & Tarek El Diwany |
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| 10:00AM - 10:00PM |
Cambridge early music's festival of the voice Cambridge is home to some of the country’s finest collegiate choirs and so many singers studied and sang here earlier in their careers, or attended Cambridge Early Music’s summer schools, that the festival will feel as much a reunion as a celebration of the voice. |
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| 10:30AM - 4:00PM |
To kill and to cure, to make and to mend, to bewitch and beware, discover the Power of Plants as the Botanic Garden hosts the first Fascination of Plants Day. |
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| 11:30AM - 2:00PM |
For adults and people aged 16+ |
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| 11:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Alfred Wallis: ships and boats Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the building work. In a series of small, focused displays familiar works will be presented in new ways and with contextual material from the archive and the reserve collection that is not normally available to the public. |
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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Lindsay Stemp |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
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| 6:30PM - 8:00PM |
“An impeccable musicianship.. I defy you not to be mesmerised” – Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times |
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| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Cambridge Philharmonic Society Works include Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 with piano soloist Cordelia Williams |
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| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
Highlight Medieval and contemporary - trio mediaeval The acclaimed Nordic sopranos of Trio Mediaeval sing works from the 12th to the 21st century |
