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The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army

 

Opening hours for the exhibition

Mondays – Wednesdays 10.00–17.30 (last entry 16.20)
Open late Thursdays – Sundays until 00.00 (last entry 22.50)
Open early Saturdays and Sundays from 08.00

Opening hours for the rest of the Museum

The rest of the Museum closes at 17.30 from Saturday to Wednesday.
A limited number of galleries are open until 20.30 on Thursdays
and Fridays. The rest of the Museum is closed on Good Friday
(21 March 2008)
More details about galleries which open late on Thursdays and Fridays

Please note

Before you enter the exhibition:
• Only small bags will be allowed into the exhibition (35 x 33 x 13cm max)
• Large bags, coats, umbrellas, etc. should be left in the cloakrooms
• The main cloakrooms are located to the left of the Main entrance, next to the Children’s shop, £1 per item. Large luggage can be left at the Montague Place entrance cloakroom, £1 per item.
• The Museum reserves the right to search any bags or personal items being taken into the exhibition

While you are in the exhibition, please:
• Do not use photographic or video recording equipment
• Do not carry or consume any food or drink
• Set your mobile phone to silent

Sponsored by Morgan StanleyArmoured infantryman, terracotta, Qin dynasty (221-206 BC).
Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang,
Lintong, Shaanxi Province, China
Photo by kind permission Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau
© The Trustees of the British Museum