What's On January - April 2016

WHAT’S ON January - April 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 As the thirteenth Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, I feel hugely privileged to see the Museum into its bicentenary year. I follow in the footsteps of such celebrated connoisseur-curators as Sir Sydney Cockerell, Louis Clarke, Carl Winter and Michael Jaffé, all of whom greatly enriched the collections and improved the displays.

The year-long celebration will be very special indeed – and we are inviting anyone who has never seen the Museum to make this the year they visit. In addition to the two major exhibitions, we are planning public programmes, concerts and other festivities to illuminate our collections and delight our audiences, the first of these can be read about in this edition of What’s On.

We hope to be able to announce soon a major new acquisition for 2016, but in the meantime look out for two splendid new loans in the galleries – Lucian Freud’s beautiful Self Portrait drawing of 1948 in the 20th Century Gallery, and Stuart Pearson-Wright’s spine-chilling sculpture The Spectre of Brave Alonzo (2013), which balefully gazes out from a corner of the Armoury. Inspired by a grisly apparition in an 18th century Gothick novel, it incorporates an exact replica of a hounscull bascinet, a type of helmet, made by a professional armourer.

Tim Knox Director and Marlay Curator

Contents

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 Special Events 10 Conferences 11 Tours 12 Families 13

General Enquiries

Children’s Workshops

Tel: 01223 332900 Email: fitzmuseumenquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk

Young People 16

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 3 British Art 7 Italian Art 10 Octagon Gallery 12 Adeane Gallery 13 Mellon Gallery 14 Shiba Gallery 16 Charrington Print Room

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Displays 20 Talks 22 Adults 24 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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17 Flower Paintings 27 European Pottery 33 Arts of the Near East 35 Seminar Room

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36 Studio A floor plan showing all locations is available from both entrances and on our website.

The Fitzwilliam Museum

@FitzMuseum_UK Cover image Š Martin Bond

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Exhibitions

Bicentenary 2016

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016 4 February – 30 December 10 Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future. A timeline of the first 200 years will introduce 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 will tell 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 will also shed light on the colourful, but previously little-known, personal life of Viscount Fitzwilliam himself.

For complementary events see pages 15, 22 & 26.

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Exhibitions

Bicentenary 2016

Death on the Nile:

Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt 23 February – 22 May 12 & 13 The first major exhibition for the Fitzwilliam’s 2016 bicentenary celebrations goes beyond the images of mummies, pharaohs and mystery often associated with ancient Egypt. It shows 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 will provide visitors with a unique insight into the science used to examine the objects on display.

Exhibition eGuides are available for a small fee from both Museum entrances and the exhibition gallery landing.

A complementary display of the original artwork for Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile can be seen in the main entrance, at the top of the staircase outside Gallery 3.

For related events see pages 11, 12, 13, 15-17 & 22-24.

Coffins of Nespawershefyt, around1070–890 BC (detail) Gilded face from a coffin (detail)

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Exhibitions

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Ronald Searle: ‘Obsessed with drawing’ Until 31 January 14 Ronald Searle (1920-2011) is among Britain’s most popular graphic satirists. Born in Cambridge, Searle is best known as the inventor of the fictional girls’ school St. Trinian’s (1948) and for his collaborations on Geoffrey Willans’ Molesworth series (1953-58). This exhibition shows a range of work across his career.

Ronald Searle (1920-2011), Four Cats, (detail) @The estate of Ronald Searle

Cradled in Caricature: Visual humour in satirical prints and drawings Until 31 January 16 This exhibition looks at the methods used

by British artists from James Gillray to Glen Baxter to amuse and entertain. Works in the show are drawn from the Fitzwilliam’s collection with key loans from Andrew Edmunds and Benjamin Lemer.

James Gillray (1757-1815), A Sphere, projecting against a plain, 1792 (detail)

Exhibitions Crawling with Life: Flower drawings from the Henry Rogers Broughton bequest 2 February – 8 May 14

Spiders, snails, beetles, butterflies, moths, frogs and lizards are just some of the living creatures painted amongst the flowers in the Museum’s botanical paintings and drawings.

