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The British Museum Blog
4M ago
Gossip about Anne Damer's sexuality nearly wrecked her relationships and reputation, but in this queer love story, love outlasts scandal ..read more
The British Museum Blog
5M ago
From Bronze Age Shropshire to the Temple of the Sun in Peru, ancient peoples marked the solar calendar with acts of ritual and reverence ..read more
The British Museum Blog
5M ago
Learn how recent research has revealed a rich, intricately connected world, whose horizons stretched far beyond sand and spices ..read more
The British Museum Blog
6M ago
Conservators took on the challenge of conserving a rare 2,300-year-old coffin. Four years later, the Aswan cartonnage is on display ..read more
The British Museum Blog
6M ago
Go behind the scenes to discover how conservators prepared an extremely rare (and enormous) Michelangelo drawing for our latest exhibition ..read more
The British Museum Blog
6M ago
Six generations of LGBTQIA+ artists came together to make an artwork inspired by drawings on display in 'Michelangelo: the last decades ..read more
The British Museum Blog
9M ago
Discover the extraordinary dynamism of Michelangelo's work in the final 30 years of his life with exhibition curator, Sarah Vowles ..read more
The British Museum Blog
10M ago
Conservator Kathryn Oliver reveals how lasers can put us in touch with Roman makers' marks – uncovering detail of a turning point in battle ..read more
The British Museum Blog
10M ago
Artist Soe Yu Nwe discusses the symbolism of snakes in Burmese culture and how these traditions influence her work ..read more
The British Museum Blog
10M ago
From insects to metals, the dyes that colour Burmese textiles reveal richly woven cultures and the warp and weft of global history ..read more