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Circular page decorated with two separate designs which appears to have discoloured slightly with age. The design on the top half takes the shape of a fan and shows figures draped in fabric sat in a country scene with Chinese characters written above. The design on the bottom half is comprised of three monochromatic rectangular panels - the central panel depicts a vessel while the two panels on either side contain elaborate calligraphy.

Study days & courses

£129
22 Sep 2023 – 13 Oct 2023

An introduction to Mandarin Chinese

Join this introductory four-week course and learn the basics of Mandarin Chinese using objects and inscriptions in the British Museum.

£10
24 Sep 2023

1001 Nights
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Egyptian storyteller and performer Chirine El Ansary tells some of the most intriguing episodes from 1001 Nights.

Eight vertical pieces of a large framed map lined up next to each other as in the original. The map is light and dark blue.

Accessible event

29 Sep 2023 – 6 Oct 2023

Deaf-led BSL tour of China’s hidden century exhibition
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Join Chisato Minamimura for a BSL tour of this exhibition, showcasing the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China.

Photograph of three performers on a dimly-lit stage wearing dark clothing; the central figure is knelt down gesturing with a staff while the two performers to their left and right play a large drum and accordion respectively.

£10
22 Oct 2023

Vǫluspá – the Seer's prophecy
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Immerse yourself in the power of Viking myth and the epic soundscape of Eddaic poetry in old Norse.

Photo of a mechanism used to wind clocks. You can see cogs of the machine, and the metal is grey and painted green in places. Above the mechanism is a sign that says 'Fixed here 1859', and words are visible: Dent, of the Strand and the Royal Exchange, Clockmaker to...'

Lectures & discussions / Research event

2 Nov 2023

Dingwall-Beloe Horological Lecture 2023
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Join church and public clock specialist Keith Scobie-Youngs to explore the history of the winding of the Great Clock of Westminster.

Marble statue of the goddess Artemis of Ephesus against a black background. Artemis wears a headdress, with winged beasts either side, a garland around her neck with signs of the zodiac below. The many globes around her middle may be breasts, eggs, or testes.

£10
19 Nov 2023

The Mighty Goddess
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In this compelling performance, Sally Pomme Clayton revitalises goddess power!

Red-figured stamnos pottery showing the ship of Odysseus passing the Sirens. Odysseus is fastened against the bottom of the mast, his head thrown back, looking upwards towards the Sirens. The Sirens are represented as birds with woman's heads.

£10
10 Dec 2023

The Odyssey
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Buffeted by the fates, yet helped by the indomitable owl-eyed goddess Athene, Odysseus’ epic voyage is the journey of us all…