See superb watercolours by the intrepid 17th century German naturalist and illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian and her tutor Jacob Marrel, as well as works by the Dutch artist Jan van Huysum and members of the Dietzsch family. These are accompanied by studies of carnivorous plants and those designed to attract insects through mimicry or putrid smells, painted by the German born scientist and illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret and the French artist and engraver Nicolas Robert. For complementary talks see pages 22-23.

1816: Prints by Turner, Goya and Cornelius 9 February – 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.

Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706-1783), Primula auricula with caterpillar and pale clouded yellow butterfly (detail) Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), Norham Castle on the Tweed, c. 1816 (detail)

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Special Events

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e-Luminate Cambridge Festival Friday 12 – Wednesday 17 February The Cambridge festival of light returns for a fourth year with the theme of ‘Connecting Lights’. The installation at the Fitzwilliam will be designed by artist Gabby Shawcross working with Chauvet Lighting. The interactive display can be viewed from the pavement from 17.30 after the Museum shuts, and will be accessible after hours on 17 February for Twilight at the Museums.

Free

Cambridge Literary Festival Sunday 10 April 10.00 – 12.00 3 To celebrate the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth Claire Harman joins us to discuss her hugely well reviewed biography Charlotte Brontë: A Life. In addition, audience members will be treated to a display of letters from the Fitzwilliam’s literary archives. These were written by Brontë to Miss Wooler, originally her Headmistress, later employer and lifelong friend. The letters date from 1845 to Brontë’s death in 1855. They cover the period of the publication of her poems, Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette, and her late marriage to Arthur Nicholls Bell in 1854.

Tickets on sale mid-February from: www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com

Conferences

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Death on the Nile

Glanville Lecture

Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 April Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Decoding ancient Egyptian coffins: The judgement of the dead and their eternal destiny

A three-day conference focussing on the development of coffins in antiquity, including technological, iconographic and text-based studies; the post-antiquity history of coffins; and developments in the technical examination and analysis of coffins.

Speakers will be specialists in Egyptology, technology and conservation. The registration fee includes all conference materials, lunch, refreshments and a private view of the Death on the Nile exhibition. £90 (£55 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum).

Please book through: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk

Saturday 9 April 17.00 Judge Business School, University of Cambridge The annual Glanville Lecture celebrates the life and work of Professor Stephen Glanville (1900– 1956), a former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum and a notable Egyptologist.

This year’s speaker, Dr John H. Taylor (Assistant Keeper, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum), is one of the world’s foremost scholars on the subject of ancient Egyptian coffins and funerary beliefs and author of many books, including Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Free, but places are limited.

Please book through: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk

Nakhtefmut’s mummy case, about 923 BC (detail)

Tours

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Guided tours Saturdays 14.30 Enjoy a one-hour introductory tour of the Museum with a Blue Badge Guide.

Meet in Courtyard Entrance. £6

Guided tours for private groups are also available through Cambridge Tourist Information Centre, tel: 01223 457574 or email: tours@cambridge.gov.uk

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

Audio descriptive talk, tea and cake and touch tour

15.00 – 15.45

15.00 – 15.45

14.00 – 16.00

Animals in art

Face to face with Epstein’s Albert Einstein

The art of miniature & Face to face with Epstein’s Albert Einstein

Tuesday 26 January

Wednesday 27 January

The art of Ben Nicholson Tuesday 23 February

Wonders from the ancient world

Jewellery and adornment

Wednesday 24 February

Tuesday 29 March At the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Death on the Nile Tuesday 26 April

Saturday 12 March Celebrating Disabled Access Day

Shells of the world

Small group visits

Wednesday 30 March

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. .

With the Museum of Zoology

Antarctica is all stitched up!

Wednesday 27 April With the Polar Museum

Families

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Family First Saturdays 14.00 – 16.00 Free • Drop-in On the first Saturday of each month visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point in Gallery 33 and collect drawing materials, activities and trails to use throughout the Museum, exploring a variety of themes.

Shapes of art

Ancient Egypt

2 January

5 March

Kettle’s Yard comes to the Fitz

Favourite things 2 April

6 February

Twilight at the Museums Wednesday 17 February 16.30 – 20.30 • Free • Drop-in The Fitzwilliam Museum will be teaming up with Kettle’s Yard for this year’s Twilight at the Museums. Families are invited to experience the Museum at night – enjoy workshops and storytelling throughout the evening, and look out for the e-Luminate installation on the Museum façade.

