26 Jul 2022 - 23 Apr 2023 10:00-17:00 Tues-Sat, 12:00-17:00 Sun The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3DZ Book Now

Description

COLOUR: Art, Science & Power is our exciting current exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The displays harness the allure and power of colour to inspire reflection and creativity.

The exhibition integrates insights from anthropology, the arts, humanities and the sciences, bringing together extraordinary objects and artworks from different times and places. COLOUR showcases remarkable and diverse collections from across the University of Cambridge museums, libraries and colleges. Material on display includes paintings, artists materials, medieval manuscripts, ancient Egyptian figures, African sculpture, Amazonian feather headdress, textiles, a royal Hawaiian cape made of hundreds of thousands of shimmering feathers, scientific instruments, rainbow flags, iridescent shells, mineral specimens and much more!

COLOUR aims to engage diverse audiences and encourage people to explore different ways that colours are perceived, experienced and given meaning. After the dark days of the pandemic, the exhibition provides an opportunity for creative activities, sensory engagement and fun interactives. Perception quizzes reveal the extent to which colour is in the mind, yet colours are also material substances that we experience and interact with in our daily lives.

Preparations have been developed in consultation with numerous specialists and Indigenous colleagues from around the world as well as with local community and student groups.

Upcoming Events

Picturing the Invisible: Earthquake, Meltdown, Memory
Exhibition
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean
Exhibition
Women: Makers and Muses
Exhibition

11 Oct 2022 - 25 Jun 2023

Women: Makers and Muses

Island Identities
Conference

28 Mar 2023 - 30 Mar 2023

Island Identities

Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain
Exhibition

2 Aug 2022 - 30 Jul 2023

Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain

Bearing Witness? Violence and Trauma on Paper
Exhibition
Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery
Exhibition

4 Mar 2023 - 25 Jun 2023

Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery

Signs for the Living
Exhibition

29 Jan 2023 - 23 Apr 2023

Signs for the Living

COLOUR: Art, Science and Power
Exhibition

26 Jul 2022 - 23 Apr 2023

COLOUR: Art, Science and Power

Jill Swarbrick-Banks: Transcendental Landscapes
Exhibition
Radium Dreams
Exhibition

2 Mar 2023 - 3 Sep 2023

Radium Dreams

Defaced: Object Handling Session
Exhibition
Simulacra
Exhibition

4 Apr 2023 - 9 Jun 2023

Simulacra