Daytime
Green screen time machine
Saturday 11 February, 11.30–15.30
Create a photo collage of yourself interacting with strange creatures and unusual objects.
Hajj: curators' introduction
Saturday 18 February, 13.15
Exhibition curators give a 45-minute illustrated introduction to the exhibition.
Journeys to Mecca
Saturday 25 February, 13.30–17.00
An afternoon of talks and early documentaries and films featuring Hajj and Mecca.
February 2012
| 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 (Fully booked) | Lecture | Free | |
| 14.00 & 15.00 | The Way of Tea | Demonstration | Free | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | £ | |
| 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 |
March 2012
April 2012
| Sunday 1 April | 11.30–15.30 | Olympic Champions! | Family activity | Free |
| Tuesday 3 April | 13.15 | Death and burial in ancient Levant | Gallery talk | Free |
| Wednesday 4 April | 13.15 | Hajj art: young artists' work from Saudi Arabia | Gallery talk | Free |
| Thursday 5 April | 13.15 | Women in the Enlightenment Gallery | Gallery talk | Free |
| Saturday 7 April | 11.30–15.30 | Magical mosaic masks | Family activity | Free |
| 13.15 | Greeks in Egypt | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Sunday 8 April | 11.00 & 14.00 | Mega-mummy animation workshop | Family activity | Free |
| Monday 9 April | 11.00 & 16.00 | Across the board | Family activity | Free |
| Tuesday 10 April | 11.00 & 16.00 | Across the board | Family activity | Free |
| 13.15 | India's sacred geography: pilgrimage in Hindu tradition | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Wednesday 11 April | 11.00 & 16.00 | Across the board | Family activity | Free |
| 13.15 | Secrets of smoothness: Islamic paper and its preparation | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Thursday 12 April | 11.00 & 16.00 | Across the board | Family activity | Free |
| 13.15 | Designing the London 2012 Paralympic Games medal (S) | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Friday 13 April | 11.00 & 16.00 | Across the board | Family activity | Free |
| 13.15 | The sculptures of the Parthenon | Gallery talk | Free | |
| 14.00 & 15.00 | The Way of Tea | Demonstration | Free | |
| Saturday 14 April | 10.30–16.30 | Open University study day: from Enlightenment to Romanticism | Study day | £ |
| 11.00–13.00 & 14.30–17.00 | Manga comic workshop | 13–18 event | Free | |
| 13.15 | Hajj: curators' introduction | Lecture | Free | |
| 13.15 | Paper and books in ancient Mexico | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Sunday 15 April | 11.30–15.30 | Passport to the afterlife | Family activity | Free |
| Tuesday 17 April | 13.15 | Renaissance into Baroque: a stylistic journey | Gallery talk | Free |
| Wednesday 18 April | 13.15 | All that glitters is not gold: a closer look at Iron Age metalwork | Gallery talk | Free |
| Thursday 19 April | 13.15 | Sand-buried ruins and ancient tracks: Aurel Stein's Silk Road | Gallery talk | Free |
| Friday 20 April | 13.15 | African textiles today | Gallery talk | Free |
| 13.15 | The Temple, the Holy Sepulchre, and the Noble Sanctuary: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Jerusalem | Lecture | Free | |
| Saturday 21 April | 11.30–15.30 | Digital photography day | Family activity | Free |
| 13.00–17.00 | The Art of Memory day | Study day | £ | |
| 13.15 | Egypt and the Levant: war and diplomacy in the Armana Letters | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Sunday 22 April | 11.00 & 14.00 | Medieval animation workshop | Family activity | Free |
| Tuesday 24 April | 13.15 | The Holy Sepulchre model: craftsmanship in miniature | Gallery talk | Free |
| Wednesday 25 April | 13.15 | Shakespeare and money | Gallery talk | Free |
| Thursday 26 April | 13.15 | Visiting the gods in ancient Cyprus | Gallery talk | Free |
| Friday 27 April | 13.15 | Looking at Korean art | Gallery talk | Free |
| 14.00 & 15.00 | The Way of Tea | Demonstration | Free | |
| Saturday 28 April | 11.30–15.30 | Magical mosaic masks | Family activity | Free |
| 13.15 | Hans Sloane and the influence of botany on 18th-century Chinese porcelain | Gallery talk | Free | |
| Sunday 29 April | 11.00 & 14.00 | Game design workshop | Family activity | Free |
More in 2012
| Saturday 12 May | 14.00–19.00 | From Olympia to London! | Young Friends | £ |
| Saturday 26 May | 10.00–17.00 | Stone carving | Workshop | £ |
| Thursday 7 June | 13.15 | At home with the Neanderthals: excavations at la Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey | Lecture | Free |
| Thursday 14 June | 13.15 | Virtual visitors: why would anyone want to visit the virtual British Museum collections online? | Lecture | Free |
| Saturday 23 June | 10.30–16.30 | The Olympic Games and sport across ancient cultures | Study day | £ |
| 13.15 | A book by any other name would smell as sweet | Lecture | Free | |
| Thursday 28 June | 13.15 | Discoveries and re-evaluations: painting practices under the microscope | Lecture | Free |
| Saturday 21 July | 10.00–17.00 | Stone carving | Workshop | £ |
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