Galleries
Prints and Drawings (Room 90), Upper floor
Exhibitions of prints and drawings are changed several times a year because long exposure to light causes works on paper to fade and discolour. More about the gallery
Changing displays
Recent Acquisitions: Arcimboldo to Kitaj
This exhibition gives an extraordinary glimpse of the 11,000 prints and drawings acquired by the British Museum over the past five years.
30 May – 1 September 2013
RB Kitaj, Yaller Bird, 1964, Screenprint. R.B.Kitaj Estate, courtesy Marlborough Fine Art.
Permanent displays
Three works from the department are normally on display in the Museum:
The
Triumphal Arch
Albrecht Dürer, 'The Triumphal Arch'
Woodcut, 1515
Room 12
Grayson Perry, 'Map of an Englishman' (detail)
Photogravure etching, 2004
Study Room lobby off Room 90
Epifania
Michelangelo, 'Epifania cartoon'
Black chalk, around 1550
Room 90
Other prints and drawings can be seen in the Study Room.