Final weeks of Discoveries

It is the last weeks to see Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration from the University of Cambridge Museums before it closes after 27 July. Discoveries is the first exhibition drawing together the University’s unique, world-class collections under one roof. Together, they are as diverse in range and scope as perhaps even the Tate, British Museum and Natural History Museum combined, covering the span of human endeavour and exploration, from the minuscule to the majestic.

A highlights version of the acclaimed London show of Discoveries with new material from the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden has been on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum since 27 May. The exhibition features, among many other objects: plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the HMS Beagle, ancient fossils, contemporary art, modern Inuit sculpture, a rare dodo skeleton and a state-of-the art digital instrument that searches for sub-atomic particles in the frozen depths of Antarctica.

Discoveries is on display in the Mellon Gallery in the Fitzwilliam. Admission is free.

14 July 2014