WHAT’S ON May – August 2016
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Welcome to the Fitzwilliam Museum
2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Founded by the bequest of Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, in 1816, it now houses over half a million artefacts and art from around the world. See everything from Egyptian coffins to Impressionist masterpieces; illuminated manuscripts to Renaissance sculpture; rare coins to Asian arts. This year we are pleased to be working with six Bicentenary Business Partners: TTP Group plc, ACE Cultural Tours, Hewitsons LLP, Marshall of Cambridge, Rheebridge and Sotheby’s. Their support will go towards a creative and thought-provoking bicentenary programme including outreach in the community, digital engagement, creative learning events and the two major exhibitions Death on the Nile: Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt (23 February – 22 May) and COLOUR: The art and science of illuminated manuscripts (30 July – 30 December).
Entrance to the Museum and exhibitions is free, so make this the year you visit.
A message from the Director
The first of our major bicentenary exhibitions, Death on the Nile, is proving a resounding success, attracting over 7,000 visitors in its first week. If you haven’t visited, there’s still a chance to view it before it closes on 22 May.
Fitzwilliam Museum means to them, and for it to be recorded in a film. This project will capture what well-known supporters like most about the Museum, as well as the general public, so please do let us know your thoughts.
This summer we’re excited about the opening of our next major exhibition, COLOUR: The art and science of illuminated manuscripts. We are also very much looking forward to welcoming overseas visitors to our Museum and families to Family Art Week.
Finally, we will shortly be unveiling a major picture conserved by the Hamilton Kerr Institute celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. We’re also very pleased to display a recent bequest and an important collection of studio pottery from the late Dr John Shakeshaft, a selection of which can now be seen in Gallery 27. Find out more about both of these stories at special lunchtime talks. Keep an eye on our new website for other news and events.
The season will round off with a special community event on 10 August to celebrate Lord Fitzwilliam’s birthday. And we will be launching ‘My Fitzwilliam’ – a chance for people to say what the
Tim Knox Director and Marlay Curator
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Booking for Events Tel: 01223 332904 Email: education@fitzmuseum. cam.ac.uk
Group Visits All groups must book at least 10 days in advance. Groups of children ages 16 and under must be supervised by an adult at all times.
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Major Exhibitions 4 My Fitzwilliam 11 Tours 12 Special Events 14 Families 15
General Enquiries
Children’s Workshops
Tel: 01223 332900 Email: fitzmuseum-enquiries@ lists.cam.ac.uk
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Concessions Concessionary prices are available to Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 65+, students and those in receipt of benefit.
Location Key 1 British & European Art 2 British Art 3 British Art 7 Italian Art 10 Octagon Gallery 12 Adeane Gallery 13 Mellon Gallery 14 Shiba Gallery
Displays 19 Talks 21 Adults 23 Teachers 25 Music 26 University of Cambridge Museums & Botanic Garden
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Visitor Information
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Support the Fitzwilliam
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16 Charrington Print Room 17 Flower Paintings 27 European Pottery 33 Arts of the Near East 35 Seminar Room 36 Studio A floor plan showing all locations is available from both entrances and on our website.
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Exhibitions
Bicentenary 2016
Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 – 2016 Until 30 December 10 Running throughout 2016, this exhibition explores the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future. A timeline of the first 200 years introduces key themes and characters, while displays of objects will show how the collections have developed over two centuries. The exhibition runs alongside a new book The Fitzwilliam Museum: A History. For the very first time, this tells the full 200 year story of the Museum. The triumphs and challenges of successive Directors, the changing nature of the Museum’s relationship with its parent University, and its dogged survival through the two World Wars. It also sheds light on the colourful, but previously little-known, personal life of Viscount Fitzwilliam himself. For complementary events see pages 11 & 26.
