We've got lots on this term - events and exhibitions a-plenty!
Follow Hercules from the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museum of Classical Archaeology...
Exhibitions
Following Hercules
In the Octagon Gallery of the Fitzwilliam Museum AND The Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
Friday 25th September – Sunday 6th December, 2015
Hercules is one of the best loved heroes from ancient Greece. Known in antiquity for completing twelve tasks or ‘labours’ that confirmed his status as a god, Hercules is today tasked with one more - to show visitors to the Fitzwilliam Museum how sculptures made in the Mediterranean millennia ago came to define western art. Hercules inhabits each of the forty objects on display, which range from exquisite miniatures and Renaissance prints, drawings and paintings, to Wedgwood cameos and a giant polystyrene statue. The result is an arresting visual experience of differing scales, styles and material, which gives ongoing meaning to the ‘classical’.
The story continues at the Museum of Classical Archaeology.
A full and varied programme of events runs across both museums.
The Boxer will move from the storeroom to the Museum 'shopfloor' later this term...
Visit our website for more Museum News: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/about-us/museum-news
Visit our website for more Museum News: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/about-us/museum-news
Classics on the Web
Read: BBC announces ‘visceral’ Troy drama as part of new season of programmes (http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/sep/23/bbc-troy-fall-city-drama-new-season-david-farr)
