Events calendar

Saturday 4 July 12.00–15.30 Object mystery Family activity  
  13.15 Highlights of Buddhist art from Asia Gallery talk  
  14.00–18.00 Sonar Bangla family day Family event  
Sunday 5 July 12.00–15.30 Create a comic Family activity  
Monday 6 July 18.30 Whose landscape is it anyway? Debate £
Tuesday 7 July  13.15 Japanese lacquer Gallery talk  
Wednesday 8 July 13.15 Medals of Dishonour Gallery talk  
Thursday 9 July 13.15 How Pacific shields dazzle Gallery talk  
  18.30 India: landscape and culture Lecture £
Friday 10 July 13.15 Javanese shadow theatre and music in social context Gallery talk  
  13.15 India Landscape introduction in Hindi and Urdu Gallery talk  
  13.15 Elsa Peretti double bill Film  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
  18.30 Mother India Film £
Saturday 11 July 11.00 & 14.00 Greeks alive! Family event  
  13.15 Islamic ceramics and the impact of Chinese porcelain Gallery talk  
Sunday 12 July 12.00 & 15.00 Indonesian puppet theatre - CANCELLED Family event £
  12.00–15.30 Create a comic Family activity  
Tuesday 14 July 13.15 Introducing Native American arts Gallery talk  
Wednesday 15 July 13.15 Warfare and weapons in the British Bronze Age Gallery talk  
  13.15 Nature's pharmacy Gallery talk  
Thursday 16 July 13.15 The Fishpool hoard and kingship Gallery talk S
  13.15 Garden and Cosmos: curator's introduction Talk  
  13.15 Introduction to the Sir Percival David Collection Lunchtime talk  
Friday 17 July 13.15 A decade of new discoveries in Britain Gallery talk  
  18.30–21.00 Indian Late Late  
Saturday 18 July 10.00–17.00 Stone carving workshop - SOLD OUT Workshop £
  12.00–15.30 Object mystery Family activity  
  13.15 The Romans in Britain Gallery talk  
  13.00–17.00 Afternoon of Indian music Performance  
Sunday 19 July 12.00–15.30 Mismatch creatures Family activity  
Monday 20 July 18.00 The last New Kingdom tomb at Thebes Lecture £
Tuesday 21 July  09.00–17.00 The Egyptian Book of the Dead: recent research Colloquium £
  13.15 Islamic metalworking technology Gallery talk  
Wednesday 22 July 10.00–17.00 The Egyptian Book of the Dead: recent research Colloquium £
  13.15 Venetian connections Gallery talk  
Thursday 23 July 09.30–18.00 Seminar for Arabian studies conference Conference £
  13.15 Matthew Boulton Gallery talk  
  13.15 Curator’s introduction to Medals of Dishonour Lunchtime talk  
  18.30 Ancient Arabia and the written word Lecture  
Friday 24 July 09.30–18.00 Seminar for Arabian studies conference Conference £
  13.15 Chinese ceramics: the Sir Percival David Collection Gallery talk  
  13.15 The archaeology of Hindu ritual Lunchtime talk  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
  18.30 Kanchenjungha Film £
Saturday 25 July 09.30–18.00 Seminar for Arabian studies conference Conference £
  11.00–16.00 Coins and castles family day Family event  
  12.00–15.30  Photofit Family activity  
  13.15 The early dynasties of ancient Egypt Gallery talk  
Sunday 26 July 12.00–15.30 Create a comic Family activity  
Monday 27 July 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
Tuesday 28 July 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 An introduction to the Japanese galleries Gallery talk  
  18.00 The archaeology of Iran and the Indo-European invasions Lecture  
Wednesday 29 July 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Gods, goddesses and myths Gallery talk  
Thursday 30 July 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Medals of Dishonour Gallery talk  
Friday 31 July 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Indian plants and their meaning Gallery talk  
  18.30 Four Women Film £
Saturday 1 August 12.00–15.30 Object mystery Family activity  
  12.30, 13.30 & 15.00 Sutton Hoo stories Family event  
  13.00 & 14.30 Odissi dance Performance  
  13.15 The statue of Idrimi Gallery talk  
Sunday 2 August 12.00–15.30 Photofit Family activity  
Monday 3 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
Tuesday 4 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Tutbury: new interpretations of an old castle Gallery talk  
Wednesday 5 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Elsa Peretti: jewellery and objects for Tiffany & Co. Gallery talk S