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Bicentenary 2016
COLOUR:
The art and science of illuminated manuscripts 30 July – 30 December 12 & 13 The second major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections. They range from the prayer books of European royalty and merchants to an alchemical scroll, a duchess’ wedding gift, the ABC of a five-year old princess and local treasures like the Macclesfield Psalter. The hundreds of images sheltered in volumes that were cherished in princely and religious libraries for centuries constitute the largest and best preserved repositories of medieval and Renaissance painting. With most panel and wall paintings destroyed by war, greed, puritanical zeal or time, illuminated manuscripts are the richest resources for the study of early European painting. Travel from 8th century Northumbria to 17th century Nepal via Oxford, Paris, Bruges, Cologne, Florence, Venice, Constantinople, Jerusalem and Kashmir. Discover the secrets of original masterpieces and modern forgeries. Find out what cutting-edge technologies reveal about the painting materials of the past, and the images’ meaning and value to their owners.
COLOUR showcases advanced research undertaken by the Fitzwilliam’s curators, scientists and conservators involved in the Cambridge Illuminations and MINIARE projects. It celebrates modern-day discoveries inspired by collections assembled over 200 years.
Christ surrounded by eleven Apostles, The Breslau Psalter (MS 36-1950), fol. 49v, Silesia, Breslau, c. 1255-1267 Detail of Marlay Cutting It. 18, Italy, Venice, c. 1420
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Exhibitions
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Brueghel and his Time: Landscape drawings from the Bruce Ingram bequest 10 May – 4 September 14 Jan Brueghel the Elder, Paul Bril, David Vinckeboons, Abraham Bloemaert and Esaias van de Velde are among the 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists credited with pioneering the landscape tradition. This exhibition brings together rarely seen early landscapes by these artists and others from the bequest of Sir Bruce Ingram. Ingram’s remarkable collection of over one thousand European drawings given to the Museum in 1963 reflects his passion for landscapes and includes depictions of the Netherlands’ lowlands to the craggy mountains of a fantasy world. Jan Brueghel the Elder, A village in the mountains, Bequeathed by Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963 (detail)
Exhibitions
An Amateur’s Passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection 9 August 2016 – 29 January 2017 16 The Museum’s founder, Lord Fitzwilliam, was an enthusiastic collector of prints. In his lifetime he amassed around 40,000 loose impressions and devoted significant time and energy arranging them into albums of varying sizes to keep on the shelves of his library. His collection reflects his broad taste, ranging from etchings by Rembrandt to works by other highly skilled but less fashionable printmakers. This exhibition looks at what interested Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection and will feature examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector. A selection of Lord Fitzwilliam’s print albums
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Last chance to see
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Death on the Nile: Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt Until 22 May 12 & 13 Nakhtefmut’s mummy case, about 923 BC (detail)
Find out how coffin design developed over 4,000 years, reflecting significant changes both in the status of affluent ancient Egyptians and in the gods that were important to them. Discover how these remarkable objects were constructed and what this information can reveal about the craftsmen who made coffins and the clients who commissioned and bought them. A ‘live’ conservation area in the exhibition provides visitors with a unique insight into the science used to examine the objects on display. For complementary events see pages 14, 17, 21 & 23. Exhibition eGuides are available for a small fee from the Main Entrance and the exhibition gallery landing. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), Norham Castle on the Tweed, c.1816 (detail)
1816: Prints by Turner, Goya and Cornelius Until 31 July 16 A look across Europe at three series of prints by major artists published in 1816, the year of the founding of the Fitzwilliam. The period was known as ‘the year without a summer’ due to the after-effects of the 1815 volcano eruption in Indonesia. Global cooling, volcanic ash, darkness, crop failures, food riots and spectacular sunsets influenced artists and writers of the time. A variety of responses can be seen here with Goya’s Tauromaquia, books eleven and twelve of Turner’s Liber Studiorum, and Peter Cornelius’s large-scale Illustrations to Goethe’s Faust. For complementary talk see page 22.
Bicentenary 2016 My Fitzwilliam As a celebration of our Bicentenary year we are launching My Fitzwilliam, a film project to capture what the Museum means to visitors today. We are actively seeking contributions from as broad a range of people as we can gather to celebrate all those who play an active part in the life of the Museum; as visitors, students, participants in our learning programmes, Friends, volunteers, supporters and staff. We will be launching this project with interviews with both well-known supporters of the Museum, and people taking part in some of our current learning projects, but we want to hear from you! If you would like to send us your contribution, there are three questions we would like you to answer. You can answer just one, or all three: Tell us about your favourite thing in the Museum? Do you have a memory of the Fitzwilliam to share? What makes the Museum special?
