Over the next two years, about 12,000 drawers of rocks, along with the Museum's important historical archive, will be transferred into a new building. This tour is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the brand new Colin Forbes building and meet museum staff just they embark on this mammoth move.
The 45 minute tour will include the Museum's existing conservation unit, archive and collections stores, as well as the stores and work areas of the new building.
Join artist and researcher Dr Lucy Lyons to explore the skeletal anatomy of animals through drawing. Learn techniques and hone your observation skills in this one day illustration workshop.
Suitable for ages 18+
Tickets £50. Booking essential.
Discover the work of artist Jonathan Kingdon after hours. Be inspired by animal patterns and communication, and find out more about the wildlife of Africa.
Suitable for ages 18+
Free. No need to book.
Join us for this informal, creative professional development evening for teachers, explore Kettle’s Yard and visit the latest exhibitions, Artist: Unknown and Jennifer Lee: the potter’s space.
See the House after hours and meet members of our Learning and Education team. Get to know other teachers from schools in the surrounding areas to chat, network and discuss all things arts education.
£5, booking required
Take part in a creative evening for 18–25 year olds.
A chance to make some art, meet new people and discover what’s on offer this year through our young people’s programme, Circuit.
Everyone is welcome – no previous art experience necessary.
FREE, drop-in and find out more
Join us for a half-day drawing workshop and explore the Kettle’s Yard collection.
Start by drawing in the House, followed by activities in the studio to develop the possibilities of your drawing and question the boundaries of drawing practice.
Lead by artist and lecturer Kimberley Foster.
£30 (£25 concessions), booking required
Join us for a one-day workshop all about flowers. Jim Ede, founder of Kettle’s Yard, spoke of the ‘all embracing delight … experienced in nature, in stones, in flowers, in people.’
Join Iku Nishikawa of Kintsugi Oxford for an experimental workshop of the centuries-old Japanese technique for repairing broken ceramics, Kintsugi, which translates as ‘gold-mend’.
Kettle’s Yard has two objects in our collection which have been repaired using the traditional Japanese technique of Kintsugi; ‘The Heron’ by William Staite Murray, c. 1928 and a Song Dynasty temmoku tea bowl.
Inspired by the Cycladic figurines of ancient Greece and their influence on modernist sculptors including Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, we will create our own sculptures using simple stylised elements to represent the human form.
Meet in Courtyard Entrance. Guide dogs and companions are welcome.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. To register your interest tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