Free Family Resources

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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

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Choose from a selection of themed gallery trails, including our new Nursery Rhymes trail.

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 Death on the Nile Fitz Kit draws upon themes within the exhibition.

Story Starters 2 – 6 yrs Pick up a satchel containing a picture book and activities to help youngsters explore the galleries.

Baby Play Mat 0 – 2 yrs Collect a play mat full of carefully selected resources that connect with themes and objects in the collection.

Available at Courtyard Entrance only.

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.

Cartoon creations

It’s magic!

Making memories

Saturday 23 January 10.30 – 12.30 8 – 12 yrs

Wednesday 10 February & Tuesday 19 April 10.00 – 11.30 2 – 5 yrs

Saturday 23 April 10.30 – 12.30 8 – 12 yrs

Get inspired by fun cartoons in our special exhibition Ronald Searle: ‘Obsessed with Drawing’. Then, work with our expert artist to design your own cartoon sketch.

Looking at art can be magical. Explore work in the collections and make art of your own in the studio to take home. £3 per child

£8 per child

Baby magic!

Tuesday 9 February & Wednesday 20 April 10.00 – 11.00 0 – 2 yrs This gently structured session allows 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. £3 per child

Exploring Egypt Saturday 26 March 10.30 – 12.30 5 – 7 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. £8 per child

The Fitzwilliam is 200 years old! To help us celebrate, create an artwork inspired by your exploration of the Museum. £8 per child

The extraordinary Egyptians Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 March 10.30 – 13.00 8 – 10 yrs Fitzwilliam Museum & Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Uncover the histories of this ancient world through an Explore Arts Award. £25

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ReSource

Portfolio and sketchbook reviews plus arts career advice

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 30 January

Saturday 16 April

Create your own designer tote bag inspired by art in the Museum, with London based artist Ella McCartney.

Printing workshop inspired by the works of Rembrandt with artist Caroline Wendling from Wysing Arts Centre.

Saturday 19 March

Death on The Nile, Egyptian inspired designs with artist and designer Lucy Mazur. £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.

Friday 19 February 10.30 – 13.30 36 A morning session to help students considering a career in the arts to get first hand advice about courses and careers. In collaboration with Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University. Have your questions answered by the Deputy Head of CAS and guest lecturers.

Free, but booking essential for one-to-one support

Young People

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Work experience taster day

Saturdays 13, 20, 27 February and half term: Tuesday 16 – Friday 19 February 10.00 – 16.00

Friday 19 February 10.00 – 16.30

36 GCSE and A’ Level art exam help for young people. Oneto-one advice, artist led workshops, gallery research opportunities and studio space to help students preparing for art exams.

Free, drop-in

SOURCE in the University of Cambridge Museums Tuesday 16 – Thursday 18 February Drawing and art themed research in our partner museums in Cambridge with guest artists and museum experts. Please check our website for venues and further details.

35 Are you in secondary education and interested in a career in museums? The University of Cambridge Museums has organised a one day event to give students an understanding of the variety of jobs available through museums. With visits to two museums and talks from several professionals, the event is free and lunch is provided.

Booking essential. For more information, and to sign up please provide your name and the school you attend to opendoor@hermes.cam.ac.uk The University of Cambridge Museums offer a variety of volunteer, work experience, apprenticeship and internship opportunities. For the most up to date information, please visit: www.cam.ac.uk/museums/getinvolved

How to make an Egyptian coffin Half day course/demonstration Saturday 12 March 13.30 – 16.30 Ages 14+ 36 Specialists involved in the examination and experimental re-creation of Egyptian coffins will demonstrate some of the materials, tools and techniques used to construct and decorate these extraordinary objects. Discover the challenges faced by ancient craftsmen and the remarkable skill, creativity and, sometimes, a bit of fudging required to overcome them. £5

Outer coffin of Nespawershefyt

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Free drop-in events at a glance

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Location Key 1 British & European Art

