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Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is widely regarded as one of Japan’s most famous and influential artists. He produced works of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90. This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic...
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Revolution on paper: Mexican prints 1910-1960, an exhibition at the British Museum
Mark McDonald, exhibition curator, looks at some of the key works from Mexican printmakers from the early 20th century. http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/mexican_prints_1910--1960.aspx
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Ravi Shankar's sitar: taking India to the world
Hear more of Anoushka Shankar playing the sitar in this video: https://youtu.be/o6HzjWiCLNc The British Museum has been given a sitar that belonged to Pandit Ravi Shankar for 40 years. The sitar has been given to the Museum by his widow,...
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Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
YouTuber Tom Scott has flown drones through lightning, he’s taken on the first human-powered theme park, he’s even visited Penistone. But he’s never taken on a British Museum curator in the world’s oldest playable board game… UNTIL NOW!...
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Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | TRAILER | International Tabletop Day 2017
For International Tabletop Day 2017, British Museum curator Irving Finkel challenged YouTuber Tom Scott to a round of the oldest playable board game in the world – The Royal Game of Ur – a game Irving discovered and deciphered the rules...
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Defacing coins like a suffragette | Curator's Corner Season 2 Episode 4
Have you ever tried to get into the mind of a suffragette? British Museum curator Tom Hockenhull has... and not in the way you might expect from a numismatist. LINKS: Twitter: http://twitter.com/britishmuseum Instagram:...
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How to play an ancient rock gong
The British Museum invited Dr Cornelia Kleinitz, an archaeologist specialising in rock art, and Liam Williamson, a modern rock drummer, to try and discover how a rock gong might have been played. This was the result. Rock gongs are a...
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Love objects: Grayson Perry and the Lyte Jewel
Artist Grayson Perry takes a maker’s approach to exploring the Lyte Jewel – an enamelled gold locket encrusted with diamonds. It was a gift given by James I for an illuminated ancestry proclaiming his legitimacy as King of England....
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Mexican Day of the Dead
In 2015 the British Museum celebrated the Days of the Dead in a four-day festival full of colour, music, storytelling and art. This beautiful documentary introduces the history and evolution of the Mexican Day of the Dead, from its pagan...
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Young explorers: a brief history of clothing
From protection against the elements and harm to telling the rest of the world who we are, clothes have served us well over the many thousands of years we've been wearing them. This Young explorers video from the British Museum tells a...
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Young explorers: a brief history of writing
We use it so much that it's easy to think that writing has always been around. But like most things it had to be invented. Watch this Young explorers video from the British Museum for a brief history of writing.
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Shakespeare: Jonjo O'Neill as Richard III
The exhibition Shakespeare: staging the world explores connections between the objects, Shakespeare's text and performance. Find out more about the exhibition and book your tickets here: http://ow.ly/d74Xo Here, Jonjo O'Neill is Richard...
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Movement and theatre: Edmund de Waal on the Deblín cup
Edmund de Waal takes a modern maker’s approach to the 15th-century Deblín cup, wrestling with the many movements and techniques held within the form of this piece of superb Renaissance glass. While the cup is an extraordinary statement...
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Playful in prayer? A miniature tabernacle
This miniature tabernacle – a portable shrine – is a boxwood microcarving which is as much a virtuoso plaything as an aid to devotion. Made in the northern Netherlands around 1510, this extraordinary object comes apart in three main...
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Discover Egypt’s journey over 12 centuries
Discover Egypt’s incredible journey over 12 centuries, as Jews, Christians and Muslims transformed this ancient land. This special exhibition charts the story of the change from a world of many gods to the worship of one God. Egypt:...
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Carnival sculptures at the British Museum
Follow the making of Zak Ove’s spectacular stilt walker sculptures inspired by carnival and created for the British Museum. The sculptures are on display in the Great Court until 13 September 2015 as part of the British Museum’s season...
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Celebrating the Sudanese lyre: a special performance
Experience a traditional Sudanese lyre performance and explore its connections with one of the Museum’s star objects; a magnificent nineteenth century lyre, subject of the Asahi Shimbun Display Music, celebration and healing: the...
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The Salonika Campaign: archaeology in the trenches
5 October 2015 is the centenary of the start of the First World War’s Salonika Campaign, when a large Allied army arrived at the port of Thessaloniki (Salonika) in northern Greece. This programme introduces both the Salonika Campaign and...
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Curating Celts: what's in a name?
You thought Celts were bright blue, marauding warriors who lived in mud huts? Not quite. Curator Julia Farley tackles the idea of what it means to be ‘Celtic’ in the British Museum exhibition: Celts: art and identity 24 September 2015 –...
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Trace what it means to be Celtic...
Come on a 2,500-year journey tracing what it means to be Celtic in this major exhibition, from the first recorded mention of ‘Celts’ to an exploration of contemporary Celtic influences. Discover how this identity has been revived and...
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Was the ark round? The new Babylonian text that reshaped Noah’s Ark
It all started with a fairly normal event for a museum: a member of the public bringing in an old family heirloom. However the heirloom – a cuneiform tablet from around 1750 BC – proved to be one in a million. Dr Irving Finkel, Deputy...
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How to make an Islamic beaker
In the 1200s, the glassmakers of Syria and Egypt perfected the art of enamelling and gilding on glass – a technique European craftsmen hadn’t yet learnt. Find out how they did it as Bill Gudenrath, glass specialist at the Corning Museum...
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How to make a turquoise goblet
How did the Venetians make turquoise glass in the late 1400s? Find out as Bill Gudenrath, glass specialist at the Corning Museum of Glass, uses traditional glass blowing methods to create a replica of the extremely rare turquoise goblet...
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Discover the hidden secrets of eight mummies at the British Museum
Ancient lives, new discoveries An exhibition at the British Museum, 22 May 2014 - 12 July 2015 Sponsored by Julius Baer Technology partner: Samsung https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_o... This exhibition will introduce you to eight...