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Find out about past exhibitions held at the British Museum.
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict24 July– 26 October 2008
China Landscape3 May– 27 October 2008
Conservation in focus11 September– 26 October 2008
Reflecting modern Japan: photobooks from the post-war period5 June – 10 August 2008
Icons of Revolution: Mao badges then and now10 April – 14 September 2008
American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock10 April – 7 September 2008
Church and Emperor: an Ethiopian crucifixion6 March – 5 May 2008
Fascination of Nature: Birds, flowers and insects in Chinese art10 January – 5 August 2008
Divine Cat: speaking with the gods in ancient Egypt8 November 2007 – 27 January 2008
Korean Moon Jar 20 September – 21 October 2007
The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army 13 September 2007 – 6 April 2008
Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan19 July – 21 October 2007
Ikebana: Living Flowers of Japan 5 July – 19 August 2007
Inhuman Traffic: The Business of the Slave Trade 24 May 2007 – 6 April 2008
The Caribbean before Columbus: Taíno Icons in the British Museum3 May – 17 June 2007
La Bouche du Roi: An artwork by Romuald Hazoumé 22 March – 13 May 2007
A New World: England's first view of America 15 March – 17 June 2007
Fabric of a Nation: textiles and identity in modern Ghana 22 February – 10 April 2007
Gods, Guardians and Immortals: Chinese religion paintings 8 February – 22 July 2007
Italian Prints 1875 – 1975 1 February – 3 June 2007
Good impressions: image and authority in medieval seals11 January – 20 May 2007
The past from above: through the lens of Georg Gerster 16 November 2006 – 11 February 2007
Power and Taboo: Sacred objects from the eastern Pacific 28 September 2006 – 3 January 2007
Myths of Bengal14 September 2006 – 7 January 2007
Art of peace: Paintings by the poet Tagore14 September – 12 November 2006
Durga: creating an image of a goddess12 August – 27 September 2006
Word into art: Artists of the modern Middle East18 May – 3 September 2006
The Warren Cup 11 May – 2 July 2006
Michelangelo drawings: closer to the master23 March – 25 June 2006
Rembrandt: Three Crosses 28 February – 23 April 2006
Michelangelo: money and medals12 January – 25 June 2006
Samurai to Manga: Japan across the centuries 15 December 2005 – 3 February 2006
Samuel Palmer: vision and landscape21 October 2005 – 22 January 2006
1980–2005 National Treasures: Icons to mark 25 years of the National Heritage Memorial Fund14 October – 28 November 2005
Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia9 September 2005 – 8 January 2006
Iran before Islam: Propaganda and Religion AD 224-65230 June 2005 – 8 January 2006
Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage 1780 – 183030 June – 11 September 2005
Africa Garden8 May – 4 September 2005
Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance Collector9 February – 5 June 2005
Wealth of Africa: 4,000 years of money and trade20 January – 26 June 2005
Sudan: ancient treasures9 September 2004 – 9 January 2005
Status symbols: identity and belief on modern badges22 July 2004 – 16 January 2005
Public image: Portraits on coins and medals22 January – 18 July 2004
Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past 21 November 2003 – 14 March 2004
Tibetan Legacy: Paintings from the Hahn Kwang-ho Collection11 September – 23 November 2003
Medicine Man: The forgotten museum of Henry Wellcome26 June – 16 November 2003
The Museum of the Mind: Art and memory in world cultures15 April – 7 September 2003
Kazari: Decoration and display in Japan 15th-19th centuries5 February – 13 April 2003
Celebrating the British Museum: John Maine's anniversary medal15 January – 15 June 2003
Treasures of Tutankhamun30 March – 30 December 1972