Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum marks 200 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-34996587 Version 0 of 1. A fine art and antiquities museum founded by a "bibliophile and art collector" marks its 200th anniversary in 2016. Viscount Fitzwilliam left his art and library - with £100,000 (about £74m today) to house them - to Cambridge University in 1816, and this was used to set up the Fitzwilliam Museum. |