The British Museum

Young explorers

Discover

Book of the Dead papyrus of Ani

Book of the Dead: will Ani's heart be lighter than a feather?

Museum explorer

Discover over 500 Museum objects
Tick tock

How did we tell the time before clocks?
3,2,1 blastoff!

Toys, dolls, puppets and kites
Left behind

What did the Romans bury in Britain?
Tune in

Take a musical journey through the past
Inventing the Olympics

What did the ancient Greeks do for sport?
The body in the bog

Discover an ancient murder mystery
We're going on a lion hunt

Prowl around and find lions at the Museum
Crack an ancient Egyptian code

Find out the secrets of the Rosetta Stone
Ancient Olympia

Visit the site of the original Olympics
Meet Nesperennub

Take an X-ray tour inside a mummy

A brief history of time telling

Videos: a brief history of...

Berserkers from the Lewis Chessmen

The Lewis Chessmen

Wooden demon mask

Masks

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Activities, events, trails and more

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Family events

Family activities

Teddy time traveller

Saturday 4 February
11.30–15.30

Digital workshops

Green screen time machine

Saturday 11 February
11.30–15.30

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