The first half of the twentieth century saw vast changes in the running of the Fitzwilliam Museum, particularly in terms of the growing professionalization and specialization of the whole institution. This paper draws on largely unpublished sources to trace the development of the Greek and Roman department and the way in which the Museum acquired and curated antiquities. It begins by setting the scene with an overview of the Museum from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, before focusing specifically on the vicissitudes of the Greek and Roman collection. The whole paper is loosely framed around the tenure of Winifred Lamb, second Honorary Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities, who joined the Museum a decade after the post of Honorary Keeper was established, and left only when the first salaried Senior Assistant Keeper of the Antiquities department – Richard Nicholls – was appointed in 1958.
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