China programme
The British Museum’s The First Emperor: China's Terracotta
Army exhibition in London highlighted the public desire
for a greater understanding of Chinese history.
The dialogue fostered through cultural exchange remains a key
focus of the Museum’s international work in the Far East. Attention
is given not just to Chinese civilisation, but to appreciating all
world cultures.
British Museum exhibitions in China
The Ancient Olympic
Games
Hong Kong Heritage Museum (2 August – 24 November 2008)
The Shanghai Museum, China (1 May – 12 July 2008)
Britain Meets the World 1714–1830
The Palace Museum, Beijing (March – June 2007)
Art and Empire:
Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
The
Shanghai Museum, China (July – October 2006)
Treasures of the World's Cultures
Capital Museum, Beijing (March – June 2006)
Seen by over 300,000 people
Exhibitions and events in London
The First Emperor: China's Terracotta
Army
British Museum (13 September 2007 – 6 April
2008)
Over 850,000 visitors
Fascination with Nature:
Birds, flowers and insect in Chinese art
British
Museum (10 January – 5 August 2008)
Chinese sculpture in the Great
Court
British Museum (4 February – 30 November
2008)
Icons of Revolution: Mao badges then and
now
British Museum (10 April – 14 September 2008)
China Landscape (Kew at the British
Museum)
British Museum (3 May – 27 October 2008)
Chinese New Year
British Museum (Saturday 9 February 2008)
35,000 attended
Extensive programming around China
Research project
Memoranda of Understanding
- National Museum of China
- Palace Museum, China
- Shanghai Museum