Articles tagged ‘British Museum’
The American Scene at the British Museum
By Chris | April 11th, 2008 |
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The British Museum opens a new exhibition today called The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock which runs until 7 September 2008. It features around 150 prints from 74 different artists painted between 1900-1960 which reflect the changes in American society and culture during that period.
Themes covered include the changing urban landscape, the Jazz [...]
China’s Terracotta Army at the British Museum
By Chris | August 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Advance tickets are now on sale for the next big exhibition opening at the British Museum in September, The First Emperor:China’s Terracotta Army, looking at the life and legacy of Qin Shihuangdi China’s first Emperor.
A king by the time he was 13, Qin Shihuangdi brought together warring states in China and created a uniform system [...]
London News
By Chris | August 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Ryanair banned from claiming its faster and cheaper to fly from London to Brussels than it is to go by Eurostar.(BBCNews)
* Labour starts the mudslinging early in the London Mayoral race.(FinancialTimes)
* Terracotta warriors arrive at the British Museum from China.(Telegraph)
London’s Major Museum Locations
By Chris | August 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
British Museum
Information Tel:+44 (0)20 7323 8299
Box Office Tel:+44 (0)20 7323 8181
Switchboard Tel:+44 (0)20 7323 8000
Address: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG - Map
email:information@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Opening Hours
Daily 10am-5.30pm
Natural History Museum
Switchboard Tel:+44 (0)20 7942 5000
Information Desk Tel:+44 (0)20 7942 5011
Daily Dose 05.11
By Chris | May 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Statue of England’s late 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore to be unveiled outside the new Wembley.(BBCNews)
* Cost of proposed new id cards in Britain rises to £105 each as Labour try’s to hide the news behind Blair announcing he’s quitting.(DailyMail)
* Trafalgar Square to be covered with turf for two days this month.(EveningStandard)
An early view of America at the British Museum
By Chris | March 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The British Museum has a new exhibition running until mid-June called A New World: England’s first view of America which features over 70 watercolours painted by English artist John White in what is present day North Carolina during voyages there in the 1580s. The paintings gave people in England the first representations of what life [...]
London documentary film festival
By Chris | March 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Saturday 17th March there’s the first London International Documentary Festival taking place at the British Museum. The festival has the title A Conversation in Film and the films are being shown in the BP Lecture Theatre, the Stevenson Theatre and the Sackler Rooms starting at 10am.
Free films to watch at the British Museum
By Chris | January 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
For the next two months every Thursday the British Museum is showing a different documentary film from around the world in its BP Lecture Theatre. The series is called PocketVisions Conversations in film and is free to attend. After the showing of each film the filmmakers will be on hand to answer questions about their [...]
The British Museum
By Chris | November 23rd, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public museum in the world, and to this day it remains one of England’s most famous and most visited attractions. Like most of the museums in London, admission for the regular exhibits is free, so at the very least every visitor should make an effort to [...]
