What's on

Female figure sculpted from steatite. Found at Grimaldi, Italy, about 20,000 years old. Musée d’archéologie nationale. © Photo RMN/Jean-Gilles Berizzi.

Ice Age art: arrival
of the modern mind

7 February – 26 May 2013
Advanced booking essential

Booking information 

Current exhibitions

Portrait of baker Terentius Neo and his wife. Pompeii, AD 55–79. © DeAgostini/SuperStock.

Coming soon

Silver service: fine dining in
Roman Britain

23 May – 4 August 2013
Free

Recent acquisitions:
Arcimboldo to Kitaj

30 May – 1 September 2013
Free

Highlight events


Late night Fridays

Open until 20.30

Explore Museum galleries, dine in the Great Court, visit exhibitions and enjoy unique events

Daily talks and tours

Free, just drop in

30-40 minute tours introducing different areas of the collection, throughout the day

Family events

Weekends and holidays

Free family workshops and activities every weekend and in school holidays

Members

Get closer to the collection

An exclusive programme of lectures, evening events and late night shopping