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In keeping with our @CamUnivMuseums friends @scottpolar our #Fitzvirtual @MuseumWeek #ClimateMW
shows how art is a constant reminder of the beauty of our climate, and how we must act to protect it.
@CambridgeZero
Utagawa Hiroshige, ‘Snow Triptych', 1857.
#Fitzvirtual #MuseumMomentsMW @MuseumWeek
2016 also saw the Fitz stage two very popular shows, have a famous visitor and save some very rare objects for the nation. @artfund #NHMF
It all happens in Cambridge!😉
Today during @MuseumWeek we're inviting you to send us 📨more of your inspired recreations of works in our collections using people and objects in your home! 💭👏
#CultureInQuarantineMW
How about these for inspiration ?🖼️
#gettymuseumchallenge
#PineappleExpress
Join us for Power, Promise, Politics: The pineapple from Columbus to Del Monte, a conference from @CRASSHlive Visit: https://t.co/2BZfwKjM6w
The Pine Apple. Griffith Hughes, 1750. Watercolour on paper.
#Pineapple #FeastFast #SensualVirtual #FitzwilliamMuseum
#Inspire2020
As part of our programme to keep art alive in schools, eagle-eyed Rory in Year 1 of #WilliamWestleyPrimary discovered this falcon on a suitor’s arm from del Sellaio’s ‘Cupid and Psyche’. Here are the classes results.
@accessart
#artforall #BigSchoolsBirdWatch
#nationalbirdday
In one instance in 1786, Aert Schouman was commissioned to paint several wall hangings of various birds, each displayed in a circle to give the viewer the impression of being surrounded by nature. 🦜
#cockatoo #birdlovers #fitzwilliammuseum #cambridgeuni
#workoftheweek
William Blake’s ‘The Ancient of Days’ features Urizen, from the artist’s self-made mythology, the bearded personification of reason and law reaching out with a compass to manipulate the universe.
#williamblake #ancientofdays #fitzwilliammuseum #cambridgeuni
If we could choose to be in one of our paintings... Philip Wilson Steer's Walberswick would win right now! #hottestdayoftheyear #heatwaveuk
Our talk on Weds 13 March at 13.15 is Whistler and Nature: Looking both ways from the industrial to the horticultural. Our speakers are Dr Patricia de Montfort, Curator, & Prof Clare A P Willsdon, joint authors of the book which accompanies the exhibition: https://t.co/Io8RSjiqsg
Some of the watercolours that inspired the exclusive Fitzwilliam Museum range with high street fashion brand Oasis. There will be an opportunity to see the works up close at next week's Fashion Late: https://t.co/kix6wDqBFD