33 Arts of the Near East

3 British Art Gallery

35 Seminar Room

14 Shiba Gallery

January

February

2 Sat Family First Saturday 14.00 – 16.00 33

3 Wed Talk The Fitzwilliam Museum 13.15 – 14.00 35

17 Sun Music Music for piano 13.15 – 14.00 3

6 Sat Family First Saturday 14.00 – 16.00 33

19 Tue Drop-in Art speak 13.15 – 14.45 Courtyard Entrance

7 Sun Music Instrumental award holders for chamber music 13.15 – 14.00 3

20 Wed Talk Portrait of Maria Isabel de Borbón 13.15 – 14.00 35

10 Wed Talk Introduction to Crawling with Life exhibition 13.15 – 14.00 14

24 Sun Music Lord Fitzwilliam as collector and patron of music 13.15 – 14.00 3

14 Sun Music Music for violin, viola, cello and piano 13.15 – 14.00 3

31 Sun Music Vox Cantab 13.15 – 14.00 3

17 Wed Talk Looking for LGBT history at the Museum 13.15 – 14.00 14 17 Wed Drop-In Twilight at the Museums 16.30 – 20.30 Fitzwilliam Museum 21 Sun Music Music for violin and piano 13.15 – 14.00 3

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23 Tue Drop-in Art Speak 13.15 – 13.45 Courtyard Entrance

22 Tue Drop-in Art Speak 13.15 – 13.45 Courtyard Entrance

24 Wed Talk Introduction to Death on the Nile exhibition 13.15 – 14.00 35

23 Wed Talk Maria Merian’s butterflies 13.15 – 14.00 35

28 Sun Music Songs, duets and piano 13.15 – 14.00 3

April

March 2 Wed Talk New Hall Art Collection 13.15 – 14.00 35 4 Fri Talk Women’s lives in ancient Egypt 13.15 – 14.00 35 5 Sat Family First Saturday 14.00 – 16.00 33 6 Sun Music for piano 13.15 – 14.00 3 9 Wed Talk The science of a painted coffin surface 13.15 – 14.00 35 16 Wed Talk Manuscripts under the microscope 13.15 – 14.00 35 17 Thu Talk Egyptian blue: Science and symbolism 13.15 – 14.00 35

2 Sat Family First Saturday 14.00 – 16.00 33 6 Wed Talk Listening to paintings: Bonnard & Vuillard 13.15 – 14.00 1 13 Wed Talk The coffin of Nespawershefyt 13.15 – 14.00 35 19 Tue Drop-in Art Speak 13.15 – 13.45 Courtyard Entrance 20 Wed Talk Artists at Kettle’s Yard and the Fitzwilliam 13.15 – 14.00 35 27 Wed Talk Egyptian coffins: Exploring the carpenter’s craft 13.15 – 14.00 35

Displays

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Henry Moore’s Hill Arches (1973)

1939-1945: World at War

Early 2016 – November 2017 Front Lawn

Until 31 January

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.

Banknotes and coins reveal little known aspects of World War II. Germany and the Allies issued emergency currencies for the parts of Europe under their control. Japan did the same in the Pacific. Prisoner of War camps had their own money, and forgeries of Bank of England notes were made in German concentration camps. See this currency for yourself and learn about rampant inflation as the nations at war struggled to pay for the conflict.

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Encounters: Money in the age of discovery 2 February – 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 venture 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.

Piece of eight’ from Spanish mines in Bolivia

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Beauty and Balance: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Until 3 April

8 April onwards

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Kettle’s Yard house and gallery are closed whilst they undergo a major building development to improve the visitor services and galleries. During the temporary closure, the Fitzwilliam Museum will mount two distinct displays. In the first of these, key arrangements from Kettle’s Yard’s House will be recreated in the Glaisher Gallery. These groupings of artworks and other objects reflect Kettle’s Yard founder Jim Ede’s belief in the importance of creating balance in spaces, to enhance the beauty of the works of art and objects that they contain.

Paintings and sculptures from the Kettle’s Yard collection by artists such as Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Ben Nicholson, Alfred Wallis, Joan Miró and Christopher Wood will be on display.

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 re-unites for the first time, paintings and sculptures by pioneering modern artists who are represented in both collections.