Images Š Martin Bond
For more information about how to submit your contribution, see the home page story on the Museum website www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. You can submit your contribution or get in touch and we can arrange to capture your thoughts at the Museum. If you would rather write your answers you can email them or post them to us too. However you contribute, let us have your contact details. Throughout the year, there will be opportunities to contribute to the film at special events including Museums at Night (Friday 13 May) and during Family Art Week (Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4 August).
Happy Birthday Fitzwilliam – SAVE THE DATE On Wednesday 10 August from 13.00 to 16.00, we are going to celebrate what would have been the 271st birthday of our Founder, Richard, VII Viscount Fitzwilliam. On a day which will include music, talks and activities for young and old, we will open up our lawns for a summer celebration of 200 years of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Full details of the day will be advertised on the home page of our website from 1 July 2016.
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Tours
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Guided tours Saturdays 14.30 Enjoy a one-hour introductory tour of the Museum with a Cambridge Badge Guide. Meet in Courtyard Entrance at least 10 minutes in advance of the tour. £6
Guided tours for private groups are also available through Cambridge Visitor Information Centre, tel: 01223 791501 or email: tours@cambridge.gov.uk
Take a self guided tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection with the new digital eGuide. Working with Acoustiguide, a leading name in digital interpretation, the Museum has designed eGuide to help enhance visitors’ experience of selected exhibits. It offers audio commentaries, high quality images and descriptive text for over 70 objects. The guide is arranged in tours, including Explore all Galleries, Director’s Choice, thematic tours, and special guided tours of temporary exhibitions when available. The guide can be downloaded in advance, free of charge, from Apple and Android app stores, or can be hired from both Museum entrances at a cost of £4 (£3 concessions), free to Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Tours
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Tours for blind & partially sighted adults The sessions below will take place at the Fitzwilliam Museum, unless otherwise stated. Free, but booking essential. To register your interest tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.
Audio descriptive talks and tours
Handling sessions and touch tours
15.00 – 15.45
15.00 – 15.45
Lucie Rie, studio potter
Getting to grips with the pre-historic past
Tuesday 31 May With Kettle’s Yard
Ancient Egyptian masks and mummies Tuesday 28 June
Discover the new exhibition Hide and Seek
Wednesday 29 June At the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Celebrating our Bicentenary Wednesday 27 July
Tuesday 26 July At the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Guide dogs and companions are welcome at all sessions
Small group visits With advance notice we can organise tailored tours, talks and handling sessions for small groups of blind and partially sighted people across a range of University of Cambridge Museums. Contact us to find out more.
Self-guided audio described tours Available free of charge on audio handsets for the Death on the Nile and COLOUR exhibitions, as well as a trial tour of selected exhibits from the permanent collection.
Special Events
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Museums at Night Friday 13 May Open until 21.00 • Free • Drop-in Special after hours opening of the Museum. Drop-in and view the permanent collections and exhibitions, including Death on the Nile. The Shop will be open for late-night shopping and the Café will be serving cocktails and Mediterranean nibbles and platters with a jazz trio performing in the Courtyard from 19.45. As part of Museums at Night we are holding the following free event:
Writing Lives: Death on the Nile with novelist Sophie Hannah Opportunity to view Death on the Nile exhibition: 18.00 Talk and book signing: 18.45 – 19.30 • 35 To celebrate the Death on the Nile exhibition and Agatha Christie’s Poirot novel set in Egypt, crime novelist and poet Sophie Hannah will be talking about being given permission by the Christie estate to write a new Poirot murder mystery The Monogram Murders, and her latest novel A Game for all the Family. Free, but booking essential
We invite book groups and individuals to read Agatha Christie’s famous Poirot mystery Death on the Nile and join in our online discussion group: dotnfitzbookgroup.wordpress.com Books will be available to buy in the Courtyard Shop or to borrow from your local library who have ordered extra stock for our online book group. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the My Fitzwilliam film project, see page 11.
Booking Essential. For further information and to book tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk unless otherwise stated
Free Family Resources
Pick up a range of free activities to explore and learn together as a family. Available anytime, at both entrances.
