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
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
Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive £16 (Members) 25 Mar 2024 Book now The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . Book now . Explore the ancient world's most impressive creations with bestselling historian Bettany Hughes. Book now
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
Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive £16 (Members) 15 Apr 2024 Book now Introducing Michelangelo: the last decades . Book now . Discover the upcoming exhibition 'Michelangelo: the last decades' with lead exhibition curator Sarah Vowles. Book Introducing Michelangelo: the last decades now
Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive £16 (Members) 22 Apr 2024 Book now The Bayeux Tapestry . Book now . Explore this epic account of a pivotal moment in English history and the discover the rich narrative behind its stitches. Book The Bayeux Tapestry now
Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive £16 (Members) 13 May 2024 Book now The Cleopatras . Book now . Discover the real story behind the female powerhouses of the Ptolemaic Dynasty and the tragic legend of the last queen of Egypt. Book now