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Online events / Lectures & discussions

4 Oct 2023

The story of Chinese food with Fuchsia Dunlop
. Online event .

Join award-winning food writer and cook Fuchsia Dunlop as she explores Chinese culinary culture.

The face and upper torso of a masculine figure occupies the centre of the frame and is surrounded by an assortment of objects which create a shrine-like appearance. Bronze, silver and gold sports medals hang from the figure's neck as peacock feathers can be seen springing up from behind their shoulders. Decorative metal plaques and frames are also arranged behind the figure, amongst layers of embroidered and fringed fabric along with multiple different kinds of fairy lights.

Lectures & discussions

8 Oct 2023

Remembering Khosrow Hassanzadeh: art, life, friendship
. Fully booked .

Through talks, films and music, celebrate the life and art of the artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh.

Member of staff wearing plastic conservation gloves leaning over a table handling a selection of collection material which rests on tissue paper.

Online events / Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

12 Oct 2023

Latin America and the Caribbean at the British Museum
. Online event .

Learn more about the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research in this free online talk.

Empty view of the Japanese gallery.

13 Oct 2023 – 26 Apr 2024

The way of tea
. Free .

Discover the history of tea drinking and gathering in Japan in this free demonstration of a Japanese tea ceremony.

A black textile adorned with colourful depictions of sitting figures surrounded by trees, a figure shooting an arrow towards the sky.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
16 Oct 2023

Introducing Burma to Myanmar
. Book now .

Discover the upcoming exhibition 'Burma to Myanmar' with lead curator Alexandra Green.

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

Film / Members' exclusive

£28 (Members)
21 Oct 2023

Behind the screens: '300'
. Book now .

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

Two children in a dark room stood in front of a large sculpture - the child on the right shines a torch up at the sculpture while gesturing with their arm.

28 Oct 2023 – 29 Oct 2023

British Museum spooktacular sleepover
. Sold out .

Experience the Museum after dark and discover a world of magic, myths and mysterious spells.

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.

Photograph showing a desert landscape stretching out into the horizon, punctuated by sand dunes and low-rocky peaks, as a figure in the left of the foreground looks out over the expanse.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
6 Nov 2023

The Sahara
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Join archaeologist Barry Cunliffe to explore the story of the Sahara and the people who lived in it.

A writing tablet made of wood and covered in lines of script in ink. The tablet is in fragments and laid out on cloth.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

13 Nov 2023

The Vindolanda tablets: meet the real Roman army
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Celebrate 50 years since the remarkable discovery which told the story of life in a Roman Britain fort.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
27 Nov 2023

A year in Anglo-Saxon England
. Book now .

Join Dr Eleanor Parker to journey through a year in Anglo-Saxon England, from winter festivities to the summer solstice.

Marble portrait bust of a woman with her hair tied up in a bun and a light layer of fabric draped over her shoulders, appearing to be pinned to one side in the front. The complexion of the marble is lightly yellow and mottled throughout as well as showing minor signs of weathering particularly on the right hand surfaces.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

4 Dec 2023

The women who shaped the Roman Empire
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Join ancient historian Dr Emma Southon to follow the stories of women from across Rome's vast empire.