Fitzwilliam Museum

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‘Made in Ancient Egypt’ until 12 April 2026

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🧵 We’ve been keeping this under wraps… until now!

🌟 2026 brings William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites, Frank Bowling’s colour, a rare Mughal songbook, wartime making & the history of enamel art.

🎟️ Become a Friend for free entry: https://t.co/oiUItGt3m5

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🧵 We’ve been keeping this under wraps… until now!

🌟 2026 brings William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites, Frank Bowling’s colour, a rare Mughal songbook, wartime making & the history of enamel art.

🎟️ Become a Friend for free entry: https://t.co/oiUItGt3m5

🎞️ @tomfooleyltd

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🎶 'A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire'

8 September 2026 – 7 March 2027

⭐ 'An Enamel Revolution: China and the World'

20 October 2026 – 31 January 2027

Read more about what’s coming up at the Museum next year: https://t.co/sFYI9510X2

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🧵 We’ve been keeping this under wraps… until now!

🌟 2026 brings William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites, Frank Bowling’s colour, a rare Mughal songbook, wartime making & the history of enamel art.

🎟️ Become a Friend for free entry: https://t.co/oiUItGt3m5

🎞️ @tomfooleyltd

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🌀 'A Call to Art: William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites'

23 October 2026 – 3 May 2027

🧵 'War Craft'

24 February 2026 – 23 August 2026

🖼️ 'Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime’

27 March 2026 – 17 January 2027

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👜 Empire, craft and labour – discover the hidden histories behind some of the world’s finest leatherwork in 'Bound Together: Leather from Northern Nigeria'.

📍 Open now in Gallery 14, Shiba Gallery
✨ Free entry
🔗 Visit our website to learn more: https://t.co/wygFRgWPcB

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'In the moment of discovery there was a deep sense of her being found'...

📰 Read our latest feature in The Guardian to uncover how our curatorial team and an A-level student found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter.
https://t.co/GuelatKA6O

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🌊 Meet Mai, the first Polynesian visitor to Britain.

Our new display 'Tau o Mai | Journeys with Mai' explores connection, belonging and legacy.

📍 Gallery 10, until 8 February 2026
🎟️ Free to visit

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🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/Nr65PKAnCj

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🖼️ Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 'The Entombment', c.1654, etching, drypoint and engraving on paper printed with surface tone © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

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🌗 Light or darkness – which tells the story better? See how Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn shifted from light to dark in his print 'The Entombment'

👀 Take a closer look. He didn’t paint over the printed lines – he re-worked the copperplate use to print the image.

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By adding more etched and engraved marks to the plate, and leaving a thin veil of ink across the surface, he turned light into darkness and changed the mood entirely.

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Rembrandt printed 'The Entombment' many times, changing how he inked and wiped the plate each time to create different effects. He may have done this to attract collectors who were keen to find these unique differences.

✨ Which version do you prefer?

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Meet the makers of ancient Egypt. Our exhibition explores the stories of how extraordinary objects were made and the people who created them.

💡Become a Friend to enjoy unlimited free entry
📅 Pay what you can on the last Sunday of the month

📸 Photos by Thomas Adank

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📸 Inside 'Made in Ancient Egypt' 🤩

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🖼️ Henri Fantin-Latour, 'White Cup and Saucer', 1864, oil on canvas © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

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☕ How do you take your coffee? French artist Henri Fantin-Latour found beauty in the simplest things – a cup, a saucer, a moment of stillness.

📍 On display now in Gallery 1, plan your visit here: https://t.co/wf9p9SonQb

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★★★★ ‘Brings the craftspeople who created a culture to life’ – The Times.

Discover the ancient Egyptian makers who produced objects that remain iconic today.

Our ‘Made in Ancient Egypt’ exhibition is now open ✨

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✨ Step into our ‘Made in Ancient Egypt’ exhibition.

Our new exhibition is the first to explore ancient Egypt through the lives of its makers, uncovering the stories behind the people who crafted these extraordinary objects.

🎟️ Book your tickets: https://t.co/0mwlVCarxh

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🌐 Explore our online platform FUTURE LEGACIES, that brings together Black artists, thinkers and creatives.

🎧 Hear Bianca Wilson & Marcus MacDonald on folk arts, gourd banjos & decolonising the institution...

🔗 https://t.co/Ms8ien2yQK

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🍂 Half Term events at the Fitz:

🎨 Creative Careers Marketplace & Workshops
📆 Fri 31 Oct 2025, 1pm

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Half-Term Family Day
📆 Wed 29 Oct, 10.30am–3.30pm

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/I170TV810A

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Saturday saw the power of community collaboration as we welcomed friends from across our city to the game!

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Thanks for your continued support of the U's!