International touring exhibitions and loansThe international Museum
The British Museum has an extensive programme of touring exhibitions and object loans. Each year, large numbers of objects from the collection travel to museums and galleries outside the UK for temporary exhibition.
The international touring exhibitions programme offer visitors a chance to experience a British Museum exhibition at an international venue.
About international touring exhibitions
Individual and small groups of objects are regularly loaned to museums around the world.
View current international tour exhibitions and loans in a larger map
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International exhibitions currently on tour
The Body Beautiful
in Ancient Greece
A visually engaging and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition, seen through ancient Greek eyes.
Museo Nacional de Antropología,
Mexico City, Mexico
Until 21 January 2012
Extraordinary Stories
from the British Museum
A unique collection of objects offering different perspectives on well known events and a window onto peoples and cultures.
Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia
Until 5 February 2012
Mummy:
the Inside Story
Explore inside the Mummy of Nesperennub, with a unique 3D film using state of the art technology.
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Virginia, U.S.A
Until 11 March 2012
International loans
Exhibitions to which the British Museum has contributed loans
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Massachusetts, USA
Until 10 December 2011
Palazzo Rubens:
The master as architect
Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Until 11 December 2011
Giorgio Vasari:
Santo e bello
Palazzo Vescovile, Arezzo, Italy
Until 30 December 2011
Gauguin and Polynesia:
An Elusive Paradise
Ny Carslberg Glypotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Until 31 December 2011
Degas’s Dancers at the Barre: Point and counterpoint
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA
Until 8 January 2012
Side by Side: Poland – Germany.
A 1000 Years of Art and History
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Until 9 January 2012
The Silk Route
Light and Silence of Eurasia
Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, Italy
Until 1 February 2012
Majolique; La faience italienne au temps des humanistes
Musée national de la Renaissance, Ecouen, France
Until 6 February 2012
Splendour and Glory of the
Middle Ages
Museum Schnütgen, Cologne, Germany
Until 26 February 2012
William Blake and
British Visionary Art
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Until 28 February 2012
Maya: Sacred Kings and Queens
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Until 9 April 2012
The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis
The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, USA
Until 22 April 2012