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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
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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11.30
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13.15
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14.00
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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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11.30
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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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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