Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the U.K., have made the thrilling discovery of a 4,000-year-old handprint on an ancient Egyptian funerary object, in the course of preparing a major ...

This poignant exhibition at the University of Cambridge spotlights work made during or after violent conflict, ranging from ...

There are rare records of women’s voices in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially ordinary middle and lower class women. An exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum is ...

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has launched a £3.9m appeal to buy a sombre masterpiece by Poussin with a tangled recent history that belies its calm grandeur. The painting, Extreme Unction, is ...

William Blake, "Albion rose" (“Glad Day” or “The Dance of Albion”) (1794–96), Engraving and etching, colour printed with hand colouring on paper (© The Trustees of the British Museum) CAMBRIDGE, ...

To mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is exploring the relationship between natural history and art in the 19th century.

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, has restored its 1848 portico and freshened up its railings. The £430,000 ($724,171) conservation project was funded by the institution and the University ...

Police investigating the theft of millions of pounds worth of chinese pottery from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge have arrested two men. The pair were taken into custody at an address in London ...

Left: The underside of the “soul house” with the maker’s handprint visible towards the bottom. Right: Detail of the fingers from handprint Courtesy of Fitzwilliam Museum An Ancient Egyptian handprint ...