Gallery Trails 5 – 12 yrs Choose from a selection of themed gallery trails, including our new Shakespeare trail.
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Fitz Kits 5 – 12 yrs Discover our range of Fitz Kits with games and puzzles to take you on a journey around the Museum. The new Celebration Fitz Kit launching in the summer holidays celebrates the Museum’s 200th birthday year.
Story Starters 2 – 6 yrs Pick up a satchel containing a picture book and activities to help youngsters explore the galleries, including our new Gruffalo themed pack.
Baby Play Mat 0 – 2 yrs Collect a play mat full of carefully selected resources that connect with themes and objects in the collection.
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Families
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Family First Saturdays 14.00 – 16.00 Free • Drop-in On the first Saturday of each month join us for activities and art-making focussing on a specific theme.
Creepy crawlies 7 May
Inside out 4 June
Kettle’s Yard comes to the Fitz 2 July
Splash of colour 6 August
New! Family tours with one of our educators Tours last 30 minutes and leave at 14.15 and 15.15. Great for all ages. Number restrictions apply.
Summer at the Museums Big Weekend: Make and create Saturday 9 July • 12.00 – 17.00 Parker’s Piece Join the Fitzwilliam along with other University of Cambridge Museums and enjoy some hands-on creative fun.
Family Art Week at the Fitzwilliam Tuesday 2 – Thursday 4 August Drop-in anytime between 11.00 – 13.00 & 14.00 – 16.00 All ages • Free Create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the three days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the Museum’s collections for creative inspiration.
Children’s Workshops
Join in a range of creative workshops for children and families. Access to a worldclass collection of art provides inspiration for art-making in the studio 36 Ages vary by workshop. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult throughout the duration of the workshop. For all events meet in the Courtyard Entrance. Booking essential. To register your interest please tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
Baby magic!
It’s magic!
Summer sculpture
Tuesday 10 May & Wednesday 13 July 10.00 – 11.00 0 – 2 yrs
Wednesday 25 May & Tuesday 19 July 10.00 – 11.30 2 – 5 yrs
Saturday 23 July 10.30 – 12.30 8 – 12 yrs
These gently structured sessions allow babies to discover aspects of our collection through sensory exploration of colour, shape, texture, sounds and movement. We will enjoy the galleries together and get creative in the studio.
Looking at art can be magical! Experience the collections through stories and make art of your own in the studio to take home.
£3 per child
Extraordinary Egypt Saturday 14 May 10.30 – 12.30 8 – 12 yrs Travel back in time to ancient Egypt. Go on a family tour of our special exhibition Death on the Nile then get creative with clay in the studio with artist Caroline Wendling.
£3 per child
Scrape, splodge, splash Saturday 18 June 10.30 – 12.30 5 – 7 yrs Enjoy painting with artist Lara Jones. Be inspired by artwork around the Museum, then paint your own marvellous masterpiece. £8 per child
£8 per child
Image © Martin Bond
Discover the ways in which artists have used natural forms in their art. Then create your own sculpture with artist Jo Miller. £8 per child
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Utagawa Hiroshige, Mount Yuka in Bizen Province (Bizen Ukazan),1858 (detail)
ReSource 11.00 – 13.00 13 – 18 yrs 36 Enjoy art and want to develop your own ideas and projects? Join us in our art studio with a different guest artist each month. These sessions are specifically designed for young people. Saturday 21 May
Saturday 16 July
Create your own unique Japanese inspired prints on fabric pencil cases, with artist Hideki Arichi from Digswell Art studios.
Using specialist dry point printing techniques, create your own unique prints to frame and display. Artist Caroline Wendling from Wysing Arts Centre will lead this workshop, drawing inspiration from our current print exhibition featuring works by Turner, Goya and Cornelius.
Saturday 11 June Join guest artist Lara Jones and create mono-printed posters and limited edition cards. £5 per session
Booking essential. To register your interest tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
Displays
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Henry Moore’s Hill Arches (1973) May 2016 – November 2017 North Lawn For the next two years a monumental bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, titled Hill Arches, will be on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum from the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire. Moore is best known for sculptures of the human figure sited in architectural or natural settings, but here he has created a landscape in its own right – perhaps, as the title suggests, an echo of the rolling hills of his native Yorkshire. This enormous, four-piece sculpture will be sited in front of the Museum, visible to all visitors and those walking down Trumpington Street. For complementary talk see page 21.
