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Tue 26 November 2024 9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Endless Stories: Manuscripts, knowledge and translation in the 17th century

Cambridge University Library's exhibitions are free and open to the public.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

For Those Who Don’t Want to be Found

Selected artworks by artist Yvonne Salmon. Paint / Sand / Gold / Video / Photography / Digital

10:00AM

The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle

The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle is a group exhibition that explores the history and development of The Women’s Art Collection.

10:00AM - 3:30PM

THIS Space 2024

THIS Space is THIS Institute’s annual conference. We welcome anyone with an interest in the evidence for improving the quality and safety of healthcare.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Little Robin’s Christmas Trail

Christmas is little Robin Redbreast’s favourite time of year. She visits all the festive plants in the Garden, and this year, you’re invited too!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place

Experience the work of American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon in this landmark exhibition bringing together works by the artist alongside his unique interventions in The Fitzwilliam Museum's galleries.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight 70 Years of New Hall & Murray Edwards College

70 years ago, New Hall opened as the third foundation for women at the University of Cambridge on a shoestring with just 16 students. This exhibition traces the history of a women's college,

11:00AM - 5:00PM

A G E N D A Yevheniia Laptii: Cherkaski Tyshky

This display features a selection of photographs by the Ukrainian artist Yevheniia Laptii (b. 1992, Kharkiv).

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Barbara Hepworth: ‘a work of mine in your house’

This new display brings together works by Barbara Hepworth that are not ordinarily on permanent display in the Kettle’s Yard house.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa

Presenting new and recent paintings, this exhibition will be Portia Zvavahera’s first solo exhibition at a public gallery in Europe.

1:30PM - 7:00PM

Breaking the Silence about Uterine Fibroids

Confronting inequalities in women's health. Bringing together prominent researchers, clinicians, policymakers, funders and patient advocates to improve the lives of fibroid patients in the UK.

1:30PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Breaking the silence about uterine fibroids: confronting inequalities in women’s health

Heavy and painful periods, recurrent miscarriages, infertility are among the debilitating symptoms experienced by women suffering from uterine fibroids. While fibroids occur in up to 66% of women, they disproportionately affect women of African and Caribbean background. This event is an opportunity to discuss and empower and to make fibroids a healthcare priority in the UK.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Nigel Hall RA: Line, Edge, Shadow: drawings and sculpture

Nigel Hall RA is one of Britain’s most distinguished sculptors. His outside works, principally made of corten steel, painted steel or bronze, are concerned with three-dimensional space, mass and line. His geometric sculptures give as much prominence to voids and shadows as to the solidity of material; each work changes with light and viewpoint reflecting the landscapes that inspired them.

4:15PM - 7:00PM

André Hoffmann Book Talk: ‘The New Nature of Business’

The New Nature of Business – panel discussion with authors André Hoffmann and Peter Vanham

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Salute! Italian immigrants’ experiences of birth, death and ill health in post-war Britain

How did Italian immigrants experience periods of ill-health and access healthcare in post-war Britain?

7:00PM - 8:00PM

Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Cambridge University Libraries' book club is hosted monthly and online - join us!