The museum contains different works from ancient times to the contemporary period and from different civilizations and countries. An important part of the collection of works of the museum is related ...

Of the world’s many illuminated manuscript collections, that of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is reputedly the finest, the books cocooned in fenland isolation, the terms of the founder’s bequest ...

A rare bronze masterpiece has been gifted to the nation and will go on show at a Cambridge museum. The Apollo Belvedere, by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, dates from 1520-22 and is thought to be one of ...

Historic and contemporary pieces interrogate city and university’s connections to colonialism An exhibition by the Fitzwilliam Museum will explore Cambridge’s connections to enslavement and ...

A museum that was founded on profits from the transatlantic slave trade is reflecting on its history in a new exhibition. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge used the bequest of a man whose grandfather ...

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge will reopen its five main painting galleries to the public in a rehang placing historical paintings alongside modern works of art. The Cambridge University museum’s ...

500-year-old miniature acquired under acceptance in lieu scheme will go on display at Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge One of the finest Italian Renaissance bronzes ever made, a miniature of an ancient ...

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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi’s Apollo Belvedere has been donated to Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum in lieu of a £10.5 million ($13.1 million) inheritance tax bill. The rare parcel-gilt bronze with ...

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