Sign up to our emails to get the latest exhibition updates. In 2021 the British Museum acquired a significant group of prints and drawings by Max Beckmann (1884 ...

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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 ...

Complete antler tine, condition adequate. Tip possibly used as implement. Chalk residue and black stain.

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 ...

Sherds (29) of Meroitic Fine Red Ware. Fabric is very fine clay with fine black, white and red particles as temper. Surfaces are matte or polished. Wheel-made cups, goblets, footed bowls and lamps ...

Sherds (20) of Graeco-Roman Aswan Wares. Fabric is fine densely compacted clay, buff or pinkish tan colour (munsell 2.5YR 6/4, 2.5YR 6/6), tempered with abundant fine particles of various materials ...

Step inside the Hirayama Studio as it celebrates 30 years conserving East Asian masterpieces on paper and silk in a unique space.

From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk Roads. For millennia, people travelling the Silk Roads carried objects, ideas ...