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Museum reporter
Sunday 12 January, 11.00
Become a journalist for the day and follow clues around the galleries using mobile phones. Sessions…
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Perfect timing: inside clocks and watches
Friday 17 January, 13.30
Paul Buck and Oliver Cooke, British Museum, introduce the inner mechanisms and design of clocks and…
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Power and gold in ancient Colombia: curator's introduction
Friday 17 January, 13.30
Exhibition Curator Elisenda Vila Llonch gives a 45-minute illustrated introduction to the exhibition…
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Charlotte Higgins in conversation: Under Another Sky
Friday 17 January, 18.30
Charlotte Higgins, chief arts writer at The Guardian and author of Under Another Sky: Journeys in…
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Reshuffling the deck: card game workshop
Sunday 19 January, 11.00
Learn about card games from around the world, and work with a professional games designer to create…
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Lost kingdoms of South America
Friday 24 January, 18.30
Jago Cooper, British Museum curator and presenter of the BBC TV series Lost Kingdoms of South…
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Medieval animation workshop
Sunday 26 January, 11.00
Use stop-motion software and digital video cameras to create animations based on weird and wonderful…
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T E Lawrence, Leonard Woolley and the Wilderness of Zin 100 years on
Monday 27 January, 18.30
An exclusive lecture for Members by Sam Moorhead FSA, British Museum.
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The discovery of Colombia’s pre-Hispanic past
Friday 31 January, 18.30
Warwick Bray, Emeritus Professor of Latin American Archaeology, University College London, tells the…
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Make a stop-motion music video
Sunday 2 February, 11.00
Learn the techniques behind stop-motion and use professional equipment to make your own music…
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Power and gold in ancient Colombia: curator's introduction
Friday 7 February, 13.30
Project Curator Leonora Duncan gives a 45-minute illustrated introduction to the exhibition Beyond…
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On not going home
Friday 7 February, 18.30
James Wood, Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism at Harvard, explores the estrangement of…
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Manga comic workshop
Sunday 9 February, 11.00
Learn the secrets of manga comic artists, then create your own manga-inspired comic with characters…
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Elusive Medeas
Monday 10 February, 18.30
An exclusive lecture for Members by classicist and author Oliver Taplin, University of Oxford.
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World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre: artist in residence
Friday 14 February, 13.30
Liam O’Connor has been the artist in residence for the British Museum’s World Conservation and…
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The public voice of women
Friday 14 February, 18.30
Mary Beard, Newnham College, Cambridge, reflects on the ways women have been heard in public, from…
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Open University study day on the Renaissance
Saturday 15 February, 10.30
This study day features lectures, gallery talks and a film, and uses the British Museum's collection…
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Shadow puppet workshop
Sunday 16 February, 11.00
Learn about the ancient tradition of shadow-puppetry in Java and then decorate your own beautiful…
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The invented
Friday 21 February, 18.30
What does it take to invent a new life for yourself? Andrew O’Hagan, Professor of Writing at King’s…
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Alpha to omega: ancient Greek from scratch
Saturday 22 February, 10.00
In these workshops for adults, Peter Jones, Director of the Reading Greek series, author of Learn…
December 2013
Sunday 8 December
Tuesday 10 December
Wednesday 11 December
Thursday 12 December
Friday 13 December
Saturday 14 December
Sunday 15 December
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11.00
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11.30
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14.00
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14.00
Tuesday 17 December
Wednesday 18 December
Thursday 19 December
Friday 20 December
Saturday 21 December
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11.30
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11.30
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14.00
Sunday 22 December
Friday 27 December
Saturday 28 December
Sunday 29 December
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11.00
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11.30
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14.00
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14.00
January 2014
Friday 3 January
Saturday 4 January
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11.30
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11.30
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14.00
Sunday 5 January
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11.30
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11.30
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14.00
Tuesday 7 January
Wednesday 8 January
Thursday 9 January
Friday 10 January
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11.30
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13.15
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14.00
Saturday 11 January
Sunday 12 January
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11.00
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11.30
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14.00
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14.00
Tuesday 14 January
Wednesday 15 January
Thursday 16 January
Friday 17 January
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11.30
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13.15
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13.30
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13.30
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14.00
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15.00
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18.30
Saturday 18 January
Sunday 19 January
Tuesday 21 January
Wednesday 22 January
Thursday 23 January
Friday 24 January
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13.15
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14.00
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15.00
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18.30
Saturday 25 January
Sunday 26 January
Monday 27 January
Tuesday 28 January
Wednesday 29 January
Thursday 30 January
Friday 31 January
February 2014
Saturday 1 February
Sunday 2 February
Tuesday 4 February
Wednesday 5 February
Thursday 6 February
Friday 7 February
Saturday 8 February
Sunday 9 February
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11.00
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11.30
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14.00
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14.00
Monday 10 February
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18.30
Tuesday 11 February
Wednesday 12 February
Thursday 13 February
Friday 14 February
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13.15
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13.30
World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre: artist in residence
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14.00
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15.00
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18.00
The Gentlemen of Leisure present a cultural comedy gallery tour
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18.30
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18.45
The Gentlemen of Leisure present a cultural comedy gallery tour
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19.30
The Gentlemen of Leisure present a cultural comedy gallery tour
Saturday 15 February
Sunday 16 February
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11.00
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11.30
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14.00
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14.00
Monday 17 February
Tuesday 18 February
Wednesday 19 February
Thursday 20 February
Friday 21 February
Saturday 22 February
Sunday 23 February
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10.30
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11.30
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14.00
Tuesday 25 February
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13.15
Wednesday 26 February
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13.15