© bluebus (Flickr Creative Commons)
Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum 8 April onwards 27 Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together in this second display from Kettle’s Yard. The display brings together for the first time, paintings and sculptures by pioneering modern artists represented in both collections. For complementary events see pages 16 & 23. Find out more about Kettle’s Yard’s plans and their collection on their website: www.kettlesyard.co.uk Barbara Hepworth, Pastorale, 1969 Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge © Bowness
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Britain’s Longest Serving Monarchs 31 May – 2 October 33 Queen Elizabeth II is now the longest serving monarch in British history. Coins, medals and banknotes bear witness to the Queen’s remarkable reign, and to the lives and times of George III and Victoria, who both reigned for six decades. The story begins in the Middle Ages with Henry III and Edward III, the longest serving monarchs of medieval England.
Encounters: Money in the age of discovery Until 29 May 17 Between the 15th and 18th centuries the riches of new worlds in the Americas, Africa and the Indian Ocean saw Spanish, Portuguese, British and French explorers and adventurers travel to new continents in search of new lands and wealth. The objects in this display illustrate the fundamental changes that occurred in this period of European expansion, which paved the way for the modern global economy. For complementary talk see page 21. Queen Elizabeth II, £5 coin, 50th anniversary of Coronation, 2003 Piece of eight from Spanish mines in Bolivia
Talks
Enjoy a variety of free lunchtime talks by members of staff and guest speakers. Talks take place from 13.15 – 14.00 in the Seminar Room 35 (space is limited), unless otherwise stated. Admission is by token, 1 per person, available at the Courtyard Entrance from 12.45 on the day of the talk. Induction loop available.
Death comes as the end: Burial practice in ancient Thebes Wednesday 4 May Dr Nigel Strudwick, Director, Cambridge Theban Tombs Project
Egyptian coffins: Exploring the painter’s craft Wednesday 11 May Elsbeth Geldhof, historic paint Conservator
Detecting the work of painters and scribes on ancient Egyptian coffins Wednesday 18 May Dr John H. Taylor, Assistant Keeper, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum
Three stories of money in the Age of Discovery Wednesday 25 May Richard Kelleher, Assistant Keeper of Coins (Medieval and Modern)
Hill Arches and other works by Henry Moore at the Fitz Wednesday 1 June Dr Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts
Nakhtefmut’s mummy case, about 923 BC (detail)
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Merete Rasmussen, Blue Twisted Form, 2011 (detail) © The artist
Rescuing Sebastiano del Piombo’s Adoration of the Shepherds
The Goodison gifts of contemporary British craft
Wednesday 15 June
Wednesday 13 July
Rupert Featherstone, Director, HKI / Assistant Director, Conservation Talk in 35 followed by opportunity to ask speaker questions informally in 17
Dr Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts
Furniture at the Fitz: New arrivals Wednesday 22 June Helen Ritchie, Research Assistant, Applied Arts
Turner, Goya and Cornelius in 1816
An introduction to the Dr John Shakeshaft collection of British studio pottery Wednesday 20 July Helen Ritchie, Research Assistant and Lindsay Millington, Volunteer, Applied Arts Talk in 35 followed by opportunity to ask speaker questions informally in 27
Wednesday 29 June Elenor Ling, Research Assistant (Prints) and Amy Marquis, Study Room Invigilator, Department of Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Art speak Tuesdays 17 May, 21 June & 19 July 13.15 • Free • Drop-in Meet in Courtyard Entrance Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art.
Adults
Booking essential. To register your interest tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
Then and now: How does society deal with death?
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Tuesday 10 May
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Opportunity to view Death on the Nile exhibition: 18.00
Discover new ways of working at this artist led workshop inspired by Museum exhibitions and collections, with different themes each month.
