Treasures of Heavensaints, relics and devotion
in medieval Europe
23 June – 9 October 2011
Members free
Open late Fridays
Sponsored by John Studzinski
In association with
William and Judith Bollinger, Singapore
Betsy and Jack Ryan
Howard and Roberta Ahmanson
The Hintze Family
Charitable Foundation
Organised with
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Walters Art Museum
Multimedia Guide
The exhibition multimedia guide is narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi and includes interviews with British Museum Director, Neil MacGregor, the exhibition curator and other experts.
Listen to three extracts here with contextual imagery. Available in English. An audio descriptive guide (free, English only) is
also available.
£4.50, concessions available
Flask showing the murder of
St Thomas Becket
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Reliquary casket of St Valérie
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Reliquary of the Holy Thorn
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Extracts courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, London.
O Jerusalem (Hildegard of Bingen)
Reis glorios (Giraut de Bornelh)
Lamentations for Maundy Thursday (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Spem in alium (Thomas Tallis)