08 Dec 2015
ACE Cultural Tours is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, along with a special tour to celebrate their bicentenary year. Our new tour for autumn 2016, Cambridge Collections: Celebrating the Fitzwilliam Museum's Bicentenary, will examine the special exhibitions and collections found in the Cambridge's university museums, with highlights including private guest lectures and behind the scenes visits.
Art historian Sarah Burles, who worked at the Fitzwilliam Museum for 12 years, will lead two departures of this tour: Sept 27–30, 2016 and November 28 – December 1, 2016. We will meet with curators and conservators, and the Museum's Director, Tim Knox, to gain unique insight into the extraordinary wealth of the Fitzwilliam's collections. In addition we will view the Museum's ground breaking bicentenary exhibition COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts, following a special introduction by the exhibition's curator.
As Bicentenary Partner to the Fitzwilliam Museum in their special anniversary year, ACE Cultural Tours is committed to raising the profile of the Museum's world-class collection. Paul Brooke Barnes, Managing Director of ACE Cultural Tours, said “ACE Cultural Tours is delighted to support the Fitzwilliam Museum during its bicentenary year. Since the charity was founded in 1958, the Fitzwilliam's fascinating collection and exhibition programme has provided both an excellent focus point for our local study courses and inspiration for our worldwide tours.”
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For more information, images, or a copy of the ACE 2016 brochure please contact Jessica Burrows on 01223 841055, at jessica@aceculturaltours.co.uk or visit www.aceculturaltours.co.uk.
ACE Cultural Tours is the UK's most experienced cultural tour operator. With a growing portfolio of over 1000 specially tailored tours for small groups, ACE offers over 180 departures every year. Each tour is led by a Tour Director – both a specialist in their field and a convivial host – and the tour groups regularly enjoy privileged access to private buildings, collections and performers. Owned by the charity the ACE Foundation, all surplus from the tour company is used to fund educational projects in the UK and abroad.
ACE Cultural Tours is a bonded tour operator, holding ATOL licence no 1204 and is also a member of AITO and ABTOT.
Founded in 1816 the Fitzwilliam Museum is the principal museum of the University of Cambridge and lead partner for the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) Major Partner Museum programme, funded by The Arts Council. The Fitzwilliam's collections explore world history and art from antiquity to the present day. It houses over half a million objects from ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman artefacts, to medieval illuminated manuscripts, masterpiece paintings from the Renaissance to the 21st century, world class prints and drawings, and outstanding collections of coins, Asian arts, ceramics and other applied arts. The Fitzwilliam presents a wide ranging public programme of major exhibitions, events and education activities, and is an internationally recognised institute of learning, research and conservation.
