Daytime events

Manga event
 
Introduction to Mexican cookery
 
Saturday 21 November 10.00–17.00 Moctezuma's feast Study session £
  11.30–15.30 Green screen time machine Family activity  
  13.15 From Hokkaido to Infinity: the manga of Yukinobu Hoshino Gallery talk  
  14.30 Astro Boy Film  
Sunday 22 November 11.30, 13.30
& 15.15
Comic storytelling workshop Family activity  
  14.00 The Letter for the King Family activity £
Tuesday 24 November 13.15 Key moments of print making in Mexico 1910-1960 Gallery talk  
Wednesday 25 November 13.15 Conservation aspects of papyri Gallery talk  
Thursday 26 November 13.15 The story of clocks Gallery talk  
  13.30 Mexican film double bill: Indigenous Democracy and Tiempo de Vals Documentary  
Friday 27 November 13.15 The Maori meeting house Gallery talk  
  13.30 Curator's introduction to Moctezuma Lunchtime talk  
  14.00 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
Saturday 28 November 11.30–15.30 Green screen time machine Family activity  
  12.00, 13.00, 14.00 & 15.00 Greek myths storytelling Family activity  
  13.00–14.00 Introduction to Mexican cookery Demonstration £
  13.15 Early Egypt Gallery talk  
  13.15 British Museum documentary:
Moctezuma
Documentary  
Sunday 29 November 11.00 & 14.00 Greeks alive! animation workshop Family activity  
Tuesday 1 December 13.15 Festive dining in the 17th century Gallery talk  
Wednesday 2 December 13.15 What makes manga “Manga?”  Gallery talk  
Thursday 3 December 13.15 Conservation in Focus: The mounting of prints in the British Museum Gallery talk  
  16.00–17.30 Migration, climate change and
indigenous rights
Lecture  
Friday 4 December 13.15 Calaveras, ballads, corridos and sensational news stories: Posada's backstory Gallery reading  
  13.30 Curator's introduction to Moctezuma Lunchtime talk  
Saturday 5 December 10.30, 12.00
& 15.00
Moctezuma family workshops Family activity  
  11.00–17.00 Textile workshop Workshop £
  11.30–15.30 Design a magical mosaic Family activity  
  13.15 Rome and Empire Gallery talk  
Sunday 6 December 11.30–15.30 Make a mismatch creature Family activity  
  13.00 A Roman Christmas Special event £
Tuesday 8 December 13.15 An introduction to Elsa Peretti Gallery talk S
Wednesday 9 December 13.15 Orozco, Rivera and Siqueiros:
The Mexican Muralists as Printmakers
Gallery talk  
Thursday 10 December 13.15 Reyes y nobles del México antiguo   Gallery talk  
  13.15 The Star of Bethlehem:
a journey through science and art
Lunchtime talk  
Friday 11 December  09.30–17.30 Turquoise, Henry Christy and museum collections: an interdisciplinary conference Conference £
  13.15 Money in the world, money in the Museum Gallery talk  
  13.30 British Museum documentary:
Moctezuma
Documentary  
  14.00 & 15.00 The Way of Tea Demonstration  
Saturday 12 December 09.30–17.30 Turquoise, Henry Christy and museum collections: an interdisciplinary conference Conference £
  12.30, 14.00
& 15.30
Manga create a comic workshop Family activity  
  13.15 Ashurbanipal's lionhunt reliefs: an ancient masterpiece Gallery talk  
Sunday 13 December 09.30–17.30 Turquoise, Henry Christy and museum collections: an interdisciplinary conference Conference £
  11.30–15.30 Photography mystery trail Family activity  
Tuesday 15 December 13.15 Arctic Hunters Gallery talk  
Wednesday 16 December  09.30–17.00 Hadrian Conference £
  13.15 Money and Celebration Gallery talk  
Thursday 17 December  09.30–17.00 Hadrian Conference £
  13.15 Plants, food and people in Early Bronze Age Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan Gallery talk  
