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British Museum - Court and Glass Dome, 2009
Performance Artist Steals, And Returns, A Coin From The British Museum

Brazilian conceptual artist, Ilê Sartuzi, recently introduced a new…

Aerial shot of the British Museum, London.
British Museum Cuts Ties with Fossil Fuel Giant BP

With news of the oil and gas company BP beating predicted revenue streams this year with over …

Nero Head Bronze
How to Read a Broken Roman Statue | The Head of Nero
British Museum Curator Thorsten Opper tells us what clues to look out for when faced with a Roman portrait and explains how to envision the whole object from studying only a part. Put yourself in the…
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Exploring Tantra at the British Museum
Though in the west it is largely associated with yoga and sex, the practice and philosophy of Tantra is much more than that.
Hokusai Great Wave print
Lost Hokusai Drawings find home at British Museum
The Britsh Museum has recently added 103 previously unknown drawings to their Hokusai collection, which includes a version of his most famous work, The Great Wave.
Head of Augustus Sculpture
The Meroe Head of Augustus
Classicist and British Museum trustee, Mary Beard discusses iconoclasm in Ancient Rome and what that can tell us about the current debates around removing statues in the modern public spaces.
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Viking Objects at the British Museum
The Vikings are coming... again! In 2014 The British Museum followed on from the success of Pompeii Live with another live broadcast- this time from the exhibition Vikings: life and legend. Here is…
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Exploring Pompeii at The British Museum
In 2013 The British Museum broadcast live from its blockbuster exhibition Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This 90 minute broadcast presented by Bettany Hughes and Peter Snow includes…