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Close-up view of the external walls of the Round Reading Room with glass roof above.

Gallery talks & tours

16 Apr 2024

Spotlight: the Round Reading Room
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Learn about this historic space at the heart of the British Museum, in the magnificent Great Court.

The image shows a photograph of the Book of the Dead of Hunefer. The information has been written on papyrus. It shows Hunefer kneeling before deities and the jackal-headed Anubis leading Hunefer towards the balance of judgment, where Anubis is depicted again, kneeling to adjust a weighing scale of the heart.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
17 Apr 2024

Members' tour of Egyptian death and afterlife: mummies
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Join us for a special curator-led tour of Rooms 62–63 and discover how the ancient Egyptians prepared for life after death.

View of the China and South Asia gallery, with a figure of a gold woman with her back turned to us.

Workshop / Members' exclusive

£22 (Members)
18 Apr 2024

Evening yoga
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Find a sense of strength and calm in this invigorating vinyasa yoga session, held out-of-hours in the China and South Asia gallery.

View of the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia, Room 33.

Gallery talks & tours

£33
19 Apr 2024 – 14 Dec 2024

Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to China
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Journey through the extraordinary cultures of China in this special guided tour.

Small groups of children and adults looking in display cases in the Enlightenment gallery.

Gallery talks & tours

£33
19 Apr 2024 – 14 Dec 2024

Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to the British Museum
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Explore the oldest room in the Museum in this special guided tour before the galleries open to the public.

A group of young children on the floor surrounding a set of arts and crafts activities - including coloured card, tissue paper, scissors, glue sticks and pencils.

Family activity

19 Apr 2024

Little Feet: hop into spring
. Free .

Join the Little Feet teddies as they hop, skip and jump into spring time with fun crafts and activities.

A tour group looking at lintel carvings in the Mexico gallery.

Gallery talks & tours

£14
19 Apr 2024 – 28 Apr 2024

Around the world in 90 minutes tour
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Go on a journey of discovery around the galleries and get closer to some of the most famous objects in the collection.

Close up of hieroglyphs inscribed into stone.

Study days & courses

£129
19 Apr 2024 – 3 May 2024

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: an introduction for beginners
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Learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs through this four-week course and practice with original texts from objects in the collection.

Two visitors looking up at mummies standing in a case.

Gallery talks & tours

£33
20 Apr 2024 – 15 Dec 2024

Out-of-hours tour: life and death in ancient Egypt
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Discover what tombs and burial goods tell us about the lives of ancient Egyptian people in this exclusive guided tour.

An SDDC Teacher in the Samsung Digital Discovery Centre holding a tablet.

Family activity

20 Apr 2024 – 25 May 2024

Making mosaics: Rome
. Free .

Explore colourful Roman mosaics and design a magnificent mosaic inspired by objects from the Museum in this free, drop-in event.

A group looking at sculptures on display in a gallery.

Gallery talks & tours

20 Apr 2024 – 26 Apr 2024

Desire, love, identity – an LGBTQ tour of the British Museum
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Explore a fascinating selection of objects with LGBTQ connections, from the ancient world to the present day, on our volunteer-led tour.

A flat landscape covered in mud, in the centre of which stands a huge wooden table with roots. The sky is filled with a dramatic thunderstorm.

£10
21 Apr 2024

Woyengi and the Medicine Woman
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Storyteller Jan Blake brings a rare slice of Nigerian myth to the British Museum stage.