Fitzwilliam Museum

British  

/ ˌfɪtzˈwɪljəm /

noun

1. a museum, attached to Cambridge University and founded in 1816, noted esp for its paintings and collections devoted to the applied arts

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Etymology

Origin of Fitzwilliam Museum

C19: named after the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, who donated the first collection

Example Sentences

The exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has been timed to open a week before the Paris 2024 Games begin.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Now a team of researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have solved that mystery by analysing the make-up of coins held by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

It was bought in the same year by the Very Reverend Eric Milner-White, Dean of York, who donated it to the Fitzwilliam Museum, where it is currently in storage.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023

Reverend Milner-White then purchased the work and immediately donated it to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

The painting, signed, and dated 1509, is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, but has been injured by repainting.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora