The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research exists to further research by Cambridge archaeologists and their collaborators into all aspects of the human past, across time and space. It supports archaeological fieldwork, archaeological science, material culture studies, and archaeological theory in an interdisciplinary framework. Since its inception, the Institute has played a particularly leading role in cognitive archaeology, broadly defined. The portraits at the Institute represent key figures in the establishment; benefactor and namesake Dr Daniel McClean McDonald and founding director Professor Colin Renfrew – Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, formerly Disney Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology. The Institute is a private educational institution. If you wish to see a particular painting, please contact the collection.