Fitzwilliam Museum

Fitzwilliam Museum
	The primary entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum
	Location in Cambridge
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Established	1816, by Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
Location	Cambridge, England
Coordinates	52.200278°N 0.119444°E
Type	University Museum of fine art and antiquities
Collection size	approx. 600,000
Visitors	349,484 (2019)
Director	Luke Syson
Website	www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge Museums
	Fitzwilliam Museum; Kettle's Yard; Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Museum of Classical Archaeology; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences; The Polar Museum; Museum of Zoology;

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1745–1816), and comprises one of the best collections of antiquities and modern art in western Europe. With over half a million objects and artworks in its collections, the displays in the museum explore world history and art from antiquity to the present. The treasures of the museum include artworks by Monet, Picasso, Rubens, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Van Dyck, and Canaletto, as well as a winged bas-relief from Nimrud. Admission to the public is always free.

The museum is a partner in the University of Cambridge Museums consortium, one of 16 Major Partner Museum services funded by Arts Council England to lead the development of the museums sector.

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