The British Museum
Indian Summer events programme
Events & Activities
May – September 2009
Curators' introductions Admission free, booking advised
A 45-minute introduction to the exhibition Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur.
Friday 5 June, 13.15
BP Lecture Theatre
Exhibition curator Richard Blurton, British Museum This talk is sign interpreted.
Thursday 16 July, 13.15
Exhibition curator Sona Datta, British Museum
Thursday 13 August, 13.15
Exhibition curator Richard Blurton, British Museum
Access session
India Landscape for visually impaired people
Thursday 4 June, 13.30–15.30 Claus Moser Room Admission free, booking essential
Explore some of the plants included in India Landscape and Garden and Cosmos with Exhibition Curator Richard Blurton and Access Manager Jane Samuels.
India Landscape talksAll talks start at 13.15, West Lawn Admission free, just drop in
45-minute talks on aspects of India Landscape. In partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Installing an Indian landscape in Bloomsbury
Wednesday 6 May
Philippa Edwards, British Museum, and Stephen Ruddy, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Indian plants: from the Himalayas to Bloomsbury
Saturday 23 May
Emma Townshend, gardening writer, The Independent on Sunday.
Introducing Indian plants for medicinal purposes
Saturday 30 May
Irene Judge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew This talk is sign-interpreted.
Nature’s pharmacy
Wednesday 15 July
Irene Judge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Indian plants and their meanings
Friday 31 July
Richard Blurton, British Museum
The secret life of trees
Wednesday 19 August
Caroline Cartwright, British Museum
Wednesday 26 August
Guides from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, present talks in Indian languages with minimal translation into English, introducing aspects of the landscape.
Introduction in Hindi and Urdu
Friday 10 July
Shruti Chopra, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Repeated on:
Wednesday 9 September
Introduction in Gujarati
Thursday 6 August
Bhavana Desai, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Repeated on:
Wednesday 12 August
Indian Summer: A season of exhibitions and events focusing on India