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Sun 20 October 2019 10:00AM - 4:00PM

Apple Day

Join us for the region's largest Apple Day - a celebration of all things apple including sales, tasting and identification.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd collection

Showcasing rare and exquisitely decorated fans from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015, this display reveals the techniques behind the making, investigation and conservation of fans.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rembrandt and the Nude

Rembrandt made etchings of female nudes during two distinct periods of his career: in the 1630s, and another two decades later. This exhibition draws attention to the beauty and power of Rembrandt’s treatment of the female form, despite attacks received from critics of the time.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Seeing Sound: Music, imagery and inspiration

This exhibition brings together a remarkable range of works from the Museum’s collections to explore the ways in which artists and composers have engaged in a dialogue between sight and sound.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

The celebrated Mr Belzoni: A cultural gift to the Fitzwilliam

This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’.

12:00PM - 8:00PM

Eddington Craft Beer and Gin Festival

Back by popular demand, the Eddingdon Craft Beer and Gin Festival returns this October to the stunning Storey’s Field Centre in Cambridge.

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ Recital

To be performed by Christopher Whitton (Director of Music, Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

7:00PM - 9:45PM

Highlight Sakhya Diwali celebrations 2019

A fundraiser evening of great music, delicious Indian food and Bollywood dancing. All proceeds from the event to go to grass-root education and development oriented projects in India that Sakhya supports.