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Exhibition of defaced currencies will include Harry and Meghan banknote

An exhibition of money that has been defaced as “cries of anger” in the name of art, including £10 banknotes featuring the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will open later this year. The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge announced that Defaced! Money, ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Exhibition of defaced money to include Harry and Meghan banknotes

An exhibition of defaced money “mutilated as cries of anger, injustice or despair” is to go on display, including a banknote featuring the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum will host the exhibition called Defaced! ...

07 Oct 2022 at 12:54

Artefacts from ancient Mediterranean civilisation on show for first time in UK

More than 200 artefacts from Sardinia, Cyprus and Crete are to go on display in an exhibition looking at the Mediterranean islands. Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum will host the loaned items, most of which are in the UK for the first time,...

16 Jan 2023 at 07:29

William and Kate view first official joint portrait of themselves at museum

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have viewed the first official joint portrait of themselves on a visit to Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum. The painting, commissioned last year as a gift for the people of Cambridgeshire, shows the pair ...

23 Jun 2022 at 18:11

Museum’s slave trade origins explained in new exhibition

A museum that was founded using profits from the transatlantic slave trade is shining a light on this aspect of its history in a new exhibition. Luke Syson, director of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, said the Black Atlantic: Power, ...

27 Aug 2023 at 08:31

Artworks depicting families to go on display in Cambridge exhibition

Artworks depicting family relationships will go on display in a new exhibition at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum. More than 120 pieces, including paintings, photography and sculptures, will show how artists such as Alice Neel, ...

04 Oct 2023 at 14:31

Cambridge museum to surrender 19th century painting stolen by Nazis

A Cambridge museum will surrender a 19th century painting stolen by the Nazis to the descendants of its original Jewish owner on the advice of a Government panel. The Spoliation Advisory Panel, a body of judges and historians ...

29 Mar 2023 at 13:50

Cambridge museum should give looted painting to Jewish owner’s family – panel

A Cambridge museum should surrender a 19th century painting stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owner to his descendants, a Government panel has said. The Spoliation Advisory Panel, a body of judges and historians that ...

29 Mar 2023 at 12:36

Art exhibition tells stories of 1924 Paris Olympics

An art exhibition will reflect on the last Olympics to be held in Paris a century ago, as the Games return to the French capital this summer. Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body will use art, film and photography to ...

18 Jul 2024 at 12:45

‘Rare and exciting’: 4,000-year-old handprint found on Egyptian clay model

A handprint left 4,000 years ago on a clay model crafted to go inside an Egyptian tomb has been discovered during preparation for an exhibition at a museum. The “rare and exciting” complete handprint was probably ...

28 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Ancient Egyptian notes and coffin mask to go on display in new exhibition

Ancient Egyptian notes written on shards of stone or broken pieces of pottery are to go on display in a new exhibition, giving insights into the lives of everyday people. Made In Egypt will open at Cambridge’s ...

01 Oct 2025 at 13:01

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