Friday 18 December  09.30–17.00 Hadrian Conference £
  13.15 Emotion in motion, how and why manga work - a comic strip artist's perspective Gallery talk  
Saturday 19 December 11.30–15.30 Make a mismatch creature Family activity  
  12.00–16.00 Get crafty activity table Family activity  
  13.15 Foreign Pharaohs:
the Persian conquest of Egypt
Gallery talk  
Sunday 20 December 11.30–15.30 Digital discovery activities Family activity  
Monday 21 December 11.00 & 14.00 Animate an Aztec codex Family activity  
Tuesday 22 December 11.00 & 14.00 Animate an Aztec codex Family activity  
Monday 28 December 11.00 & 14.00 Animate an Aztec codex Family activity  
Tuesday 29 December 11.00 & 14.00 Animate an Aztec codex Family activity  
Wednesday 30 December 11.00 & 14.00 Animate an Aztec codex Family activity  
Thursday 7 January 2010 13.15 The search for Quetzalcoatl,
the Aztec feathered serpent deity
Lunchtime lecture  
Thursday 14 January 2010 10.00–12.30 Moctezuma handling session for visually impaired people Access session  
  11.00–16.00 Tree of life sculpture demonstration Demonstration  
  13.15 Key moments of printmaking in
Mexico 1910–1960
Gallery talk  
Friday 15 January 2010 11.00–17.00 Mexican sculpture Workshop £
  13.30 British Museum documentary: Moctezuma Lunchtime documentary  
Saturday 16 January 2010 11.00–17.00 Mexican sculpture Workshop £
  13.15 Curator's introduction to Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler Talk  
Sunday 17 January 2010 11.00–16.00 Tree of life sculpture demonstration Demonstration  
Tuesday 19 January 2010 13.15 Object and image:
pre-Hispanic and colonial Mexico
Gallery talk  
Saturday 23 January 2010 13.30 Rivera in America Lunchtime documentary  
Friday 29 January 2010 13.15 Writing revolutionary art:
Eduardo Galeano on Mexico
Lunchtime reading  
Monday 1 February 2010 13.30–16.30 Exploring drawing course Course £
Saturday 6 February 2010 10.00–16.00 Printmaking workshop Workshop £
  13.15 Narrating Mexico: printmaking, literature and other stories Gallery talk  
Thursday 18 February 2010 11.00–15.30 Museum studies: student day Student day  
Saturday 20 February 2010 10.30–16.30 Open University: Exploring the Classical World Study day  £
Wednesday 24 February 2010 13.15 Mexican past Gallery talk  
Saturday 6 March 2010 10.30–17.30 Classics day Study session £
Thursday 11 March 2010 13.15 Key moments of printmaking in
Mexico 1910–1960
Gallery talk  
Saturday 13 March 2010   AD 410: The end of Roman Britain Conference £
Sunday 14 March 2010   AD 410: The end of Roman Britain Conference £
Thursday 18 March 2010 13.15 The Life and Death of Frida Kahlo Lunchtime documentary  
Saturday 20 March 2010 13.15 Orozco, Rivera and Siqueiros: the Mexican muralists as printmakers Gallery talk  
Saturday 27 March 2010 10.30–16.30 Open University: From Enlightenment to Romanticism, c. 1780–1830 Study day  £
Saturday 15 May 2010 10.30–16.30 Open University: Renaissance art reconsidered Study day  £
Friday 21 May 2010 14.00–17.00 Italian Renaissance engraving workshop Workshop £
Sunday 23 May 2010 11.00–17.00 The Open University at the British Museum Study day  £
Friday 28 May 2010 14.00–16.30 Renaissance drawing techniques workshop Workshop £
Saturday 29 May 2010 10.00–17.00 Stone carving Workshop £
Saturday 5 June 2010 10.30–16.30 Open University: Introducing religions Study day  £
Saturday 17 July 2010 10.00–17.00 Stone carving Workshop £

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