Events

 

February 2012

Friday 3 February 13.15 Chinese money Gallery talk Free
  18.30 Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta Film £
Saturday 4 February 10.30–16.30 Open University study day: introduction to the Classical World Study day £
  11.30–15.30 Teddy time traveller Family activity Free
  13.15 Egypt under the Roman emperors Gallery talk Free
  18.15–09.00 Hajj sleepover Young friends £
Sunday 5 February 11.00 & 14.00 Manga comic workshop (Fully booked)  Family activity Free
Monday 6 February 13.15 Hajj: curators' introduction Lecture Free
  18.15–21.00 Members’ Open Evening Member event Free
Tuesday 7 February 13.15 Idris Khan’s Seven Times Gallery talk Free
Wednesday 8 February 13.15 Treasures from temples, tombs and palaces Gallery talk Free
Thursday 9 February 13.15 Introduction to Grayson Perry The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman (Fully booked)  Lecture Free
  13.15 Music in Chinese art Gallery talk Free
Friday 10 February 13.15 Renaissance to Rococo in 3 easy steps Gallery talk Free
  13.15 Britons on Hajj before 1940 Lecture Free
  14.00 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration Free
  18.30 Malcolm X Film £
Saturday 11 February 11.30–15.30 Green screen time machine Family activity Free
  13.15 War and agriculture in ancient Mexico Gallery talk Free
Sunday 12 February 11.00 & 14.00 Mega-mummy animation workshop (Fully booked)  Family activity Free
Monday 13 February 11.00–16.00 Arabian encounters Family activity Free
Tuesday 14 February 11.00–16.00 Arabian encounters Family activity Free
  13.15 The human form in ancient Cyprus Gallery talk Free
Wednesday 15 February 11.00–16.00 Arabian encounters Family activity Free
  13.15 Scientific insight into the origins of two crystal skulls Gallery talk Free
Thursday 16 February 11.00–16.00 Arabian encounters Family activity Free
  13.15 The 2012 Olympic medals (S) Gallery talk Free
Friday 17 February 11.00–16.00 Arabian encounters Family activity Free
  13.15 Court life in imperial China Gallery talk Free
  18.30 Lawrence of Arabia Film £
  18.30 The transformation of the Mycenaean world Lecture Free
Saturday 18 February 13.15 Hajj: curators' introduction Lecture Free
  10.30–16.30 Open University study day: the Renaissance reconsidered Study day £
  11.30–15.30 Passport to the afterlife Family activity Free
  13.15 Pattern and colour in Iznik ceramics Gallery talk Free
Sunday 19 February 11.30–15.30 Create a comic Family activity Free
Tuesday 21 February 13.15 Time on your hands: a history of the watch Gallery talk Free
Wednesday 22 February 13.15 Transformation and shape-shifting in Native North American art Gallery talk Free
Thursday 23 February 13.15 German Romantic prints: defining a new national identity Gallery talk Free
Friday 24 February 13.15 3,500 years of British treasure Gallery talk Free
  14.00 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration Free
  14.00–17.00 Printmaking: monotypes Study day £
  18.30 Hajj and the future of Islam Lecture £
Saturday 25 February 11.00 & 14.30 Digital music workshop 13–18 event Free
  11.30–15.30 Create a comic Family activity Free
  13.15 Rock crystal and other stone vessels for the princely Kunstkammer Gallery talk Free
  13.30 Journeys to Mecca: archive film afternoon Film £
Sunday 26 February 11.30–15.30 Digital discovery activities Family activity Free
Tuesday 28 February  13.15 Korean ceramics and metalwares Gallery talk Free
Wednesday 29 February 13.15 Women’s arts of the North American Indians Gallery talk Free

More events in 2012

Thursday 1 March 13.15 Hajj: curators' introduction Lecture Free
Friday 2 March 13.15 Archaeology and Material culture of sub Saharan Africa Lecture Free
  18.30 Rome and the Sword Lecture £
  18.30 LRB winter lecture: Europe Lecture £
Saturday 3 March 10.30–17.00 Manuscript illustration and pigments workshop Workshop £
  14.00 Lord Jim Film £
  10.30–17.30 City Lit Classics day Study day £
Sunday 4 March 14.00–19.00 Golden age of the Celts Young friends £
Friday 9 March 18.00–21.00 Late: Journey to the heart of Islam Special event Free
Friday 9 March 18.30 LRB winter lecture: Marx at 193 Lecture £
Saturday 10 March 10.30–17.00 Hajj: a journey of faith Study day £
Monday 12 March 11.00–15.30 Museum studies day Study day £
Friday 16 March 18.30 The Magnetism of Mecca Lecture £
  13.15 Jerusalem the golden: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre models Gallery talk Free
Saturday 17 March 13.15 Arabic and arabesques: themes in Islamic art Gallery talk Free
  14.00 Roads to Mecca Film Free
  11.00–16.00 Zoom in: a closer look at science Special event Free
Tuesday 20 March 11.00–17.00 Museums and Participation: Unlocking the potential of things (Fully booked) Conference Free
Thursday 22 March   Conference: The Hajj Conference £
Friday 23 March 18.30 Hajj among pilgrimages Lecture £
  14.00–17.00 Printmaking: monotypes Workshop £
Monday 26 March 13.15 One Thousand Roads to Mecca Film Free
Tuesday 27 March 13.15 Buddhist pilgrimage sites across South Asia Gallery talk Free
Friday 30 March 18.30 Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta Film Free
  18.30 LRB winter lecture: Marilyn Monroe Lecture £
Saturday 31 March 10.30–16.30 Open University study day: introducing religions Study day £
  18.15–09.00 Hajj sleepover Young friends £
  13.15 Journey to Mecca Film Free
Wednesday 4 April 13.15 Hajj art: young artists' work from Saudi Arabia Gallery talk Free
Tuesday 10 April 13.15 India's sacred geography: pilgrimage in Hindu tradition Gallery talk Free
Friday 13 April 18.30 Le Grand voyage Film £
Saturday 14 April 10.30–16.30 Open University study day: from Enlightenment to Romanticism Study day £
Saturday 21 April 13.00–17.00 The Art of Memory day Study day £
Saturday 12 May 14.00–19.00 From Olympia to London! Young Friends £
Saturday 26 May 10.00–17.00 Stone carving (Sold out)  Workshop £
Saturday 23 June 10.30–16.30 The Olympic Games and sport across ancient cultures Study day £
Saturday 21 July 10.00–17.00 Stone carving Workshop £

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Highlight events

The Ka'ba

Arabian encounters

Monday 13 – Friday 17 February, 11.00–16.00

Encounter the cultures of Arabia in a week of special activities.

 

Film

Lawrence of Arabia

Friday 17 February, 18.30

Peter O’Toole stars as T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s classic Oscar-winning epic.

 

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