Panel discussion: 18.45 – 20.00 chaired by Catherine Carr 3 In today’s society, talking about death is often regarded as the last taboo. This panel discussion will bring together a range of speakers from an expert in ancient Egyptian funerary practice, a consultant radiologist and speakers who today support those preparing for death and the bereaved. Our panel includes Kate Spence, Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology, and Tom Turmezei, ex-Addenbrookes Hospital, who has been involved in scanning some of the exhibits within Death on the Nile. They will be joined by Poppy Mardall, Director of Poppy’s Funerals who says: “Our mission is to empower and support people to have the funeral that is right for them”. Helen Bailey, author of the blog planetgrief.com and the book of the blog When BAD Things Happen in GOOD Bikinis, and Josie Dwyer from East Anglia's Children's Hospices at Milton will also contribute to the discussion. This event forms part of Dying Matters Awareness Week. £6
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Friday 20 May Develop your drawing skills in the galleries through studying form and surface decoration in the Museum’s ceramic collections, including works from ancient Cyprus to contemporary pieces in clay. Friday 10 June Paint in acrylic inspired by the early modernists, using Gallery 1 as our starting point. Friday 22 July Dry point printing workshop, drawing inspiration from our current print exhibition featuring works by Turner, Goya and Cornelius.
Kettle's Yard in context Thursdays 2 & 9 June • 14.00 – 16.00 Meet in Courtyard Entrance A second selection of work from the house at Kettle's Yard has come to the Fitzwilliam providing another opportunity to consider Kettle's Yard artists and makers (including Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Lucie Rie, William Scott and Roger Hilton) in the context of their contemporaries represented in the permanent collection at the Fitzwilliam (including Picasso and Epstein). This two week gallery based course led by Julia Tozer, freelance art educator, will include opportunities to visit the Applied Arts Department and Print Room to view work not normally on show. £20 (£15 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam)
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Victorian Passions: The Bible and antiquity in the 19th century Presented in partnership with the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities (CRASSH) In the 19th century the relationship between classical antiquity and Christianity came under unprecedented scrutiny. Questions were posed about the literal truth of the Bible, and the perceived ideal of a ‘classical education’ increasingly made Victorians doubt its ‘suitability’ as a guide to behaviour and morals. Issues such as these are explored through the Fitzwilliam Museum’s paintings, drawings, manuscripts, archives and artefacts, in a special series of talks. William Blake (1757-1827), Death on a Pale Horse, c.1800 (detail)
An evening in the Victorian parlour: The Bible and antiquity at home Wednesday 8 June Doors open: 18.45 Concert and reading: 19.00 2 & 3
A passion for travel: Victorian collectors, travellers and tourists Tuesday 17 May 14.00 – 15.00 Professor Janet Soskice & Dr Brian Murray 2
A passion for manuscripts: ‘The borderlands of the Bible’ Tuesday 31 May • 14.00 – 15.00 Mr Scott Mandelbrote & Dr Alison Knight Graham Robertson Study Room
Images and stories from the Bible and classical antiquity were everywhere in the 19th century. Join lecturer and broadcaster Professor Simon Goldhill and his colleagues for an evening of music and readings from the Victorian parlour including work by John Keble, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Heinrich Heine, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Sullivan and Charles Stanford, performed amid a special display of rarely seen art and artefacts. The evening will conclude with one of the ghost stories of M.R. James, scholar and one time Director of the Fitzwilliam. £8 (£5 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum), booking essential.
A passion for things: The Bible and antiquity on the Victorian mantelpiece Tuesday 7 June •14.00 – 15.00 Dr Kate Nichols & Dr Gareth Atkins 2 All talks are free, but booking is essential. tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Teachers
Open access studio for art & design teachers and artists Saturday 25 June 10.15 – 13.00 Meet in Courtyard Entrance A practical workshop for art teachers and artists. This session, supported by Fitzwilliam Museum staff, provides an opportunity to create your own art inspired by the Fitzwilliam Museum collection in our fully equipped studio with print press. The session also provides an opportunity to share ideas and professional practice about working with art students in the galleries. £25, includes refreshments
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My Cambridge INSET: Making the most of your local museum
Artist-led CPD for primary school teachers
Wednesday 25 May 14.30 – 17.00 Meet in Courtyard Entrance
Thursday 16 June
My Cambridge aims to make sure all children and young people feel part of the rich variety of culture in Cambridge. During this INSET you will have the opportunity to work with experienced educators from the University of Cambridge Museums to explore how you can make best use of your local museums, embed cultural visits into your long term planning and bring different areas of the curriculum to life.
