Events calendar

Thursday 8 May 18.30 El-Amarna: city of Akhenaten Lecture £
  18.30 The quest for ancient Britain Gallery talk S
Friday 9 May 13.15 Assyrian Revival: art and archaeology Gallery talk  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
  18.30 Architecture and iconography at the imperial margin Lecture  
Saturday 10 May 10.00–17.00 Stone carving Workshop £
  13.15 Animal motifs in ancient Mexico Gallery talk  
Tuesday 13 May 13.15 The dawn of technology: the mystery of handaxes Gallery talk  
Wednesday 14 May 13.15 Southern writers Gallery talk  
Thursday 15 May 13.15 American printmaking and the Depression Gallery talk  
  18.30 American photography 1900-1960 Lecture £
Friday 16 May 13.15 Medieval enamels: what can science tell us? Gallery talk  
  18.30 Up from the streets Film £
Saturday 17 May 13.15 Trajan and Hadrian Gallery talk  
Sunday 18 May 10.00–17.00 Open University day at the British Museum Study session  
Tuesday 20 May 13.15 Nameless but not faceless: identity in Prehistoric Europe Gallery talk  
Wednesday 21 May 13.15 China Landscape Gallery talk  
Thursday 22 May 13.15 Small change in the HSBC Money Gallery Gallery talk  
  14.00–16.30 Delacroix and Sardanapalus Study session £
  18.30 American painting: the southern painter's narrative journey Lecture £
Friday 23 May 13.15 Prehistoric jewellery in Britain and beyond Gallery talk  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
  18.30 Make it modern Film £
Saturday 24 May 13.15 Beginnings of civilisation in Mesopotamia Gallery talk  
Monday 26 May 11.00–16.00 Half term activities: Get hip, stay cool Family event  
Tuesday 27 May  11.00–16.00 Half term activities: Get hip, stay cool Family event  
  13.15 Hadrian in Britain Gallery talk  
Wednesday 28 May 11.00–16.00 Half term activities: Get hip, stay cool Family event  
  13.15 Migrations and Native American art from Mesoamerica to Europeans Gallery talk  
Thursday 29 May 11.00–16.00 Half term activities: Get hip, stay cool Family event  
  13.15 The crystal skull: scientific insights Gallery talk  
  18.30 American sexualities: technology and change Lecture £
  20.15–21.15 Julian Joseph trio Performance £
Friday 30 May 11.00–16.00 Half term activities: Get hip, stay cool Family event  
  13.15 Gods and rulers: masters of warfare in Mesoamerica Gallery talk  
  18.30 In search of America Film £
Saturday 31 May 13.00–20.30 Word from Africa Special event  
  13.15 The golden age of Athens Gallery talk  
Tuesday 3 June 13.15 Fascination with nature: Birds, flowers and insects Gallery talk  
Wednesday 4 June 13.15 Botany to cuneiform: Enlightenment themes Gallery talk  
Thursday 5 June 13.15 Displaying modern Japan Gallery talk  
  18.30 American music: imagining New Orleans Lecture £
  18.30 Hot, flat and crowded Lecture £
Friday 6 June 13.15 The book in Japanese photography Gallery talk  
  14.30–17.00 Making mosaics Workshop £
  18.30 Artists' lives Film £
  18.30–20.30 Jazz among artists Performance  
Saturday 7 June 11.00–16.00 Founder’s day Special event  
  13.15 China Landscape Gallery talk  
Tuesday 10 June 13.15 The secret life of trees Gallery talk  
Wednesday 11 June 13.15 Raffles: collector and empire builder Gallery talk  
Thursday 12 June 13.15 The arts of Sudanic Africa Gallery talk  
Friday 13 June 13.15 Images of kingship: coin portraits in the Hellenistic world Gallery talk  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
  18.30 Earth and water Film £
Saturday 14 June 13.15 Cyprus in the shadow of empires Gallery talk  
Tuesday 17 June 13.15 Solomon Islands Gallery talk  
Wednesday 18 June 13.15 Baskets, weaving and textiles in Native American art Gallery talk  
Thursday 19 June 13.15 Renaissance to Neoclassical in Western style Gallery talk  
  18.30 The Vindolanda tablets: an insight into life in Roman Britain Gallery talk S
  18.30 American art as emblem of democracy: from the New Deal to the Cold War Lecture £
  18.30 From the Holy Mountain Lecture £
Friday 20 June 13.15 Fascination with Nature: Birds, flowers and insects Gallery talk  
  18.00 Between Iran and China Lecture  
  18.30 New York observed Film £
Saturday 21 June 13.15 Early civilisation in ancient Egypt Gallery talk  
Tuesday 24 June 13.15 Modern Japan in photobooks Gallery talk  
Wednesday 25 June 13.15 Making money: currency and industrialisation Gallery talk  
Thursday 26 June 13.15 European Christian religious objects, 15th–18th centuries Gallery talk  
  18.30 The future of the past Lecture £
Friday 27 June 13.15 Discovering plant products in the China landscape Gallery talk  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
Saturday 28 June 13.15 Ancient Egypt and the island of Cyprus Gallery talk  
  19.00–21.00 Brahms’ German Requiem Performance £
Friday 4 July 13.15 Collecting American prints Gallery talk  
  18.30–20.30 Jazz among artists Performance  
  18.30–21.00 American Late: Independence Day Late  
Tuesday 15 July   New research on the Bayeux Tapestry Conference £
Wednesday 16 July   New research on the Bayeux Tapestry Conference £
Monday 28 July   Annual Egyptological Colloquium 2008 Colloquium £
Thursday 7 August 13.15 Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionist printmaking Gallery talk  
Friday 5 September 18.30–20.30 Jazz among artists Performance  

 

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