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Exhibitions and events

8 events

Pieces of paper laid out on the floor on top of each other.

Artists making books: poetry to politics
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This intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books.

Japanese festival float model teaser 1

Japan’s Festival Floats
. Free .

For centuries, summertime in Japan has centred around spectacular local festivals with costumes, singing, dancing and incredible floats.

A close up photograph of a silver griffin. The griffin has curled horns, a beak and gold details including its wings.

Luxury and power: Persia to Greece
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Drawing on dazzling objects, this exhibition explores how luxury shaped the political landscape of Eurasia in the first millennium BC.

Ink and colour picture showing the head and shoulders of an elderly Chinese woman with her hair tied back. She is wearing green earings and a blue jacket decorated with gold leaves around the neck.

China’s hidden century
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In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is revealed through the stories of its remarkable individuals.

Colourful kimono-like informal gown with a swooping phoenix on the front. Colours are mainly brown, pink, purple and blue.

Accessible event

15 Jun 2023

Audio-described tour of China’s hidden century exhibition
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VocalEyes' Timna Fibert leads this audio-described event, which provides evocative visual descriptions with a guided tour of the exhibition.

Gallery view showing fragments of Egyptian wall paintings in exhibition cases with a large inscribed stone slab and interpretation panel on the right.

Accessible event / Family activity

1 Jul 2023

Relaxed early morning event
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Explore the galleries and take part in sensory-based activities including object-handling and arts and crafts.

Hydria showing a woman shaded by a parasol.

Online events / Accessible event

12 Jul 2023

Audio-described tour of Luxury and power exhibition
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Lonny Evans leads this audio-described event, providing evocative visual descriptions with a guided virtual tour of the exhibition.

Gold leaf wreath.

Accessible event

21 Jul 2023

Deaf-led BSL tour of Luxury and power exhibition
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Join Alan Murray for a BSL tour of this exhibition's dazzling objects and the complex stories they tell.