Work with artists from AccessArt to refresh your creative energy and find inspiration to enrich your own practice and try new activities and approaches in your school or as part of a trip to museum.
14.00 – 17.00 Meet in Courtyard Entrance
£25 per session
Free, booking essential www.cambridge.gov.uk/my-cambridge
Booking essential. To register your interest tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
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Lunchtime Concerts 13.15 • Free 3
Enjoy a series of popular lunchtime concerts, with music performed by talented musicians in the beautiful surroundings of the Museum. Admission is by token, 1 per person, available at the Founder’s Entrance desk on a first-come first-served basis from 12.00 on the day of the concert. Space is limited - no standing room available. Voluntary collection after each concert. Programmes may be subject to change.
Lord Fitzwilliam as student and composer of music Sunday 1 May Chamber organ recital, to be performed by Dr Gerald Gifford FRCM, Honorary Keeper of Music. The second in a series of three introduced recitals throughout 2016 to celebrate the Museum’s bicentenary. The series draws upon selected holdings of harpsichord and organ music from the Founder’s collection, revealing both the public image that Lord Fitzwilliam portrayed as an influential patron of music, and also the private interests that he pursued in collecting his extensive library of manuscript and printed music.
Date for your diary: Lord Fitzwilliam as editor and performer of music Sunday 6 November
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Music for Clarinet
Lucy Cavendish Singers
Sunday 8 May
Sunday 29 May
Programme to include music by Messiaen, Gershwin and homage pieces to Puccini and Poulenc composed by Luca Luciano (solo clarinet).
The Lucy Cavendish Singers present an exhilarating mix of classical, traditional and contemporary music, including works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Healey Willan, Javier Busto and Moira Smiley. Directed by Katharina Megli, with Ivan Garford (piano and double bass).
CERBERUS plays... Sunday 15 May Gwen Owen Robinson (violin), Veronica Henderson (cello) and Jill Morton (piano) perform Grieg Andante con Moto and Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op.70 no.2.
Music for violin and piano Sunday 22 May Charlotte Rowan (violin) and Charlotte Stevenson (piano) perform pieces by Wieniawski, Sarasate, Bartok, Boulanger and Glazunov.
Graham Mitchison and friends Sunday 5 June Programme to include Brahms Piano Quintet.
Music for Piano Sunday 12 June Patrick Hemmerle (piano) performs Brahms’ Variations on a theme by Schumann, opus 9, and Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes in Variation form, opus 13.
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Cambridge Summer Music Festival Monday 25 July: 19.30 3 Fresh from performances at Oper Frankfurt and Garsington Opera, young British soprano Louise Alder makes her CSMF debut with a varied programme of art songs and arias alongside acclaimed pianist Gary Matthewman. Programme to include pieces by Duparc, Debussy, Watkins, Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini, Lehar and Dove. For full details visit: www.cambridgesummermusic.com
“Alder revealed an alluring voice characterised by lyrical charm and astonishing power, complemented by a sure sense of poetic meaning and musical poetry . . . a name to watch.” Opera Today, 2014 £25 (concessions available). Tickets available from Cambridge Live Tickets, Wheeler Street, Cambridge. Tel: 01223 357851 • www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/
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Coming up… Museums at Night 12 & 13 May Explore Cambridge Museums after-hours with a range of bookable and drop-in events, late night bars, and the chance to wander galleries at dusk. For more information visit: www.cam.ac.uk/museumsatnight Free
Summer at the Museums 22 July – 31 August Calling all families! Summer at the Museums is back to provide even more hands-on activities, trails, workshops and creative fun to keep you entertained throughout the holidays. www.cam.ac.uk/museums/summer
Big Weekend: Make and create Saturday 9 July: 12.00 – 17.00 Parker’s Piece Drop-in and join the University of Cambridge Museums and friends for some hands-on creative fun. Get a taste of what we have in store for the summer holidays and be one of the first to pick up our jam packed Summer at the Museums events programme. www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk Free
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Visitor Information
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During your visit if you have any questions or need help, please speak to a member of staff.