Thursday 6 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 India Landscape introduction in Gujarati Gallery talk  
Friday 7 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Painted icons in the Medieval collection Gallery talk  
  18.30 Bus Lovers and Cruzeiro Films £
Saturday 8 August 12.00–15.30 Object mystery Family activity  
  13.00 & 15.00 Red figure plate painting workshop Family activity  
  13.15 Collections of natural rarities and exotica Gallery talk  
Sunday 9 August 11.00 & 14.00 Ancient animations Family activity  
Monday 10 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
Tuesday 11 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Dying in Bronze Age Britain Gallery talk  
Wednesday 12 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 India Landscape introduction in Gujarati Gallery talk  
Thursday 13 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 European style: Renaissance to Rococo Gallery talk  
  13.15 Garden and Cosmos: curator's introduction Talk  
Friday 14 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Aphrodite and Cyprus Gallery talk  
  13.30 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
  18.30 Faithful and Km43.3 Transylvanian Timber Films £
Saturday 15 August 11.00–14.30 Making medals workshop Family activity  
  12.00–15.30 Object mystery Family activity  
  13.15 Contemporary art in the Africa galleries Gallery talk  
Sunday 16 August 11.00 & 14.00 Ancient animations Family activity  
Monday 17 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
Tuesday 18 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Coins in India’s history Gallery talk  
Wednesday 19 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 The secret life of trees Gallery talk  
Thursday 20 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Medals of Dishonour Gallery talk  
Friday 21 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Krishna and the Gitagovinda in Orissa Gallery talk  
  18.30 UK shorts Films £
Saturday 22 August 12.00–15.30 Mismatch creatures Family activity  
  13.15 Ancient Egyptian creation myths Gallery talk  
Sunday 23 August 12.00–15.30 Create a comic Family activity  
Monday 24 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
Tuesday 25 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Sculptures of the Parthenon Gallery talk  
Wednesday 26 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Indian plants and their meaning Gallery talk  
Thursday 27 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Classical metalworking Gallery talk  
Friday 28 August 11.30–13.00 & 14.00–15.30 Indian Summer: family activities Family activities  
  13.15 Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection Gallery talk  
Saturday 29 August 12.00–15.30 Object mystery Family activity  
  12.30, 13.30 & 15.00 Imagining the forest storytelling Family event  
  13.15 The tomb-chapel of Nebamun Gallery talk  
Sunday 30 August 12.00–15.30 Create a comic Family activity  
Thursday 3 September 13.15 David Smith lecture Talk  
Friday 4 September 13.15 Medals of Dishonour Gallery talk  
  18.30 Grayson Perry in conversation with Richard Wentworth Late £
Wednesday 9 September 13.15 An introduction to India Landscape in Hindi and Urdu Gallery talk  
Thursday 10 September 13.15 Cornelia Parker in conversation Talk  
  18.30 The roots of Indian democracy Lecture £
  18.30–20.30 An evening of protest music Late  
Friday 11 September 13.15 Steve Bell lecture Talk  
  18.30 Uttara (The Wrestlers) Film £
Thursday 17 September 18.30 Discussion: contemporary art and social critique Late £
Friday 18 September 13.15 Marianne North in India Lecture  
Saturday 19 September 10.30–16.30 India now and in the future Discussion day £
  13.15 Richard Hamilton on Marcel Duchamp Talk  
Tuesday 22 September 13.15 Medals of Dishonour Gallery talk  
Thursday 24 September 18.30 The lure of the forest in Indian culture Lecture £
  18.30–20.30 Talk and draw Late  
Friday 25 September 18.30 Frozen Film £
Saturday 26 September 11.00–16.00 Medal making for adults Workshop £

 

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