Events calendar

A children's film
 
Performance
 
Friday 20 November 13.15 Development of dogu through time and space Gallery talk  
   13.15 Soldaderas, modern girls and Catholic ladies: Mexican women from 19001950 Lunchtime talk  
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 19101960
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  
  18.30 The Staffordshire Hoard Lecture £
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  
  18.30 In the Pit Film £
  18.30 Aztec poetry and music Performance £
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  

December 2009

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  
  18.30 Etruscans, natives and Greeks
along the Adriatic
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  
  18.15 & 19.15 Camden Concert Band Performance  
  18.30 Duck Season Film £
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  
  18.30 The Staffordshire Hoard: the story of the discovery Lecture £
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  
  18.30 The David Vases revisited Lecture £
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  

Future dates for your diary

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  
  18.30 The future of cities:
hazards and environmental change
Evening lecture £
Friday 15 January 2010 11.00–17.00 Mexican sculpture Workshop £
  13.30 British Museum documentary: Moctezuma Lunchtime documentary  
  18.30 Alquimia: music performance Performance £
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  
Thursday 21 January 2010 18.30 The Spanish conquest and
its aftermath
Evening lecture £
  18.30–19.45 Morgan Szymanski: guitar music Evening performance  
Friday 22 January 2010 18.30 Orozco: Man of Fire Evening film £
  18.30 Songs of the Revolution Evening performance £
Saturday 23 January 2010 13.30 Rivera in America Lunchtime documentary  
Thursday 28 January 2010 18.30 The corpse of Emiliano Zapata:
the story of a photograph
Evening lecture £
Friday 29 January 2010 13.15 Writing revolutionary art:
Eduardo Galeano on Mexico
Lunchtime reading  
  18.30 Time in the Sun Evening film £
  19.00–19.45 Frida Kahlo: Viva la Vida Evening performance £
Saturday 30 January 2010 19.00–19.45 Frida Kahlo: Viva la Vida Evening performance £
Monday 1 February 2010 13.30–16.30 Exploring drawing course Course £
Thursday 4 February 2010 18.30 Art and revolution in
Mexico 1910–1950
Evening lecture £
Friday 5 February 2010 19.00–20.00 Songs of life and hope:
Mexican poetry from the first half of the 20th century
Evening performance £
Saturday 6 February 2010 10.00–16.00 Printmaking workshop Workshop £
  13.15 Narrating Mexico: printmaking, literature and other stories Gallery talk  
Thursday 11 February 2010 18.30 The iconographies of identity: contemporary art and the mythologies of ‘Mexicanness’ Evening lecture £
Friday 12 February 2010 18.30 Reed: Insurgent Mexico Evening film £
Thursday 18 February 2010 11.00–15.30 Museum studies: student day Student day  
Friday 19 February 2010 18.30 Let’s Go with Pancho Villa Evening film £
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  
Thursday 25 February 2010 18.30 Mexican traditions and popular culture in Posada's time Evening lecture £
Friday 26 February 2010 18.30 Viva Zapata! Evening film £
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  
Thursday 25 March 2010 18.30–19.45 Morgan Szymanski: guitar music Evening performance  
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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