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Exhibitions and events

12 events

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

Artists making books: poetry to politics
. Free .

This intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books.

Watercolour in pale green, red and brown with view of camp with huts, watchtower and telegraph poles, vegetation and mounds.

Klaus Friedeberger: drawings from an Australian Internment
. Free .

The drawings and watercolours in this display record daily life in an internment camp in outback Australia in the 1940s.

Black and white print showing map of Venice with chreub-like heads in clouds and boats in the water surrounding Venice.

Venice 1500: Jacopo de’ Barbari and the rise of printmaking
. Free .

This display showcases the innovation and variety of printmaking in Venice during the High Renaissance.

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.

Five women posing for the camera at Notting Hill at Carnival.

Festivals & special events / Family activity

4 Jun 2023

Windrush 75: Jamaican sound system culture
. Free .

Join us for a special day curated by Linett Kamala celebrating the gift of sound system culture from the Windrush generation.

Bust of Ramesses the Great in Room 4

Online events / Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
12 Jun 2023

Ramesses the Great: Egypt's king of kings
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Join acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson to explore the life, dramatic reign and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great.

On the left, a limestone head of a male statue with curly hair and beard and a wreath of leaves on his head. On the right, a marble portrait of an ageing man with curling beard and moustache.

Members' conference / Members' exclusive

£75 (Members)
17 Jun 2023

Great civilisations: Greece and Persia
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Members are invited to this exclusive day-long conference, featuring talks by leading experts on the ancient Greek and Persian worlds.

Print showing a semi-circular scene depicting soldiers attacking towns people.

Film / Members' exclusive

£28 (Members)
16 Jul 2023

Behind the screens: 300
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Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of cinema and historical discussion with a special screening of the 2006 smash hit 300.

Fragments of a clay tablet against a black background.

Online events / Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£8 (Members)
21 Jul 2023

Assyrian medicine: healthcare fit for a king
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Explore the complaints and cures found in an ancient medical textbook with Curator Krisztián Simkó.

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.