Blog
Exhibitions
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Herculaneum: the unknown city
7 May 2013
Vanessa Baldwin, exhibition project curator, British Museum
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Telling the human story of Pompeii and Herculaneum
28 March 2013
Vanessa Baldwin, exhibition project curator, British Museum
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The spirit of Sierra Leone in London
4 March 2013
Paul Basu, University College London
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Bubbles and bankruptcy: financial crises in Britain since 1700
30 November 2012
Thomas Hockenhull, curator, British Museum
Collection
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Exploring mobile money in Sierra Leone
9 May 2013
Sophie Mew, British Museum
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The Mooghaun Hoard: early ‘currency’ or bands of equality?
20 March 2013
Neil Wilkin, curator, British Museum
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London, a world city in 20 objects: Barack Obama’s Kenyan victory kanga
19 March 2013
Christopher Spring, British Museum
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London, a world city in 20 objects: Ilkurlka by Simon Hogan
18 March 2013
Polly Bence, British Museum
Conservation
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The Beau Street Hoard: counting ancient money
8 February 2013
Eleanor Ghey and Henry Flynn, British Museum
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The Beau Street Hoard: the end of the excavation
29 November 2012
Julia Tubman, conservator, British Museum
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A closer look at what the Chiseldon cauldrons are made of
25 September 2012
Quanyu Wang, scientist, British Museum
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The Beau Street Hoard: the view from Bath
16 August 2012
Stephen Clews, Manager, Roman Baths and Pump Room
Research
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Researching ‘old’ as well as ‘new’ kinds of money in West Africa
26 April 2013
Sophie Mew, Project Curator, Money in Africa
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Amara West 2013: a kaleidoscope of life and death in Egyptian Kush
22 February 2013
Neal Spencer, British Museum
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Discovering objects in the archives
15 February 2013
Ellen Feingold, Project Curator: Money in Africa, British Museum
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Amara West excavations 2013: the past from above
12 February 2013
Neal Spencer, British Museum
Archaeology
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Amara West 2013: a kaleidoscope of life and death in Egyptian Kush
22 February 2013
Neal Spencer, British Museum
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Amara West excavations 2013: the past from above
12 February 2013
Neal Spencer, British Museum
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Amara West excavations 2013: expecting the unexpected and a ‘Howard Carter moment’
25 January 2013
Neal Spencer, British Museum
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Exploring the lost kingdoms of South America
10 January 2013
Leonora Duncan and Jago Cooper, British Museum
At the Museum
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Exploring mobile money in Sierra Leone
9 May 2013
Sophie Mew, British Museum
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The Hockley Pendant: from an Essex field to the British Museum
4 January 2013
Naomi Speakman and Lloyd de Beer,
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Forgery, Suffragettes and Nirvana: tracking visitors in the Citi Money Gallery
17 December 2012
Benjamin Alsop, curator, British Museum
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Introducing our new, fully-operational, beta collection search
7 December 2012
Matthew Cock, Head of web, British Museum