India Unboxed at Open Cambridge’s 10th Anniversary weekend
11 August 2017̽»¨Ö±²¥city celebrates its links with India throughout the Open Cambridge weekend.
Cambridge museums recognised with substantial Arts Council England funding
27 June 2017Cambridge’s reputation as a centre of excellence for museums and culture in the UK received a vital boost today when Arts Council England (ACE) awarded ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Museums (UCM) more than £4.8m and National Portfolio Organisation status from 2018-2022.
World’s oldest, illustrated Sanskrit manuscript launches India Unboxed film series
12 June 2017What connects a head-hunter’s trophy, a meteorite, Hercules, a painting of a Hindu temple, an ornate desk, a brass instrument, a tin of tea (unopened), an exotic orchid, a gharial, stacks of home movies and 8,000 lines of Sanskrit manuscript?
Seventy years of Indian independence celebrated with summer exhibitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum
06 June 2017Two exhibitions and a new book have launched the Fitzwilliam Museum's celebration of the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence. ̽»¨Ö±²¥displays celebrate Cambridge’s past and present links with Indian culture with examples from the Museum’s world-class holdings of coins and its rarely-seen collection of Indian miniature painting.
Another India exhibition gives voice to India’s most marginalised communities
08 March 2017Hundreds of objects which tell the story of 100 million of India’s most marginalised citizens – its Indigenous and Adivasi people – are to go on display for the first time in a ground-breaking exhibition at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) from today.
