On Thursday March 12th we reached our furthest destination on Trumpington St. in Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum.
We could have spent a lot more time in the museum but there were about 100 elementary+ age children who arrived and it was hard to work around them in the different exhibits. They worked on projects sprawled on the floors and we literally had to try and not step on them. The noise level was not pleasant, either. Thankfully we saw some favorites before the rooms were taken over by exuberant youth!
Note to Self: Go to museums as soon as they open in the earlier hours or at night.
Monet, Degas, Renoir, Rossetti, Constable, Cezanne
The lower levels had these displays and more with a gift shop and cafe.
Overall this was a great museum with amazing architecture and art and artifacts.
We had a couple more walking adventures on this day before we called it quits for the day.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!! The last time we went to the Museum of Art (Birmingham, AL) there was a huge school group. I laughed when I heard the docent telling them about a nude portrait. She told them they could all giggle once . . .but after that, it wasn’t acceptable. I thought she handled it well.
Hello Ellen,
The museum is beautiful and I love all the art work. Thanks for sharing your visit.
Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend!
…they spared no expense when this building was built. The art is almost an after thought!
The attention to detail is amazing in these buildings!
Looks like there was lots to be seen! Too bad that the field trip overwhelmed the building . . . not quite the meandering trip through the exhibits, huh? Glad you were able to see plenty before leaving.
The Fitzwilliam has great engagement for children too. My grandsons were given a paper and had to find items in various rooms, there was some drawing, etc. Really nice. We loved the museum!
That museum is incredible! And your photos with the various floors and architecture spanning numerous levels are just stunning.
An incredible place! Hard to imagine the opulence of them and incredible works of art. Great advice to go to these places when they open or late at night. I’d try for opening time myself. My energy runs out later 🙂
Spectacular architecture and a wonderful collecion of paintings to view. What a gem!