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Vale of York acquisition
This major Viking hoard is jointly acquired by York Museums Trust and the British Museum.

 

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Japanese dogu figures exhibition
The first time that such a wide range of the finest dogū have been brought together in a single exhibition.

 

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Mexican prints exhibition announced
The first exhibition in Europe to focus on the great age of Mexican printmaking in the first half of the twentieth century.

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A collaborative project between the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. has been examining two crystal skulls.

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The Lewis Chessmen

Parthenon sculptures

World War II provenance

The crystal skull

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Human remains

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