Fitzwilliam museum

Just along from Pembroke College in Cambridge, is the wonderful Fitzwilliam museum. It houses collections from the ancient world, medieval manuscripts and European and Oriental decorative art. The outside of the building is undergoing repair work, but the museum is open as usual.

The Egyptian artefacts are always my favourite, and unlike the chaotically busy British Museum, Fitzwilliam was practically empty so we could get nice and close to the displays.

Part of me does think that we should give all the artefacts back to their country of origin, but I am very grateful that I get to see them.  

 

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This was really cool, an artificial  limb from the 14th Century,  I had on idea that prosthetics were that old!

 
Illuminated manuscripts are always impressive, they must have just been so time consuming to make.

 There are some also contemporary exhibitions, I particularly liked this piece by Caroline Cheung. The material is completely covered in ceramic butterflies, it must be really heavy.