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Exhibitions and events

14 events

Online events / Lectures & discussions

4 Oct 2023

The story of Chinese food with Fuchsia Dunlop
. Online event .

Join award-winning food writer and cook Fuchsia Dunlop as she explores Chinese culinary culture.

Circular page decorated with two separate designs which appears to have discoloured slightly with age. The design on the top half takes the shape of a fan and shows figures draped in fabric sat in a country scene with Chinese characters written above. The design on the bottom half is comprised of three monochromatic rectangular panels - the central panel depicts a vessel while the two panels on either side contain elaborate calligraphy.

Study days & courses

£129
6 Oct 2023 – 13 Oct 2023

An introduction to Mandarin Chinese

Join this introductory four-week course and learn the basics of Mandarin Chinese using objects and inscriptions in the British Museum.

Busy scene of a conference room floor in the middle of an event with various banners and tables set around the edges of the room promoting archaeology-related courses and universities. People can be seen talking amongst each other while carrying backpacks and tote bags and in the middle of the room is a small seating area where a few people can be seen resting.

Festivals & special events / Study days & courses

7 Oct 2023

University Archaeology Day 2023
. Free .

Explore a future in the past at our free annual university taster day featuring university departments, professional bodies and employers.

Member of staff wearing plastic conservation gloves leaning over a table handling a selection of collection material which rests on tissue paper.

Online events / Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

12 Oct 2023

Latin America and the Caribbean at the British Museum
. Online event .

Learn more about the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research in this free online talk.

A black textile adorned with colourful depictions of sitting figures surrounded by trees, a figure shooting an arrow towards the sky.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
16 Oct 2023

Introducing Burma to Myanmar
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Discover the upcoming exhibition 'Burma to Myanmar' with lead curator Alexandra Green.

Photograph of three performers on a dimly-lit stage wearing dark clothing; the central figure is knelt down gesturing with a staff while the two performers to their left and right play a large drum and accordion respectively.

£10
22 Oct 2023

Vǫluspá – the Seer's prophecy
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Immerse yourself in the power of Viking myth and the epic soundscape of Eddaic poetry in old Norse.

Photo of a mechanism used to wind clocks. You can see cogs of the machine, and the metal is grey and painted green in places. Above the mechanism is a sign that says 'Fixed here 1859', and words are visible: Dent, of the Strand and the Royal Exchange, Clockmaker to...'

Lectures & discussions / Research event

2 Nov 2023

Dingwall-Beloe Horological Lecture 2023
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Join church and public clock specialist Keith Scobie-Youngs to explore the history of the winding of the Great Clock of Westminster.

Five dancers wearing black tops and large hoop skirts with a colourful layer underneath a layer of black material, in motion with their hands bound above their heads on an outdoor stage in front of a crowd of people.

4 Nov 2023

Black Victorians
. Free .

This powerful dance performance explores a complex but often forgotten black presence in pre-Windrush Britain.

Photograph showing a desert landscape stretching out into the horizon, punctuated by sand dunes and low-rocky peaks, as a figure in the left of the foreground looks out over the expanse.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
6 Nov 2023

The Sahara
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Join archaeologist Barry Cunliffe to explore the story of the Sahara and the people who lived in it.

A writing tablet made of wood and covered in lines of script in ink. The tablet is in fragments and laid out on cloth.

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

13 Nov 2023

The Vindolanda tablets: meet the real Roman army
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Celebrate 50 years since the remarkable discovery which told the story of life in a Roman Britain fort.

Marble statue of the goddess Artemis of Ephesus against a black background. Artemis wears a headdress, with winged beasts either side, a garland around her neck with signs of the zodiac below. The many globes around her middle may be breasts, eggs, or testes.

£10
19 Nov 2023

The Mighty Goddess
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In this compelling performance, Sally Pomme Clayton revitalises goddess power!

Lectures & discussions / Members' exclusive

£16 (Members)
27 Nov 2023

A year in Anglo-Saxon England
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Join Dr Eleanor Parker to journey through a year in Anglo-Saxon England, from winter festivities to the summer solstice.