The British Museum

What’s on

Special exhibition

Portrait of Shakespeare

Shakespeare: staging the world

19 July – 25 November 2012
Coming soon

Ticket booking information

All exhibitions

Free exhibitions
and displays

Liu Dan (b. 1953), Poppy, Ink on paper, 2007. From a private collection, Beijing.

Modern Chinese ink paintings

Until 2 September 2012

Picasso Prints: The Vollard Suite

Until 2 September 2012

Crowns and ducats: Shakespeare’s money and medals

Until 25 November 2012

All exhibitions and displays

Event highlights

lecture

The horse: curators' introduction

Thursday 7 June, 13.15

A 45-minute illustrated talk by the Exhibition Curators on the context, themes and highlights of the exhibition. Sign interpreted.

Horses, hawks and hounds

Monday 4 – Friday 8 June

Come to the Museum for a whole week of activities dedicated to horses, hawks and hounds

Fridays
open until 20.30

Friday late

Explore Museum galleries, dine in the Great Court, visit exhibitions and enjoy unique events

National Velvet

Friday 1 June, 18.30

Elizabeth Taylor stars as the young Velvet Brown who has just won a lively horse named Pie in a town raffle

Friday lates programme