UK loans and touring exhibitionsObjects on the move
The collection of the British Museum is a collection for the whole of the UK, and many hundreds of objects are lent to other museums and galleries every year.
For more information about how to borrow from the museum, please contact Frances Benton:
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UK touring exhibitions
Highlight loans
Gainsborough’s Landscapes: Themes and Variations
Holburne House Museum, Bath
24 September 2011 – 22 January 2012
Parviz Tarnavoli’s ‘Heech in a Cage’
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
15 November 2011 – 15 February 2012
Past exhibitions and loans
Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes
31 March 2007 – 4 May 2009
La Bouche du Roi
2 June 2007 – 31 May 2009
Fabric of a Nation
28 June 2008 – 28 February 2010
Lindow Man
April 2008 – 29 November 2009
Made in Africa
27 July 2006 – 15 December 2008
Matisse to Freud: a critic collects
20 October 2006 – 2 September 2007
Mind-forg'd Manacles: William Blake and Slavery
7 April 2007 – 6 April 2008
Rembrandt as Printmaker
8 April 2006 – 8 September 2007
Takhti: a modern Iranian hero
28 February – 13 December 2009
The American Scene
28 February – 13 December 2009
The Emperor's Terrapin
4 April 2006 – 29 July 2007
The Face of an Emperor
8 February 2008 – 8 June 2008
Throne of Weapons
9 February 2005 – 25 October 2006
Utagawa Hiroshige: The Moon Reflected
28 November 2007 – 26 April 2008
Case studies
Touring exhibitions: the Lewis Chessmen
Loans: Something Borrowed
Contacts
Find out more about the Museum's partnership programmes and get involved.
Frances Benton
Project Coordinator: Museum in Britain
Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 8785
fbenton@britishmuseum.org