| Mon 16 January 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
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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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| Tue 17 January 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Triumph, protection and dreams The East African headrest in context |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art at the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
|
| 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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| Wed 18 January 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
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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| 9:30AM - 3:30PM |
Archaeological discovery days for schools - time travel for beginners Led by Dr Carenza Lewis, well-known from Channel 4’s Time Team, Discovery Days are curriculum extension learning courses for school groups which introduce new knowledge, ideas and approaches from the multi-disciplinary subject of archaeology in practical hands-on activities. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Triumph, protection and dreams The East African headrest in context |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
How to examine a Leonardo: The Madonna of the Yarnwinder as a Case Study Thereza Wells, Research Fellow, Central St Martins |
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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. |
|
| 6:30PM - 8:00PM |
Highlight A Father for My Son - a play written and performed by Jenny Coverack Kathleen Scott, wife of the legendary polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, was far from a conventional wife and mother. In this one-woman play we travel back in time for a female perspective on love and life at the turn of the century. |
|
| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Highlight Endellion String Quartet Endellion String Quartet 'Quartet in Residence', Cambridge University. HAYDN - String Quartet Op.71 No.3 (‘Apponyi’) WALTON - String Quartet in A minor MENDELSSOHN - String Quartet No.4 Op.44 No.2 |
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| Thu 19 January 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
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. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Triumph, protection and dreams The East African headrest in context |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Impressionist Watercolours, Drawings and Prints Discover more about work by artists such as Renoir, Degas, Pissarro and Signac. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Girton College has an extremely unusual Egyptian mummy called Hermione, which can now be viewed in the College’s small museum. |
|
| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Our endangered heritage: a national asset at risk Loyd Grossman will be visiting Lucy Cavendish College to discuss the importance of preserving our national heritage |
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| Fri 20 January 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
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. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Triumph, protection and dreams The East African headrest in context |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
From Genomes to the Diversity of Life, Professor Michael Akam Darwin College Lecture Series - Life |
|
| 7:30PM - 11:30PM |
Highlight New Year Ceilidh New Year Ceilidh: join us for a lively evening of dance and music with the fantastic University Ceilidh Band, in aid of the Friends of Whitworth House |
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| Sat 21 January 2012 | 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. |
| 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
|
| 9:30AM - 6:30PM |
Magdalene College festival of the image: the medieval image in the twenty-first century An all-day symposium on medieval images |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Triumph, protection and dreams The East African headrest in context |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
|
| 11:30AM - 2:00PM |
Fortnightly drawing workshops for adults. With artists David Kefford and Jane Waterhouse. |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 2:00PM - 3:00PM |
One-hour family concert given by Cambridge Philharmonic Society |
|
| 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. |
|
| 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
One-hour family concert given by Cambridge Philharmonic Society |
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| 6:30PM - 8:00PM |
Maxim Kosinov - violin Bach - Violin Sonata no. 1 in G minor Bach - Violin Sonata no. 2 in A minor Bach - Partita no. 1 in B minor Bach - Sonata no. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 Bach - Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 |
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| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Festal Music by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schutz, Hassler and Lassus |
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| Sun 22 January 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:30PM |
Frozen volcano A magnificent exhibition - First sighted by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841, Erebus is famous in volcanological circles today for its perpetual lava lake and spectacular (but mild) explosions of magma. |
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Braided together Hair in the work of contemporary women artists |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
A Sunday prom concert at the Fitzwilliam Museum |
|
| 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. |
|
| 7:45PM - 9:45PM |
Violin - Victoria Sayles, Conductor - Andrew Watkinson |
