Fitzwilliam Museum
The University of Cambridge’s art and antiquities museum in a grand neoclassical building.
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the University of Cambridge's museum of art and antiquities, founded in 1816 through the bequest of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam, who left his collection and funds for a building. Its grand classical Founder's Building on Trumpington Street, with its columned portico, was designed by George Basevi and finished by later architects.
The collections hold more than half a million objects spanning antiquity to the present: Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Asian art, illuminated manuscripts, coins, ceramics and paintings by artists such as Titian, Rembrandt, Monet and Picasso. Admission to the permanent galleries is free, and the museum runs a changing programme of exhibitions.
Highlights
- Egyptian coffins and antiquities
- Old Master and Impressionist paintings
- Illuminated manuscripts and coin collection
- Palatial Founder's Building entrance hall
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