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Bookcase with objects, trinkets and books on shelves.
Exhibitions and events / 8 June 2026

Introduction to 'Korea'

Sang-ah Kim explores 2,000 years of Korean art, revealing how global connections have shaped Korea's cultural identity today.
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Artist's impression of a Scythian next to his horse. The man in tall hat and thick clothing has his back to the viewer and is looking to the right
Exhibitions and events / 30 May 2017

Introducing the Scythians

A handy beginner's guide to the nomadic warriors, who flourished from around 900 BC to 200BC , galloping into the pages of history…
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A woman and a man use large brushes to help bond lining paper and calligraphy together
Museum stories / 24 May 2017

Working at the Hirayama Studio

The Museum has a conservation studio just for East Asian paintings. Matthias Sotiras writes about his time in this unique work environment.
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A videographer films the reconstruction of a large print, which is laid out on a table
Objects in focus / 21 May 2017

Conserving Dürer's Triumphal Arch: Getting the big picture

As the project to conserve Dürer's Triumphal Arch ends conservators work with the Hirayama Studio to prepare the print for display.
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Head of an elderly man who is balding and has wrinkled skin and bulbous eyes
Exhibitions and events / 10 May 2017

Hokusai: old master

Curator Tim Clark reveals why Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave focuses on the last 30 years of the artist's extraordinarily long life.
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Artist's book containing a picture of a man standing next to a boat
Exhibitions and events / 21 April 2017

Ali’s Boat: a story of migration

Venetia Porter and Holly Wright discuss Sadik Kwaish Alfraji artwork Ali’s Boat, which tells a personal story of exile and migration.
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Three cats on a bench outside the British Museum
Podcasts / 12 April 2017

The British Museum podcast: The purrrplexing story of the British Museum cats

Did you know that cats used to live at the Museum? Nick Harris takes us through his podcast on this surprising aspect of Museum history.
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Statue of Idrimi, king of Alalakh, made of carved magnesite with glass eyes set into the eye-sockets, heavily weathered.
Objects in focus / 10 April 2017

Idrimi, the 3,500-year-old refugee

James Fraser explains why the inscription on the statue of King Idrimi is one of the most important cuneiform documents ever found.
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Mary Beard
Objects in focus / 14 March 2017

Mary Beard's top five powerful women in ancient Greece and Rome

Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge gives us a countdown of five notable female figures from the ancient world.
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Two women looking at an Etruscan statue, one seated reading from a guide book, the other standing leaning on an umbrella.
Museum stories / 8 March 2017

Women of the world

Female curators look at some of the most interesting women represented in the Museum's collection.
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14 lesbian and gay badges
Curator's corner / 27 February 2017

LGBTQ badges in the British Museum

Philip Attwood takes a look at the Museum's collection of lesbian and gay badges, providing glimpses of the LGBTQ experience across time.
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A special wax is applied to the ink inscription on Albrecht Dürer's The Triumphal Arch
Objects in focus / 10 February 2017

Conserving Dürer’s Triumphal Arch: it’ll all come out in the wash

Sam Taylor takes technical photographs of Dürer's Triumphal Arch discovering long-hidden details in the handmade paper, and gives it a bath.
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A conservator treats Hokusai's The Great Wave
Museum stories / 31 January 2017

Joining the Hirayama Studio

Kyoko Kusunoki, Conservator of Japanese Paintings, discusses some of the projects she has been working on in the Hirayama Studio.
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