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
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
Online events / Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive 21 Mar 2024 Online event Preserving knowledge and traditions digitally . Online event . Learn about the unprecedented Endangered Material Knowledge Programme which uses digital innovation to record threatened cultural practices. Find out more about Preserving knowledge and traditions digitally
Study days & courses £129 12 Apr 2024 – 3 May 2024 Sold out Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: an introduction for beginners . Sold out . Learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs through this four-week course and practice with original texts from objects in the collection. Sold out
Sleepover 13 Apr 2024 – 9 Jun 2024 Sold out British Museum sleepover: Awesome ancient Rome . Sold out . Experience the Museum after dark and discover a world of evil emperors, ferocious fighters and magical myths. Sold out
Study days & courses £30 26 Apr 2024 Book now Multi-sensory learning in museums . Book now . Explore how to develop and deliver multi-sensory activities to support and enrich learning for students with additional needs in museums. Book now