Exhibitions and events / 6 March 2024 Women to the front Men may have done the fighting, but Legion shows that a picture of Roman military life without women is just wrong, says Mary Beard. Read more
Museum stories / 26 January 2017 Chinese scroll mounting at Chinese New Year As the year of the rooster approaches, the Chinese scroll mounters in the Hirayama Studio have plenty to crow about… Read more
Exhibitions and events / 19 January 2017 South Africa: an exhibition of two halves? The co-curators of 'South Africa: the art of a nation' describe the immense challenge of presenting 100,000 years of history through art. Read more
Objects in focus / 17 January 2017 Facing the past: the Jericho Skull Excavations near Jericho revealed a mysterious human skull, but it was only recently that Museum researchers have been able to learn more. Read more
Museum stories / 14 January 2017 29 things you (probably) didn't know about the British Museum Discover weird and wonderful facts, including resident cats, the Museum's own tube station, celebrity visits and a record-breaking snail. Read more
Objects in focus / 6 December 2016 Object Journeys NLHF have funded a three-year project which sees the Museum support community partners to research and explore ethnographic collections. Read more
Exhibitions and events / 5 December 2016 Maggi Hambling on life, death and drawing Maggi Hambling talks about 'Touch: works on paper', a retrospective of her prints and drawings, many of which have never been exhibited. Read more
Objects in focus / 15 March 2016 Conserving Dürer's Triumphal Arch: coming apart at the seams Conservator Agnieszka Depta removes the linen backing from Dürer's Triumphal Arch, and separates the work into its original 38 sheets. Read more
Objects in focus / 5 February 2016 A medieval alchemical book reveals new secrets Bink Hallum and Marcel Marée discuss hieroglyphic texts and in particular the 18th-century copy of the Book of the Seven Climes. Read more
Curator's corner / 29 January 2016 How do you put on a torc? Curator Julia Farley explores the fashion world of 2,000 years ago and answers that eternal question: how should you wear a torc? Read more
Curator's corner / 13 October 2015 Who were the Celts? Julia Farley discusses some of the objects in the exhibition Celts: art and identity that help to answer the question: who were the celts? Read more
Objects in focus / 19 March 2015 Conserving Dürer’s Triumphal Arch: a moving experience Joanna Kosek discusses the delicate operation of dismantling our display of Albrecht Dürer's monumental Triumphal Arch in Room 3. Read more
Museum stories / 8 December 2014 Bringing a Ming painting back to life Carole Weiss and Jin Xian Qiu reveal the work that took place to prepare a Ming dynasty silk painting by artist Zhu Bang to go on display. Read more