1904 painting "Attack on New Ulm" by Anton Gag

̽»¨Ö±²¥fall and rise of Native North America

26 September 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥story of Native North America – from its vast contribution to world culture, to the often taboo social problems of drinking, gambling and violence – is the subject of a sweeping new history by a Cambridge academic and authority on the subject. 

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An experiment at the Cavendish Laboratory

Raising aspirations in local schools

09 December 2015

Members of a Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ access group dedicated to raising aspirations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough state schools have arranged over 51,000 interactions with local students, a new report reveals.

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Folding ‘Trompe l’oeil’ fan, English, c.1750

How we fell in love with shopping

20 March 2015

An exhibition of ‘treasured possessions’ from the 15th to the 18th centuries reveals how we first fell in love with shopping, and takes us back to an age when our belongings were made by hand and passed down through the generations.

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Joyfully I Saw Ten Caribou

Modern art’s missing chapter

25 February 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥artworks of black and indigenous peoples – a missing chapter in the history of modern art – is brought into sharp focus in a ‘revelatory’ exhibition at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Polar snow goggles from Discoveries at London’s 2 Temple Place, the first joint exhibition from the  ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Museums, and the first to be held outside the city.

Major Partner Museum status for UCM

01 July 2014

̽»¨Ö±²¥vision of securing Cambridge’s reputation as an international centre of museums excellence received a major boost today when Arts Council England awarded ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Museums (UCM) nearly £4.5m for 2015-18 and continuing Major Partner Museum status.

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