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

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Fitzwilliam Museum

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

Unite, the union representing 450 staff who work in the University Library, Fitzwilliam Museum, estates management and the engineering department, said many earned less that £23,000.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024

Best attempted to sell them to a US-based expert who notified historians at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge with the police ultimately being informed.

From BBC ● May 4, 2023

Their representative, James Palmer, the founder of the Mondex Corporation, called the British government and the Fitzwilliam Museum “exemplary in their proactive, respectful and moral treatment of this restitution claim.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

A chalcedony scarabaeoid from Greece, in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, with a lady at her toilet, attended by her maid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various