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

The other four finalists were The National Gallery and V&A East Storehouse, both in London, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, and Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum, with each one set to receive £20,000.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Helpfully, Naismith had "a powerhouse of early mediaeval numismatic research" on his doorstep: The Fitzwilliam Museum.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 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

For instance, in 1900, Mr. Sydney C. Cockerell, now the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, showed him a medieval missal, laboriously illuminated. 

From Samuel Butler: a sketch by Jones, Henry Festing