Spotlight talk
Looking at the people of Benin

Sessions in 2013
April 22
June 6

10.30–11.15 or 12.00–12.45
Key Stage 2
(Age 7–11)

£1 per student

Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8181 or tickets@britishmuseum.org

Recommend this session

This lively talk takes place in one of the Museum’s lecture theatres, where your students identify different people connected with the Oba’s palace in Benin.

They explore pictures of the Oba, his staff and the first European visitors and find out about links between symbols and the local environment.

Maximum group size: 120

Cancellation and no-show charges apply.
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