Refurbishing the 19th-20th Century European Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Hear curator Jane Munro talk about the Museum's mission to refurbish and redisplay one of its most popular galleries, and learn more about three painters featured on its walls: Augustus John, William Nicholson and William Orpen.

Visitors to the Museum can now experience one of the Museum’s most popular collections in a new light, as Gallery 1 reopens to the public. Hear curator Jane Munro talk about the Museum's mission to refurbish and redisplay one of its most popular galleries, and learn more about three painters featured on its walls: Augustus John, William Nicholson and William Orpen.

Located in the original Founder’s Building of the Museum, adjacent to the grand entrance hall, Gallery 1 presents paintings, sculpture, manuscripts and decorative arts produced in Europe between 1890 and 1940. The space has been transformed by a year-long refurbishment, during which time it has been closed to visitors.