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Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington St.
Cambridge CB2 1RB
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“The Fitzwilliam Museum” Frommer's
“Fitzwilliam Museum” Wcities.com
“Fitzwilliam Museum” Fodors.com
“The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge” The Gulbenkian Prize
“Back to School” Travel + Leisure
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 113 attractions in Cambridge
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Museum houses vast collections of antiquities from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, including exhibits of English and European pottery and glass,...... more » Museum houses vast collections of antiquities from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, including exhibits of English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, Chinese jades, and ceramics from Japan and Korea. « less
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Attraction type: Art museum
Address: Trumpington St. Cambridge CB2 1RB
England
Tel: 01223 332900
Fax: 01223 332923

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“One of the best museums around”
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4 of 5 stars
CultureVultureCamb   99 contributions
Cambridge
Nov 23, 2009

The Fitzwilliam has it all. A wonderful collection of paintings upstairs, a great range of artefacts downstairs and superb special exhibitions (the recent Darwin one was fascinating). All this and located in a fine building and no entrance fee. I quite often pop in just to look at a favourite painting or two. The staff are helpful and knowledgeable. In... more

“The best exhibit I've ever seen”
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5 of 5 stars
AudreyLouise   2 contributions
Vancouver, B.C.
Oct 11, 2009

I went to the Darwin exhibit at the FitzWilliam Museum at Cambridge. It was absolutely inspiring. Couldn't be better. The staff were very professional and the exhibit was brilliantly presented. more

“Best Museum Outside of London?”
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5 of 5 stars
Ispahan1   24 contributions
Bloomington, Illinois
Oct 3, 2007
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This could very well be it. The collection is both broad and deep, ranging from Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities to modern porcelain and ceramics. The painting collection is probably the most well known, with works by Titian, Rembrandt, da Vinci, Monet, Degas, and Picasso. The building itself is gorgeous. I recently took a group of 21 university students there... more

“Good but beware of staff”
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3 of 5 stars
sf_traveler   178 contributions
California
Sep 18, 2005
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"Cute" is a good way of describing the Fitzwilliam. They have a few Egyptian artifacts, some Greek, couple of Elizabethian, you get the picture. It is a small museum that has a little of everything from the major periods. It's worth a look if only for 30 mins or less and besides, it's free. Cambridge is lovely but doesn't have... more

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Trumpington St., Cambridge CB2 1RB, England
Tel: 01223 332900 Fax: 01223 332923