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Pieces of paper laid out on the floor on top of each other.

27 Oct 2022 - 17 Sep 2023

Artists making books: poetry to politics

This intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books.

Black and white print showing map of Venice with chreub-like heads in clouds and boats in the water surrounding Venice.

23 Jan 2023 - 21 May 2023

Venice 1500: Jacopo de’ Barbari and the rise of printmaking

This display showcases the innovation and variety of printmaking in Venice during the High Renaissance.

Watercolour in pale green, red and brown with view of camp with huts, watchtower and telegraph poles, vegetation and mounds.

23 Jan 2023 - 21 May 2023

Klaus Friedeberger: drawings from an Australian Internment

The drawings and watercolours in this display record daily life in an internment camp in outback Australia in the 1940s.

A close up photograph of a silver griffin. The griffin has curled horns, a beak and gold details including its wings.

4 May 2023 - 13 Aug 2023

Luxury and power: Persia to Greece

Drawing on dazzling objects, this exhibition explores how luxury shaped the political landscape of Eurasia in the first millennium BC.

Ink and colour picture showing the head and shoulders of an elderly Chinese woman with her hair tied back. She is wearing green earings and a blue jacket decorated with gold leaves around the neck.

18 May 2023 - 8 Oct 2023

China’s hidden century

In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is revealed through the stories of its remarkable individuals.

Empty view of the Japanese gallery.

14 Apr 2023 - 28 Jul 2023

The way of tea

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

Carved frieze showing battle scene between Amazons and the Greeks.

Lectures & discussions / Study days & courses

24 Apr 2023

The Bassai frieze

Discover the Bassai frieze and the delights of the Temple of Apollo with Peter Higgs, Senior Curator of Greece and Rome, British Museum.

Detail of pottery mug, showing the lower part in the form of a head of a bearded man.

Lectures & discussions / Study days & courses

5 May 2023

Fake news: Persia through ancient Greek eyes

Find out more about the ancient Persians and Greeks with Jamie Fraser, Curator for Ancient Levant and Anatolia, British Museum.

A blue dish with glass and gold design.

Online events / Lectures & discussions

11 May 2023

Curator's introduction to Luxury and power: Persia to Greece

Join exhibition curator Jamie Fraser and Keeper of the Middle East Paul Collins, as they discuss this phenomenal exhibition.

A small bottle with an orange stopper. On the front, it has a black and white image of an old Chinese man with a long white beard wearing a skull-cap.

Online events / Lectures & discussions

1 Jun 2023

Curator's introduction to China’s hidden century

Join curators Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell as they introduce the context and highlights of this extraordinary exhibition.