The Fitzwilliam Museum - University of Cambridge

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Supporting the Museum
HRH Princess
Alexandra, Patron
of the Fitzwilliam
Museum
Development Trust,
shown here with Trust
Chairman Nicholas
Baring (left) and Sir
Alec Broers, attends a
fund-raising concert
at the Museum
Members of the Marlay Group attend a special Literary Circles exhibition viewing and talk by its curator Jane Munro,
Senior Assistant Keeper of Paintings, Drawings and Prints
By contrast the Marlay Group was established three
years ago. Membership is by invitation and involves
making a substantial contribution annually. The
benefits to the Museum are considerable; in the
past two years the Marlay Group has sponsored
exhibitions as well as contributing to conservation
and the creation of a study room for prints, drawings
and manuscripts. Members also enjoy private views
of exhibitions in London and elsewhere as well as
exclusive tours to art centres of the world.
Among the many trusts which support the Museum
there is one which is of particular importance because
it is dedicated: the Fitzwilliam Museum Development
Trust. For more than twenty years it has attracted and
administered trust funds to benefit the Museum and it
is currently launching a legacy campaign to ensure that
its charitable purposes are preserved and extended
well into the future.