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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.

A figure walks through a tunnel.

£10
2 Apr 2023

Orpheus dismembered

Enter a subterranean dreamscape with storyteller Ben Haggarty and musician Jonah Brody.

Reliquary of gold, richly enamelled and set with rubies, pearls and sapphires.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
4 Apr 2023 - 12 Apr 2023

Members' tour of Waddesdon Bequest

This early morning tour uncovers a fascinating picture of the development of the art market in the late 19th century.

Black and white headshots cropped as circles with Elodie Harper on the left and Jennifer Saint on the right.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

17 Apr 2023

Elodie Harper and Jennifer Saint in conversation

Discover the inspiration and research behind the best-selling authors' powerful reimagining of women's stories from Ancient Greece and Rome.

Literary season: historical fiction 2023

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

17 Apr 2023 - 2 Oct 2023

Literary season: historical fiction

From Pompeii's streets to medieval French battlefields, explore the world of historical fiction in our first Members Literary season.

Close up of an oil painting showing the face and shoulders of a Chinese woman wearing blue.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
24 Apr 2023

Introducing China's hidden century

Join curator Jessica Harrison-Hall for a fascinating insight into The Citi exhibition China's hidden century.

Brightly coloured watercolour and ink depiction of Rustam slaying a pink spotted dragon whose tail is coiled around Rustam's horse Rakhsh.

£10
7 May 2023

The Shahnameh – Book of Kings

Aerial artiste of the spoken word, Xanthe Gresham, dives headlong into the wild mythology of Persia with musician Arash Moradi.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
10 May 2023

Members' tour of Americas

Held before the Museum opens to the public, this special tour of Rooms 26 and 27 offers a unique look at these fascinating galleries.