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Local
Fitzwilliam Museum

The art museum of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 at the bequest of VII Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion and contains a wide and varied collection of arts and antiquities.

 

Kettle's Yard

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007, it was founded by H.S. 'Jim' Ede as a place where visitors would 'find a home and a welcome, a refuge of peace and order, of the visual arts and of music.'

 

Hiro Omori's Work

Founder of Wolfson College Art Society and oil painting expert! Hiro regularly displays paintings in the Art Society's annual exhibition.

 

Orlando Johnson's Work

A rising new artist from Cambridge, Orlando has displayed in the Art Society's annual exhibition and President's Lodge at Wolfson College.

 

Alicia Murcia's Work

A local artist specialising in Flamenco-themed paintings. Alicia sells prints to raise money for charities involved with aid to children in need worldwide and cancer research.

 

London
Tate Britain

The national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day.

 

National Gallery

One of the greatest collections of European painting in the world, spanning from 1250 to 1900.

 

Victoria and Albert Museum

The museum of art and design, a world treasure house with collections of fabulous scope and diversity. It holds over 3,000 years worth of artefacts from many of the world's richest cultures.

 

Royal Academy of Arts

An independent fine arts institution which supports contemporary artists and promotes interest in the arts through a comprehensive and ambitious exhibition programme.

 

British Museum

Holds in trust for the nation, and the world, a collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures. Housed in one of Britain's architectural landmarks, the collection is one of the finest in existence, spanning two million years of human history.

 

National Portrait Gallery

Founded in 1856 to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women, today the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.

 

Modern
Tate Modern

Created in the year 2000 from a disused power station in the heart of London, it displays the national collection of international modern art (works since 1900).

 

Hayward Art Gallery

One of London's most important spaces for displaying contemporary art, it is housed in an austere 1968 building that is both equally loved and derided by Londoners.

 

Saatchi Gallery

Aims to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.

 

White Cube Gallery

Set up in 2000, it maintains an imaginative programme of major solo modern art exhibitions, punctuated by frequent group shows.

 

Other Links
 Wolfson College

 

 Wolfson College Students' Association (WCSA)

 

 University of Cambridge

 

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