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̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Museums (UCM) today launch a ground-breaking Parkinson's dance programme inspired by museum artefacts.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s collections include an estimated 350,000 artefacts, alongside natural history specimens and human/ancestral remains, from Africa, according to a new report aiming to promote further research, collaboration and engagement, especially with African scholars and communities. ̽»¨Ö±²¥report emphasises that the labour and expertise of countless unnamed African people is hidden in the histories of these collections.

Research England has supported nine of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s museums and collections with £3m a year of Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections (HEMG) funding, over the coming five years.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge collections, together with Colchester + Ipswich Museums, Norfolk Museums Service and Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, will join the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) scheme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Culture in Cambridge receives a boost with a £913,641 Arts Council England (ACE) award to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s museums and collections.

George Doji, host of Museum Remix at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Museums, describes the digital experiment in museum storytelling that began when the collections were forced to close their doors. 

̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Museums are running a series of LGBT+ tours across their seven museums. We join a tour at the Fitzwilliam museum and learn more about the project.

̽»¨Ö±²¥rainbow flag – the international symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community – will fly over the Old Schools, at the heart of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, for the first time on Monday to mark LGBT+ History Month.

The grandest gallery at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum will re-open this evening, restored to its majestic splendour after a refurbishment project lasting two years. Visitors to tonight’s after-hours Gallery Party will be the first to enjoy the museum’s extraordinary collection as never before.  

A bold new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard brings together mysterious treasures from thirteen ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge collections to strip away the cult of the artist and challenge how we value art.