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Far from home: travelling the Silk Roads
From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk ...
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10 exhibition highlights in plain English
This guide is written using short, easy to read sentences. It can be used by anyone, including visitors with additional learning needs, families and speakers of other languages. This guide takes you ...
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Contested objects from the collection
The British Museum's collection has grown since 1753 and the acquisition of the founding collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Objects have been acquired in a variety of ways. Some objects are subject to ...
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Museum map
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hair-ornament(?); ear-ring(?)
Curator's comments A record card accompanying this material says that it was probably excavated by one of the Turner Bequest expeditions to Cyprus between 1893 and 1896. The diagnostic Iron Age ...
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Membership FAQs
If the answer to your question can't be found in our FAQs, please email the Membership office at [email protected] We're very happy to help and will aim to respond as soon as possible. The Museum is ...
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vessel(various different sherds)
Sherds (16 and 4 chips) of X-Group Red-on-White Domestic Ware. Fabric is porous Nile silt with organic temper and sparse sand. Tan to brown on the surface. Surfaces are sometimes slipped in dull cream ...
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what have we here?
Join us for a private curator-led tour of the exhibition Hew Locke: what have we here? Discover the works of Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke as he turns his lens on the British Museum collection in ...
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For the curious and interested
The British Museum was founded with a collection left to 'curious' and interested people. 271 years on an exhibition touring the UK, and now approaching its final week in Wales, explores what it means ...
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arrow; religious/ritual equipment
Prayer-arrow (muvieri in Spanish) (one of five); carved of wood; stick of wood carved to point at one end; opposite end wrapped in orange and black acrylic yarn; small brown and white feathers ...
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The Reading Room
The Reading Room is now open. The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a ...