The Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum is widely acknowledged to be one of the best regional museums in the UK, and is one of eight museums run by the University of Cambridge. Entry is free. The Fitzwilliam’s vast collections include paintings by famous artists from Titian to the Impressionists, artifacts from ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome, sculptures, ceramics, illuminated manuscripts, rare coins, miniatures and furniture. Few museums in the world contain on a single site exhibits of such variety and depth.