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Enjoy the latest news and stories from the British Museum.

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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Bronze helmet lying on the earth.
Blog / 17 October 2023

What's on at the British Museum in 2023/24?

Look forward to special exhibitions about life in the Roman army, Michelangelo's last decades and 1,500 years of Burma to Myanmar.
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A colourful image showing crowds of people in Covent Garden, with flags and banners, standing in front of a church.
Museum stories / 29 September 2023

Black British History

This Black History Month, we explore the lives of members of the African diaspora who lived and worked in Britain, from the 1500s to today.
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A pair of gold offering vessels
Exhibitions and events / 13 September 2023

Conserving a Burmese offering vessel

Follow Conservation intern Maxim as he prepares a spectacular metre-high offering vessel for our latest exhibition.
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A black and white image of a bound, mutilated and wasted human body being set upon by a crow-like bird
Blog / 25 August 2023

New acquisitions: Richard Hunt and Emma Amos

Catherine Daunt explores the art of Richard Hunt and Emma Amos, featured in our display 'New acquisitions: Paul Brill to Wendy Red Star'.
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A white ceramic urn decorated with gilded lion griffins.
Exhibitions and events / 1 August 2023

All that glitters is not gold – emulating luxury in the ancient Greek world

Discover how ancient Greeks aspired to luxurious objects but couldn’t always afford the finest materials…
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A map showing colourful mountains, a large expanse of red and of yellow, separated by a winding road or river.
Exhibitions and events / 18 July 2023

Burma to Myanmar: 1,500 years of connection and isolation

A story of trade, faith and empire at the crossroads of Southeast Asia.
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A light blue hardback book on a red display plinth in a glass case. A hole has been drilled through the centre of the book, and a small metal boat filled with spent matches sits inside the hole.
Museum stories / 21 June 2023

A great artist on migration and refugees – the creation of Issam Kourbaj’s 'Precarious Passage'

This Refugee Week, Director Hartwig Fischer contemplates artist Issam Kourbaj's new work 'Precarious Passage', now on display in Room 2.
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Lady Li photoshoot
Exhibitions and events / 18 May 2023

Fashion and photography – bringing 19th-century China to life

From an Empress to a soldier, discover how the remarkable individuals of 19th-century China are brought to life by costumes and photography.
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A silk purse showing two colourful embroidered figures, one dressed as a tiger, in a garden scene.
Exhibitions and events / 17 May 2023

China's talismanic tigers

Discover why and how tigers were used as symbols of bravery in traditional Chinese culture.
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A bearded man wearing brightly coloured dress in shades of red, orange, purple and blue. Includes a fur-lined cape and red hood.
Blog / 3 May 2023

Long live the King… of Kings! Accession ritual in ancient Persia

We explore how the ancient Persians crowned their Great Kings.
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Close up of a straw cape and a pair of tweezers.
Exhibitions and events / 17 April 2023

Fabulous fibres for China's hidden century

Ahead of our special exhibition, our organic materials conservators reveal three of their favourite objects and the challenges they posed.
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Ink and colour picture showing the head and shoulders of an elderly Chinese woman with her hair tied back. She is wearing green earings and a blue jacket decorated with gold leaves around the neck.
Exhibitions and events / 28 February 2023

An introduction to 19th-century China

In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China were revealed in a major new exhibition.
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