Free Superb line: prints and drawings from Genoa 1500–1800 . Free . Showing prints and drawings from Genoa's golden age, this display spotlights an artistic powerhouse that rivalled Venice, Florence and Rome. Find out more about Superb line: prints and drawings from Genoa 1500–1800
Free Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists . Free . Explore the work of four artists who spearheaded the practice of drawing in Germany and Austria's post-war years. Find out more about Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists
Free A Scot in St Ives: works by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham . Free . Explore the work of a leading member of the 'St Ives School' of artists, who blazed a trail in British art from the 1940s–60s. Find out more about A Scot in St Ives: works by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Book now Legion: life in the Roman army . Book now . From family life on the fort to the brutality of the battlefield, experience Rome's war machine through the people who knew it best. Find out more about Legion: life in the Roman army
Book now Michelangelo: the last decades . Book now . This major exhibition looks at the remarkable energy and creativity Michelangelo brought to the last 30 years of his life. Find out more about Michelangelo: the last decades
Reopens July 2024 Admonitions of the instructress to the court ladies . Reopens July 2024 . A masterpiece of early Chinese figure painting, from the fifth to seventh century AD, displayed annually at the British Museum. Find out more about Admonitions of the instructress to the court ladies
Performance £10 24 Mar 2024 Sold out Ovid's Metamorphoses . Sold out . Inspired by Ovid's tales of transformation, Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden breathe life into some of the most famous myths in the world. Sold out
Family activity 19 Apr 2024 Free Little Feet: hop into spring . Free . Join the Little Feet teddies as they hop, skip and jump into spring time with fun crafts and activities. Find out more
Performance £10 21 Apr 2024 Book now Woyengi and the Medicine Woman . Book now . Storyteller Jan Blake brings a rare slice of Nigerian myth to the British Museum stage. Book now
Family activity 25 Apr 2024 Free Little Feet: exhibition explorer . Free . Attention! Little Feet are exploring life in the Roman army – and you're invited. Find out more about Little Feet: exhibition explorer
Performance £10 12 May 2024 Book now The Tantric Ten . Book now . Expect life, death, creation, destruction and sacrifice, all in search of cosmic truth within this captivating performance. Book now
Family activity 13 May 2024 Free Little Feet: life in the fort . Free . The Little Feet teddies have arrived in the Roman army and need help settling into the fort. Find out more about Little Feet: life in the fort