From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk ...

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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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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The British Museum cares for a large collection of tao'a (treasures) from the Pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...