| Sat 1 April 2017 | 9:30AM - 5:00PM |
Pick of the month Open Day at the Institute of Continuing Education Join us for our Open Day on Saturday 1 April 2017 and find out about our part-time and short courses for adults of all ages. Hear University experts speaking on their specialist subjects, and get a flavour of what it’s like to study at historic Madingley Hall. |
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Honey from Many Flowers: Carl Wilhelm Kolbe and Salomon Gessner’s Idylls Carl Wilhelm Kolbe (1759–1835), produced prints after a set of landscape drawings by Salomon Gessner (1730-88), which capture the Romantic period’s preoccupation with the pastoral idyll and delight in the natural world. This exhibition showcases a recently acquired complete set of Kolbe’s twenty-five etchings, issued in five parts from 1805-11. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Houghton’s Emperors: Portraits and power A Cambridge viewing for two impressive marble busts of Roman Emperors Commodus and Septimius Severus. For a short time this winter enjoy them in the Museum, with an encircling display evoking both their ancient and their 18th century contexts, and the enduring power of portraits. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Madonnas & Miracles Peer through the keyhole of the Italian Renaissance home and discover a hidden world of religious devotion. Bringing together a wealth of objects, including jewellery, ceramics, books, sculptures and paintings, the exhibition invites us into a domestic sphere that was charged with spiritual significance. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Making Waves: Discovering seascapes through drawings and watercolours This exhibition brings together many rarely seen drawings and watercolours from across the collection, especially the bequest of Sir Bruce Ingram, that depict tempestuous seas, naval battles, serene harbours and bustling shores with fishermen selling their catch. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sea to Shore: Paintings by Alfred Wallis & Christopher Wood Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum This third display from the Kettle’s Yard collection brings together paintings by Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood that are inspired by the sea and shore. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
When the Heavens Meet the Earth brings together selected works from Robert Devereux’s contemporary art collection, highlighting his commitment to emerging artists who challenge Western preconceptions of, and hegemony over, cultural expression and contemporary art. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
Highlight CCSO concert Concert of Russian music |
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| 8:00PM - 9:45PM |
A programme ranging over five centuries of choral music, performed here by different combinations of voices, viols, and Renaissance brass instruments. The centrepiece of the concert is Giles Swayne's 'Everybloom', a newly commissioned piece for choir and viol consort. It is partnered with Tallis's 40-part motet 'Spem in alium', works by Byrd and Lassus. |