Find out more about Kettle’s Yard’s plans and their collection on their website: www.kettlesyard.co.uk For complementary events see pages 12, 13, 23 & 24.

Talks

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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.

Portrait of Maria Isabel de Borbón, Queen of the Two Sicilies

by Vicente López

Looking for LGBT history at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Wednesday 20 January

Dr Kate Nichols, University of Birmingham Fellow in British Art. A special trail will also be available to pick up from the Courtyard Entrance.

Tim Knox, Director

Unlocking the secrets of illuminated manuscripts Wednesday 27 January Dr Lucía Pereira-Pardo, Research Assistant, Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books

Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016

Wednesday 17 February

Death on the Nile: An introduction to the exhibition Wednesday 24 February Helen Strudwick, Egypt 2016 Curator, and Julie Dawson, Head of Conservation

Wednesday 3 February Dr Lucilla Burn, Keeper of Antiquities

Introduction to Crawling with Life flower drawings exhibition Wednesday 10 February Henrietta Ward, Assistant Keeper, Department of Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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New Hall Art Collection: Europe’s largest collection of women’s art Wednesday 2 March Eliza Gluckman, Curator of New Hall Art Collection

Women’s lives in ancient Egypt: What can coffins tell us?

Friday 4 March Helen Strudwick, Egypt 2016 Curator

Talks Text and figures on the back of Nakhtefmut’s cartonnage mummy case.

‘Mourning Women’: The science of a painted coffin surface Wednesday 9 March Jennifer Marchant, Conservator of Antiquities

Manuscripts under the microscope Wednesday 16 March Dr Paola Ricciardi, Research Associate, Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books

Egyptian blue: Science and symbolism

The coffin of Nespawershefyt: An ancient case for CT scanning

Thursday 17 March

Wednesday 13 April

Helen Strudwick, Egypt 2016 Curator, and Dr Trevor Emmett, Consultant Geologist

Julie Dawson, Head of Conservation, and Dr Tom Turmezei, Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow, Cambridge University Department of Engineering

Maria Merian’s butterflies Wednesday 23 March Kate Heard, Curator of Prints and Drawings at The Royal Collection

Listening to paintings: Bonnard & Vuillard Wednesday 6 April Julia Tozer, Freelance Art Educator

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Exploring links between artists at Kettle’s Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum Wednesday 20 April Jenny Powell, Senior Curator Kettle’s Yard

Egyptian coffins: Exploring the carpenter’s craft Wednesday 27 April Dr Geoffrey Killen, Specialist in ancient Egyptian woodworking

Art speak Tuesdays 19 January, 23 February, 22 March & 19 April 13.15 • Free • Drop-in Meet in Courtyard Entrance Enjoy half an hour looking at and talking about art.

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Booking essential. To register your interest tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.

Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.

How to make an Egyptian coffin Half day course/demonstration Friday 11 March 13.30 – 16.30 36 Specialists involved in the examination and experimental re-creation of Egyptian coffins will demonstrate some of the materials, tools and techniques used to construct and decorate these extraordinary objects. Discover the challenges faced by ancient craftsmen and the remarkable skill, creativity and, sometimes, a bit of fudging required to overcome them. £10

Death on the Nile: Writing workshops Saturdays 30 April & 7 May 13.30 – 15.30 36 Enjoy a special tour of Death on the Nile, and explore some of the themes as a springboard for writing creative poetry and prose on the first Saturday with tutor Helen Taylor. Then return on the following Saturday to refine and share your work with the rest of the group. £16 for both workshops (£12 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum)

MUSE 10.15 – 12.00 36 Discover new ways of working at this artist led workshop inspired by Museum exhibitions and collections, with different themes each month.

Glass & light Friday 29 January Draw in mixed media to capture the beautiful qualities of light and reflection.

Death on the Nile Friday 18 March Gain inspiration from our major exhibition and create art using ancient Egyptian colours.

Kettle’s Yard Friday 29 April Make mono-prints inspired by the harmony of line and light. £10 per workshop

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STEAM at the Museum

Artist-led CPD for primary school teachers

Wednesday 9 March 14.00 – 17.00 Meet at Courtyard Entrance

Thursdays 14 January, 3 March, 21 April & 16 June 14.00 – 17.00 Meet at Courtyard Entrance

A practical workshop for teachers interested in exploring how the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collections and research can support inspiring learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM). This workshop will draw upon some of the themes within the Death on the Nile exhibition.

