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Read more at: Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors **Fully Booked**

Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors **Fully Booked**

Thursday, 18 January, 2024 - 10:30 to 12:30

A series of special tours for visitors who are blind and visually impaired. **Now Fully Booked** Join Jacqui Strawbridge, Access & Outreach Officer at the University of Cambridge Museums, and other museum staff for a series of specially-curated tours for blind and visually impaired visitors. Tours will be take place at...


Read more at: Afterhours at the Museum with MOCA Soc and Classics Soc
large painting of two naked men viewed through the limbs of a cast

Afterhours at the Museum with MOCA Soc and Classics Soc

Friday, 1 December, 2023 - 18:30 to 20:00

The artists of Bodies Past and Present collaborating with The Classics Society The Fitzwilliam Society invite you to say goodbye to term and raise a drink with us at the Museum of Classical Archaeology for a joint celebration: a first-time-ever student show in our Cast Gallery AND the relaunch of the Cambridge University...


Read more at: Monsters in the Museum!
Carved pediment depicting Medusa

Monsters in the Museum!

Thursday, 26 October, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00

Discover the scary creatures of Greek myth...


Read more at: Life on the Edge Trail
Life on the Edge. A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Trail For Families.

Life on the Edge Trail

Go on a journey into ancient Rome with our create-your-own-adventure trail


Read more at: Drink and Draw
Drink and Draw. 31 Aug 6-9

Drink and Draw

Thursday, 31 August, 2023 - 18:00 to 21:00

Grab a glass of wine and get your sketch on...


Read more at: Family Tour

Family Tour

Friday, 11 August, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00

Step into the past and hear the stories behind our statues with our Curator.


Read more at: Odysseus The Pirate

Odysseus The Pirate

Thursday, 3 August, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00

Come for a journey over the wine-dark sea with Odysseus the pirate! An interactive storytelling with Marion Leaper.


Read more at: Drink and Draw
Drink and Draw. 18 May 6-9

Drink and Draw

Thursday, 18 May, 2023 - 18:00 to 21:00

Welcome to the perfect opportunity to show your creativity in a unique setting. Pencils, wine, and an inspiring gallery open late… It can only mean that drink and draw is back! Join us for a relaxed and friendly evening of sketching amongst our awesome sculptures. You’ll be welcomed with a glass of wine and our expert...




Latest news

Professor Caroline Vout's Olympic Exhibition in the News

18 April 2024

This summer Professor Caroline Vout is co-curating an Olympic Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body' which looks back on the pivotal moment, 100 years ago, when traditions and trailblazers collided, fusing the Olympics’ classical legacy with the European avant-garde spirit. It was a...

Mary Beard to give The Sir Robert Rede’s Lecture 2024

18 April 2024

This year Professor Dame Mary Beard is due to give The Sir Robert Rede's Lecture on Friday 3 May 2024. She will speak on the topic 'The boy who breathed on the glass at the British Museum': what, or whom, is the past for?' If you would like to attend the event, you are most welcome but booking is essential: register for...

Election of two new Professors in the Faculty of Classics

27 March 2024

The Faculty is delighted to announce the election of Professor Josephine (Jo) Crawley Quinn to the Professorship of Ancient History and Professor Serafina Cuomo to the A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture . Jo will join the Faculty on 1 January 2025 and will be the first woman to hold the Professorship of Ancient...

Craven Seminar 2024

26 March 2024

The programme for the Craven Seminar 2024, ‘Interface Interpretation: exegesis as encounter in Greco-Roman literature’ , is now available online . This will be an in-person event. Please click here to register.