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Watercolour drawing of three stuffed giraffes and a rhinoceros in an ornate room while visitors in period dress tilt their heads back looking up at them.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

10 Oct 2023 – 19 Oct 2023

Members' tour of the Archive
. Sold out .

Explore the Archive in this exclusive Members' tour.

Relief showing a protective spirit carrying a deer and a palm branch.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

11 Oct 2023

Torchlight tour: Assyria and the supernatural world
. Sold out .

Uncover the gods, monsters and supernatural beings of the Assyrian world in this after-hours gallery tour led by torchlight.

Limestone false door with panelled walls, featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
11 Oct 2023

Torchlight tour: reading Egyptian monuments
. Sold out .

Guided by torchlight, discover life in ancient Egypt in this after-hours tour exploring hieroglyphs in the Egyptian sculpture gallery.

Pair of intricately carved and painted wooden door panels, each panel decorated with five scenes of human figures set against a patterned background.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
12 Oct 2023

Members' tour of Africa galleries
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Explore the history and culture of Africa in this curator-led tour exclusively for Members.

Low relief wall carving showing a series of bearded figures stood in front of an king sat on a throne, his face obscured by a missing fragment which indicates heavy damage. Two more figures are stood behind the throne holding up fan-shaped objects and the background is decorated with a scale-like pattern, showing light scratches and surface cracks throughout.

Members' exclusive

12 Oct 2023

Members' visit to the Middle East Study Room
. Fully booked .

Enjoy exclusive access to the Middle East Study Room, with curatorial colleagues sharing highlights of the collection.

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.

Photograph of a group of people stood in the Museum galleries facing the same direction, each raising their left arm outstretched.

Workshop / Members' exclusive

£22 (Members)
14 Oct 2023

Evening tai chi
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Join us for a relaxing evening of tai chi, held out-of-hours in the China and South Asia gallery.

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.

Members' exclusive

18 Oct 2023

Members' visit to the Coins and Medals Study Room
. Fully booked .

Enjoy exclusive access to the Coins and Medals Study Room, with curatorial colleagues sharing highlights of the collection.

Red and blue jar with lid and yellow dragon open mouthed travelling across.

Members' exclusive

18 Oct 2023

Members' visit to the Asia Study Room
. Fully booked .

Enjoy exclusive access to the Asia Study Room, with curatorial colleagues sharing highlights of the collection.

A circular bronze shield with a protruding circle in the middle and a flowing decoration around the outside that appear vine-like, and within which stylised birds' heads are visible.

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
18 Oct 2023

Torchlight tour: Shadows and shifting shapes
. Sold out .

Explore the Museum after dark with a torchlight tour of Britain and Europe 800 BC – AD 43.

A group of sancai tomb figures comprising two earth spirits, two lokopala and two civil officials

Gallery talks & tours / Members' exclusive

£35 (Members)
18 Oct 2023

Torchlight tour: China
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See the collection in a whole new light in this exclusive torchlight tour of Room 33 for Members.