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 a museum.

The focus of this four session course is line and shape. The hands-on sessions will include drawing, making and using sketchbooks, working in 3D, and printmaking. £25 per session

Free, but 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.

Music for piano Sunday 17 January Chris Lloyd performs a programme of orchestral music transcribed for piano including Ravel La Valse and Prokoviev Romeo and Juliet.

Lord Fitzwilliam as collector and patron of music Sunday 24 January Harpsichord recital, to be performed by Dr Gerald Gifford FRCM, Honorary Keeper of Music.

The first in a series of three introduced recitals throughout 2016 to celebrate the Museum’s bicentenary. The series draw 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.

Dates for your diary: Lord Fitzwilliam as student and composer of music Sunday 1 May

Lord Fitzwilliam as editor and performer of music Sunday 6 November

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Vox Cantab

Music for violin and piano

Sunday 31 January

Sunday 21 February

Louisa Denby directs the choir in singing John Rutter’s The Wind in the Willows.

BBC Concert Orchestra violinist Peter Bussereau, continues his exploration of music connected with Cambridge in a programme of music for violin and piano to include Saint Saens' Danse Macabre with music by Elgar and Armstrong Gibbs and an arrangement for solo violin of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor.

Instrumental award holders for chamber music Sunday 7 February A variety of works played by the very best undergraduate chamber musicians.

Music for violin, viola, cello and piano Sunday 14 February Konrad Wagstyl (violin), Tom Taylor (viola), Jon Fistein (cello) and Graeme Mitchison (piano) perform Schubert’s String Trio D471 and Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25.

Songs, duets and piano Sunday 28 February Jill Morton (piano), Chloe Beresford-Jones (soprano) and Helen Groves (soprano) perform pieces by Berg, Massenet, Mozart and Debussy.

Music for piano Sunday 6 March Programme to include Schumann Kreisleriana, Op 16, with Adrian Oldland (piano).

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Venus and the Lute Player Saturday 30 April Doors open and pre-concert drinks 18.45 Concert 19.15 7 Inspired by, and reflecting, the combination of instruments shown in Titan's Venus and Cupid with a Lute Player, enjoy a programme of Italian Renaissance vocal and instrumental music by members of the Northern Early Music Collective, with Faye Newton (soprano), Pamela Thorby (recorder), Susanna Pell (viol) and Jacob Heringman (lute).

Booking essential. Tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. ÂŁ25 (ÂŁ20 concessions and Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum). Price includes a glass of wine or soft drink.

Promoted in partnership with Cambridge Early Music

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1489/90-1576, Venus and Cupid with a lute-player, 1555-1565

University of Cambridge Museums & Botanic Garden

The University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) and Botanic Garden are all within short walking distance of the City Centre. Download a handy map to plan your visit from our website: www.cam.ac.uk/museums

Coming up…

Twilight at the Museums Wednesday 17 February 16.30 – 20.30 Get ready for destination exploration! During February half term, make the most of those long winter nights and join museums and collections across the city as they open their doors for after dark fun. There will be an exciting range of drop-in and bookable events throughout the evening, and loads for families to see and explore. So remember, wrap up warm, grab a torch and get ready for adventure! www.cam.ac.uk/museums/twilight

Cambridge University Science Festival Monday 7 – Sunday 20 March Feeling incurably curious? Come to the Science Festival and visit participating museums for stories of discovery, research, and exploration. Through a mixed programme of events for adults, young people and families you will discover the many guises of science within museum collections. www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk

Keep in touch For the latest information about exhibitions and events sign up to our monthly e-newsletter at www.cam.ac.uk/museums Cambridge University Museums

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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 March to October, weather permitting.

Image © Martin Bond

Access

Learning

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 will be available from mid-January for a small fee from both Museum entrances.

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 • 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 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 enjoy 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

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/support/

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FREE ADMISSION

Opening Hours Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 17.00 Sundays & Bank Holidays 12.00 – 17.00 CLOSED: Mondays, Good Friday 25 March, 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.

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