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Victorian Life and Leisure 28 February – 2 July 33
Victorian ticket for the Lyceum Theatre, London
Coins, medals and tokens show how everyday life was transformed by the coming of the railways and a consumer revolution in Victorian Britain. Shops had a wider range of goods than ever before, and there were many new entertainments and sports for working peoples’ limited leisure time. Music, art and culture thrived with the support of the Victorian middle classes.
Henry Moore’s Hill Arches (1973) Until November Front Lawn 2017 is your last chance to see a monumental bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, titled Hill Arches, on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum from the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire. Moore is best known for sculptures of the human figure sited in architectural or natural settings, but here he has created a landscape in its own right – perhaps, as the title suggests, an echo of the rolling hills of his native Yorkshire. This enormous, four-piece sculpture will be sited in front of the Museum, visible to all visitors and those walking down Trumpington Street. Hill Arches, 1973, Henry Moore (1898 – 1986) The Henry Moore Foundation Gift of the artist 1977 Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation