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Please note: due to essential maintenance works the North lift (by the Montague Place entrance) will be out of service from 13 January 2020 for 10 weeks.

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Festivals & special events

Museum hunt

Get ready to explore surprising stories at the Museum while you compete against others to complete the challenges.
- Free
- 16 Feb 2020 - 22 Feb 2020
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Lectures & discussions

In search of Black History: is the Caribbean the key?

A programme of events curated by author, playwright and British Museum Trustee Emerita Bonnie Greer responding to what Bonnie calls ‘The Arc...
- £12
- 21 Feb 2020
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Study days & courses

City Lit Classics Day 2020: Journeys into Troy

The British Museum's annual City Lit Classics Day in 2020 will offer lectures exploring the interpretations and reinterpretations of Troy...
- £59
- 29 Feb 2020
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Film

Maiden (2018) followed by Q&A with Tracy Edwards

To celebrate Women’s History Month 2020 take to the sea with a special film screening of Maiden (2019), the incredible, against-all-odds...
- £10
- 14 Mar 2020
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Guided tours