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This institution also provides a list of works with incomplete provenance during the period 1933-1945.
FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
Designated collection
University of Cambridge
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1RB
CONTACT
Timothy Potts, Director
Margaret Greeves, Assistant Director, Central Services
David Scrase, Assistant Director, Collections
Tel: 01223 332900
Fax: 01223 332923
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION
. Antiquities of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and Western Asiatic
. Applied Art of Europe and Middle and Far East, ceramics, maiolica and glass, clocks, arms and armour
. Paintings, European and elsewhere
. Prints and drawings, European, Oriental and North American
. Coins and Medals, Greek, Roman, Oriental and British
. Manuscripts and printed books
1. OVERALL PLANS
PARTS OF COLLECTION EXCLUDED
Multiples: Coins, Medals, Prints
INITIAL FOCUS FOR RESEARCH
Old master paintings and drawings
Renaissance decorative art and sculpture
TIMESCALE FOR RESEARCH
Work on the Old Master paintings and drawings is complete. Work on the Italian maiolica is also available and research into sculpture is complete. Provenance information recently provided by Sotheby's and Christie's has been incorporated.
2. RESEARCH PLANNED IN TARGET AREAS
METHOD OF RESEARCH
This will include both work on an on-going inventory and separate checks.
3. INFORMATION ON MAKING GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT
COLLECTION
For specific curatorial enquiries:
Paintings and Drawings:
David Scrase, Assistant Director, Collections, Keeper Tel: 01223 332936
Applied Arts:
Julia Poole, Keeper
Tel: 01223 332947
ARCHIVES
Departmental enquiries are handled routinely by the Heads of Departments. Requests for access to general Museum archives should be addressed in the first instance to the Director.
PRESS OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS
Fiona Brown, Press and Marketing Officer
Tel: 01223 332941