- What's on
- Past exhibitions
- Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa
Related gallery and displays
The Sainsbury African Galleries
Room 25
Daily 10.00–17.30
Find out more about African culture and heritage in the Museum’s African Galleries, Lower floor, Room 25. African objects can also be found in many other galleries throughout the Museum.
Fra Angelico to Leonardo:
Italian Renaissance drawings
Reading Room
22 April – 25 July
In collaboration with the Uffizi in Florence, this major exhibition features 100 drawings including works by Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.
£12, Members free
Impressions of Africa:
money, medals and stamps
Room 69a
1 April 2010 – 6 February 2011
This small display looks at the images of Africa
presented on the coins, banknotes, medals and stamps made for the
continent during the past 100 years.
Admission free
South Africa Landscape:
Kew at the British Museum
West Lawn
29 April – 10 October
African-inspired landscape in the forecourt of the
Museum, in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Experience the colours and scents of indigenous plants, and gain
greater understanding of the region’s biodiversity and
people.
Admission free
