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The columned portico and pediment of the Fitzwilliam Museum seen from Trumpington Street in Cambridge.
Free entry

Robert Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge on Trumpington Street, founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam. Its classical building by George Basevi opened in 1848, and its collection of over half a million objects ranges from Egyptian antiquities to paintings by Rembrandt, Monet and Picasso.

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MonClosed
Tue10:00–17:00
Wed10:00–17:00
Thu10:00–17:00
Fri10:00–17:00
Sat10:00–17:00
Sun12:00–17:00

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