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  • Buried Treasures Unearthed

    Discover some of the star objects in the exhibition Buried treasure: Finding our past

  • Daily life in Iron Age Britain

    An introduction to life in Iron Age Britain through some of the objects the people made, used, lost or sacrificed.

  • Enlightenment: Ancient Scripts

    Follow the attempts made in the Enlightenment to decipher ancient languages in this tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • Enlightenment: Art and Civilization

    Learn about the attempts of Enlightenment scholars to understand the history of art in this tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • Enlightenment: Classifying the World

    Find out how people began to order and organize knowledge during the Enlightenment in this tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • Enlightenment: Religion and Ritual

    Discover how Enlightenment scholars began to study other religions in this tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • Enlightenment: The Birth of Archaeology

    How the study of ancient Britain led to the creation of British archaeology - a tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • Enlightenment: The Natural World

    Find out how our view of nature changed during the Enlightenment in this tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • Enlightenment: Trade and Discovery

    Learn more about European voyages of discovery during the Enlightenment in this tour to accompany the Museum's new gallery, Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

  • London 1753

    A tour of London at the time of the founding of the British Museum

  • Our Top Ten British Treasures

    What are the most important British treasures in the British Museum? What makes one treasure more important than another?

  • People in Iron Age Britain

    An introduction to life in Iron Age Britain through some of the objects the people made, used, lost or sacrificed.

  • Religion and ritual in Iron Age Britain

    An introduction to life in Iron Age Britain through some of the objects the people made, used, lost or sacrificed.

  • Samuel Palmer

    A look at the life and works of one of Britain's greatest artists.

  • War and art in Iron Age Britain

    An introduction to life in Iron Age Britain through some of the objects the people made, used, lost or sacrificed.

  • The Wetwang Chariot Burial

    A recent excavation of an Iron Age burial in East Yorkshire (as featured on the BBC's Meet the Ancestors

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