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
Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive £35 (Members) 19 Mar 2024 – 14 Jun 2024 Sold out Members' tour of Legion: life in the Roman army . Sold out . Join us for a private curator-led tour of the exhibition 'Legion: life in the Roman army'. Sold out
Gallery talks & tours 19 Mar 2024 – 26 Mar 2024 Book now Spotlight: the Round Reading Room . Book now . Learn about this historic space at the heart of the British Museum, in the magnificent Great Court. Book now
Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive £35 (Members) 19 Mar 2024 Sold out Torchlight tour: Assyrian lion hunt . Sold out . Uncover the remarkable Assyrian lion hunt reliefs in this torch-lit gallery tour led by a curator after the Museum closes to the public. Sold out
Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive 19 Mar 2024 Sold out Torchlight tour: Shadows and shifting shapes . Sold out . Explore the Museum after dark with a torchlight tour of Room 50: Britain and Europe 800 BC – AD 43 and Room 51: Europe and Middle East. Sold out
Gallery talks & tours £33 21 Mar 2024 – 16 Dec 2024 Book now Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to the ancient Greek world . Book now . Embark on a guided journey through the ancient Greek world; from the rise of the Greek city states to the empire of Alexander the Great. Book Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to the ancient Greek world now
Gallery talks & tours £33 21 Mar 2024 – 14 Dec 2024 Book now Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to ancient Egypt . Book now . Discover the fascinating history of ancient Egypt and see statues of kings and gods, the Rosetta Stone and more in this special guided tour Book Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to ancient Egypt now