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War Craft

A diverse and poignant display of the individual experiences of war.

  • 24th February 2026 - 23rd August 2026

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

Find out in this display of prints, commemorative materials and personal items, like messages home, tributes to fallen comrades and engraved coins.

Image: Unknown maker, French silver franc, smoothed, pierced and decorated with a border on the obverse, and engraved ‘To my dear mother’, 1918 or later. © Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Facilities

  • Air conditioned
  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Cloakroom facilities
  • Disabled Accessibility
  • Facilities for Disabled Guests
  • Luggage storage
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Restaurant
  • Resturant
  • wheelchair access
  • wheelchair accessible
  • WI-FI
  • WIFI

Accessibility Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • facilities for disabled guests
  • restaurant
  • Staff available to assist
  • Wheel chair accessible
  • wheelchair access
  • Wheelchair accessible
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