Fitzwilliam Museum Prints For high quality reproduction prints and canvas prints from the collection visit: www.fitzwilliamprints.com
Courtyard Shop Visit the shop for a range of gifts inspired by the collection.
Courtyard Café 10.00–16.30 Lunches from 11.30–15.30. For reservations tel: 01223 764402.
North Lawn Café Fresh sandwiches, salads and drinks in an al fresco setting. Open end of April to October, weather permitting.
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Please use Courtyard Entrance for street level access and entrance for groups and schools. Fully accessible toilets and lift access to all floors.
A wide and flexible range of teaching and practical sessions for pre-booked school groups.
All displays accessible apart from balcony in Gallery 3 and Sasakawa Fan Gallery. For large print, Braille information or further access enquiries, tel: 01223 332928 or email: fitzmuseum-access@lists. cam.ac.uk Wheelchairs are available to borrow at the Courtyard Entrance. Please book in advance, tel: 01223 332928.
Photography Non flash photography with hand-held cameras is allowed for private use in the Museum, unless otherwise indicated.
eGuide A digital guide to the collections is available from both Museum entrances at a cost of £4 (£3 concessions), free to Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
In-service training for teachers and pre-service training for students available. For more information tel: 01223 332904, email: education@fitzmuseum. cam.ac.uk or see website.
Reference Library By advance appointment tel: 01223 764398 or email: fitzmuseum-library@lists. cam.ac.uk
Study Room Individual and group access to the collection of paintings, drawings and prints by advance appointment. Open Tuesday–Friday 10.00–13.00 & 14.00–16.30. Tel: 01223 764363 or email: fitzmuseum-studyroom@ lists.cam.ac.uk
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Become a Friend of the Fitzwilliam and enjoy ... • Exclusive lectures, evening openings and study days at the Museum • Free digital eGuide for self-guided tours of the Museum’s collection • Special visits to see other treasures within the Colleges of the University of Cambridge • Visits to exhibitions, art galleries and historic houses in Britain • Social events in the summer and at Christmas • Seasonal offers in the Museum’s Courtyard Shop Unique among UK museums, the Friends’ subscription is directed exclusively to new acquisitions for the Museum. Join online and find out more at: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/support/friends Or call the Friends Office on: 01223 332933
Support Us! Donations keep our galleries open free of charge, conserve our collection and deliver our education service. Please donate at the Museum or contact the Development Office to discuss giving opportunities. Gallery Hire Galleries are available for hire outside formal opening hours. They provide a stunning and unique environment for corporate events, concerts, lectures and receptions.
Legacies help safeguard the collection for future generations to appreciate.
Corporate sponsorship of exhibitions, events and education programmes offers opportunities for businesses to strengthen their corporate image and promote their brand.
The Marlay Group enjoys a special relationship with one of the greatest art collections of the nation and contribute to the future of the Fitzwilliam. To find out more, contact: Lois Hargrave, Director of Development Tel: 01223 332921 Email: development@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
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FREE ADMISSION
Opening Hours Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 17.00 Sundays & Bank Holidays 12.00 – 17.00 CLOSED: Mondays, 24-26 & 31 December and 1 January
How to find us The Fitzwilliam Museum is in Trumpington Street, a few minutes walk from Cambridge City Centre. No visitor parking. Limited Pay & Display and disabled badge-holder parking is available on Trumpington Street. Nearest car parks: Grand Arcade off Pembroke Street, or Queen Anne, Gonville Place.
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The Uni 4 bus to and from Madingley Road Park & Ride and Addenbrooke’s Hospital stops outside the Museum (Mon-Fri).
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For Park & Ride information visit: www.parkandride.net/cambridge/cambridge_frameset. shtml
All images © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, unless otherwise stated. Cover image © Jean Corbechon, Livre des proprietés des choses, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, France, Paris, 1414, Master of the Mazarine Hours (act. c.14001415) (detail)
The Fitzwilliam Museum gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Art Fund as a major supporter of acquisitions
Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RB Tel: 01223 332900 Email: fitzmuseumenquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk