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Cambridge HolidayletsLocal AttractionsFitzwilliam MuseumThe Fitzwilliam Museum is the art museum of the University of Cambridge and one of the oldest public museums in Britain. Exhibits include ancient art and sculpture, furniture and rugs as well as masterpieces by painters including Picasso, Monet and Constable. The fitzwilliam Museum has recently undergone a £12 million courtyard development, creating a new public space spread over four floors and featuring temporary exhibitions, medieval and renaissance art and 20th and 21st century art. The development saw the museum shortlisted for the 2005 Gulbenkian Prize for museum of the year Fitzwilliam Museum Opening Hours Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00 Sunday: 12:00 - 17:00 Closed Mondays The nearest car park is at Lion Yard, off Pembroke Street. Limited Pay and Display and disabled badge holder parking is available on Trumpington Street. Distance: 2.45 Miles Scott Polar Research Institute Museum An international centre for polar studies, including a museum featuring displays of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, with special emphasis on those of Captain Scott. Other exhibits include Eskimo work and other arts of the polar regions, as well as a fascinating exhibition on the life and expeditions of the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton Distance: 2.17 Miles Cambridge University Botanic Garden The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a 40-acre oasis of beautifully landscaped gardens and glasshouses close to the heart of the historic city. Opened on its present site in 1846, the garden showcases a collection of some 8000 plant species Distance: 2.03 Miles Cambridge City Airport (CBG) Airport of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Distance: 0.88 Miles Cambridge Museum of Technology The Cambridge Museum of Technology is based in the Old Pumping Station with the original pumps and boilers and many other engines. There are a number of hands-on pumps, a printing room, a collection of early Cambridge wirelesses, instruments and other local artefacts. Distance: 2.06 Miles Abbey stadium The football ground for Cambridge United FC (also known as The U's) Distance: 1.91 Miles Cambridge Museum Of Technology Distance: 2.06 Miles Fitzwilliam Museum Distance: 2.45 Miles Scott Polar Research Institute Distance: 2.17 Miles Cambridge Train Station Distance: 1.64 Miles |
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