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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Named after the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, who donated the first collection.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Fitzwilliam Museum  [ˌfɪtzˈwɪljəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

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Fitzwilliam Museum is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fitzwilliam Museum

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge, England. It receives around 470,000 visitors annually. Admission is free. The Museum is the lead museum for the University of Cambridge Museums consortium, one of 16 Major Partner Museum services funded by Arts Council England to lead the development of the museums sector.

Definition of Fitzwilliam Museum in the English dictionary

The definition of Fitzwilliam Museum in the dictionary is a museum, attached to Cambridge University and founded in 1816, noted esp for its paintings and collections devoted to the applied arts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM


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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

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Fitzgerald
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Fitzpatrick
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Fitzsimmons
Fiume
FIV
five
five by five
five heads of predicables
five hundred
five Ks
Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
Five Nations Tournament
five stones
Five Towns

WORDS THAT END LIKE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Ashmolean Museum
British Museum
coliseum
colosseum
Guggenheim Museum
Imperial War Museum
museum
Pitt-Rivers Museum
Rijksmuseum
Science Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
wax museum

Synonyms and antonyms of Fitzwilliam Museum in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Fitzwilliam Museum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Find out the translation of Fitzwilliam Museum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Fitzwilliam Museum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Fitzwilliam Museum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

菲茨威廉博物馆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fitzwilliam Museum
570 millions of speakers

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Fitzwilliam Museum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Fitzwilliam संग्रहालय
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

متحف فيتزويليام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фицуильям музей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fitzwilliam Museum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিজভিলিয়াম মিউজিয়াম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Fitzwilliam Museum
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Translator English - Malay

Muzium Fitzwilliam
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Translator English - German

Fitzwilliam Museum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フィッツウィリアム博物館
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피츠 윌리엄 박물관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Museum Fitzwilliam
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Bảo tàng Fitzwilliam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிட்ஸ்வில்மியம் அருங்காட்சியகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फित्झविल्यम म्युझियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fitzwilliam Müzesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fitzwilliam Museum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fitzwilliam Museum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Фіцуільям музей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Muzeul Fitzwilliam
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Fitzwilliam Museum
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Fitzwilliam Museum
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Fitzwilliam Museum
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Fitzwilliam Museum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fitzwilliam Museum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Fitzwilliam Museum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM»

Discover the use of Fitzwilliam Museum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fitzwilliam Museum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fitzwilliam Museum McClean Bequest: Catalogue of the Early ...
Detailed bibliographical descriptions of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed books bequeathed to the Museum by the scientist Frank McClean.
Charles E. Sayle, 2010
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New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
This book makes the hieratic ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum available for the first time.
Fredrik Hagen, 2011
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Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the ...
The collection of Korean art in the Fitzwilliam Museum is one of the finest outside the Far East, containing rich holdings of early unglazed ceramics, celadon stonewares of the Koryo dynasty, punch'ong wares and porcelains of the Choson ...
Yong-i Yun, Regina Krahl, 2006
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Delftware: In the Fitzwilliam Museum
The greater part of the collection was bequeathed by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher in 1928, and much of it is little known. A detailed publication has long been overdue, and this book illustrates 588 items in colour, many with multiple views.
Michael Archer, 2013
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Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge ...
The Collection of Medieval Manuscripts at the Fitzwilliam Museum When Richard Fitzwilliam, seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, died in 1816, he bequeathed to the University of Cambridge his collection of manuscripts, printed books, ...
Kari Anne Rand, 2006
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A Short-Title Catalogue of Music Printed Before 1825 in the ...
The collection of pre-1825 printed music in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, here catalogued for the first time.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Valerie Rumbold, Iain Fenlon, 1992
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Prints of the floating world: Japanese woodcuts from the ...
Traces the historical, stylistic and technical development of Japanese prints, from the hand-coloured work of the 17th century to colour printing of the mid-19th century.
Craig Hartley, Celia R. Withycombe, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1997
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British landscape watercolors, 1750-1850
Rarely exhibited and in superb condition, the watercolor collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest in the world.
Jane Munro, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1994
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Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Cambridgeshire: The ...
The collection, one of th e finest in Britain, brings together a number of splendid bequests from collectors of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Andrew Ellis, Sonia Roe, Public Catalogue Foundation, 2006
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Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, ...
Bibliography of published stelae collections and commentaries 191 Indexes Concordance of Fitzwilliam Museum accession numbers and present Catalogue 194 Concordance of Budge, A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection, and present  ...
Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fitzwilliam Museum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Summer holiday stuff to do with the kids that won't break the bank
Walk up to the Fitzwilliam Museum to see the Egyptian mummies or play on the stone lions outside, then bribe the kids back to the bus stop ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
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Watercolour: Elements of Nature at the Fitzwilliam Museum
An enthralling new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 'Watercolour: Elements of Nature', lauds the art of watercolour, a medium ... «Country Life, Jul 15»
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Auction Preview: Old Master & British Drawings at Sotheby's on July 8
... works, the piece has been in the same family collection since the 19th century and has been on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum since 1991. «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»
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Image of the Week: Researchers Aid Reconstruction of …
In February 2015 the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, made headlines when a team of academics proposed that two unsigned and ... «Laboratory Equipment, Jul 15»
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Art A-Team unleashed in Michelangelo bronzes probe at Fitzwilliam
Academics at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum revealed earlier this year they believed the two bronzes were created from models made by the ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
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Great Days Out In & Around Cambridge: The Cambridge University …
... Cathedral and the Stained Glass Museum; the Fitzwilliam Museum; Cambridge Science Centre; Discover Newmarket; Shepreth Wildlife Park; ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
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Sports, charity fund-raising and a museum visit for Stortford College …
Some 59 students from the College's prep school visited the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. The seven and eight-year-olds from Lower ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
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10 things to do with the family in Cambridge (July 2 - July 9)
The Fitzwilliam Museum's It's Magic! session is a chance to explore the gallery's collections and get messy in the studio creating and designing ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
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Historic manuscript is saved
“He took it to the British Library and also consulted the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. I also sent photographs to my academic friends in ... «Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, Jul 15»
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Review: Taking Flight at Abbot Hall
The exhibition includes works from major British collections, such as Tate, the British Council, Manchester Art Gallery, The Fitzwilliam Museum ... «Cumbria Live, Jun 15»

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