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Mon 14 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ Recital

To be performed by John Challenger (Assistant Director of Music, Salisbury Cathedral)

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight LARMOR LECTURE - Design of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds - Still Learning our ABC?

The Larmor Lecture by Professor Serena Best, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

Tue 15 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:15AM - 10:00AM

Early morning curator’s tour of Seeing Sound

Join Dr Rebecca Virag, exhibition co-curator, on a private exhibition guided tour for individuals and groups, before the Museum opens at 10.00.

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Uncertainty, Nature, and God: A Transcendental-Naturalistic Approach to Science, Religion, and Public Policy

Talk given by Professor Arthur Petersen

1:10PM - 1:55PM

Lunchtime Concert Series: The Invicta Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet No.10, Op.74 The Invicta Quartet James Jones, Coco Inman, Nils Jones, Samuel Ng

5:00PM - 6:00PM

“From Small Acorns……”: The Story of the Modern Slavery Garden at Chelsea Flower Show

In 2016, Juliet Sargeant designed and created a gold-medal winning garden at Chelsea Flower Show, exploring the issue of modern slavery. She will share with us the story of the garden, the campaign and what can grow from small acorns.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Why Capitalists need Communists

Britain faces huge challenges: inequality, public services under constant pressure, climate change - and in the long term, the impacts of automation and artificial intelligence. In Why Capitalists Need Communists, Charles Seaford explores how radical, progressive change is possible.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

Wed 16 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Exploring attributes of resiliences: robustness, adaptability and transformation in East Anglian farmer narratives

A talk by Professor Peter Midmore Emeritus Professor of Economics and Susan Fowler Research Associate both of Aberystwyth Business School Part of the Land Economy Departmental Seminar Series

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Changing the story? Women and leadership

Business Executive and Cambridge researcher, Heide Baumann, examines why only 8.5% of top executives in Britain's 350 largest companies are women.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - Martin Weale

Talk Title - 'A Democratic Measure of National Income' Martin Weale is Professor at King's College, London

7:00PM - 8:30PM

Highlight Improving plants: achieving food sustainability in a changing environment

Join us to explore how plant science and new technologies can help feeding a growing population in the face of a rapidly changing climate.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Café Sci Cambridge: The ethics of medical data sharing

Richard Milne examines social and ethical questions of genomic data sharing.

Thu 17 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

5:00PM - 11:00PM

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.

Fri 18 October 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

YOKO ONOO: LOOKING FOR ... Pieces from Grapefruit and Other Works

A selection of 36 works from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit (1964/1971) as well as other selected works.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

Sir Lionel Whitby: War hero, medical pioneer, Master

An archive exhibition featuring highlights from a recent donation of personal papers of the eminent bacteriologist, haematologist and Regius Professor of Physic at the University (1945-56)

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Downing's Early Black Cantabs

An archive exhibition for Black History Month celebrating the College's early black students dating back more than 100 years

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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’.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists

An exhibition of photographic portraits of female scientists and artists.

3:00PM - 3:30PM

Highlight TEA AND TALK WITH INUPIAQ ARTIST WILLY TOPKOK

Join us for a cup of tea and a talk by Inupiaq artist, Willy Topkok. Hailing from the small villages of Teller and Wales, Alaska, Willy Topkok is an Inupiaq artist from the North American Arctic.

5:00PM - 11:59PM

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.

5:15PM - 7:15PM

War in Raqqa, Syria: Rhetoric versus Reality

Panel talk with Amnesty and Cambridge researchers who investigated the 2017 Coalition bombing of Raqqa, Syria and launch of art exhibition. The discussion will be followed by drinks (6.30pm onwards). The exhibition (Fitzpatrick Gallery, Queens College) will be open until 6th December 2019.

5:30PM - 8:00PM

General Magic the Movie at Clare College

Are you interested in Technology? Entrepreneurship? Start-ups? Documentary Film-Making? This history of your smartphone? If so please join for General Magic the Movie at 5.30 PM on Friday 18 October 2019.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Highlight Camerata Musica Cambridge: Lucas & Arthur Jussen, music for two pianos

The brilliant Dutch brother-virtuosos, Lucas & Arthur Jussen, preform Mozart, Schubert, and Stravinsky in this concert of music for two pianos.

Sat 19 October 2019 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Goddesses, by Marian Maguire

Greek goddesses are re-imagined through a feminist lens in this contemporary art exhibition by New Zealand Artist Marian Maguire.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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.

10:00AM - 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’.

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 - 11:59PM

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.

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Becoming Classical: art and the revolution in values in fifth-century B.C. Greece

Lecture by Professor Robin Osborne, held as part of Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2019.

6:30PM - 7:45PM

Cantata Evensong

With the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge directed by Andrew Nethsingha and St John's Sinfonia led by Margaret Faultless

7:30PM - 9:45PM

Highlight Stargazer

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra

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.