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 by Imbi
This museum has extensive Egyptian, Greek, and Roman collections. It has medieval works, drawings, sculptures, paintings, coins, ceramics, glass, and armour. Leave a Comment
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Additional highlights of the museum include relics from Rome, Greece, Cyprus, Japan, Korea, and China. There is also an exhibit of armor and weapons from old England (see photo #2). Upstairs you will find galleries of paintings from British, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch masters.
The entrance hall of the museum is itself an attraction. (See photo #5) The Victorian interior has mosaic floors, marble columns, descending staircases, a sculpture gallery, and a pair of ostriches decorating the Corinthian portico.
Don't miss section 23, where you will find a significant frieze from Gandhara in northern Pakistan. After Alexander the Great passed through this region, many sculptors were influenced by Greek classical styles and began blending those with local Eastern traditions of both style and subject. What you'll see in this exhibit is a fascinating frieze of the Greek god Hercules standing next to Buddha.
The relics from Crete are of special interest to those who study the Minoan civilization. You will see a clay tablet with Linear B script from the 14th century BC. It was donated to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Sir Arthur Evans, who is credited with much of the archeological work at the Palace of Knossos. Also from Knossos is an archaic coin from 500 BC showing the legendary Minotaur running left with its head facing those who peer at it through the glass display. I also was amazed by the copper tweezers found in Crete which date back to 1550 BC, as it appears they could still be used today!
Chinese relics include Ming dynasty ceramics from Jingdezhen, Han dynasty tomb tiles from Jin Cun village near Luoyang, and a Tang dynasty tomb figure of a warrior stepping on a bull (see photo #3). Leave a Comment Phone: 01223 332900Directions: Across from the museum is Fitzwilliam Street, where Charles Darwin once dwelled from 1836-37 following his famous voyage aboard the Beagle. A historical plaque marks his former residence at #22. (See photo #4).Website: http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
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 by grayfo
The museum has five departments: Antiquities; Applied Arts; Coins and Medals; Manuscripts and Printed Books; and Paintings, Drawings and Prints.
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 Fitzwilliam museum, cambridge by sourbugger
We are talking high art here - paintings, sculpture, ceramics and the like. The great names will adorn the walls and floors. You won't find publicity-seeking 'Blockbuster' art exhibitions here.
The curators seem to spend most of their time trying to tame hoardes of French schoolchildren attempting to run riot through the place. They should be more wary of old age pensioners who fall over their own shoelaces and smash Quing Dynasty vases into a thousand and one pieces - as happened in January 2006. I believe they are still glueing bits back together again. Leave a Comment
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 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by jrs1234
It's free to enter, but it is closed every Monday, except for Bank Holidays.
It's also worth noting that there are lots of smaller museums in Cambridge too, many run by Cambridge University - there is a list on the
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Visiting FitzWilliam Museum is MUST when you come to Caambridge.
As museums go, I personaly think that FitzWilliam is as good as British museum in London.
In some ways eaven better. Their collection is so deverse and have sooo much potential.
lots of Mummies, Turners & good selection of Picasos.
Worth good few hours of your time to explore. Leave a Comment Phone: 01223 332900Directions: In the center of town. You can nt miss it. Near by is Kings Colledge, St Catreina Coledge and few good PUBs.Website: http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/
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It's free! That's what I like (me an old miser that I am). It's brochure seem to suggest that it has a great collection including an Egyptian exhibit. I didn't see the exhibits for want of time though the reception hall looks quite impressive. So is its porch. Leave a Comment
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The collections of the museum include:
-Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities;
-The Henderson collection of armour;
Medieval and Renaissance objects - enamels, ivories, as well as scientific instruments;
- English, French,Italian, Dutch and Flemish Paintings;
-Musical Manuscripts and Literary Autographs Collection Leave a Comment
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 Fitzwilliam Museum by vichatherly
It’s fun place to spend a few hours here, if you need to get away from it all.
This museum is free to enter although they do suggest that adults pay a discretionary charge. Leave a Comment
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