Topic: The British Museum
The British Museum announced on Tuesday it had acquired an exceptional set of Pablo Picasso's "Vollard Suite", comprising 100 etchings produced by the artist between 1930 and 1937.Complete sets of the suite are very rare, held only by a handful of museums ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The unnamed craftsmen who fashioned the countless treasures of the British Museum are to be honored in an exhibition curated by British artist Grayson Perry, the museum said this week.The cross-dressing ceramicist has selected 190 objects from the museum's ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - London's British Museum won the 100,000 pound ($160,000) Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year Wednesday for its project "A History of the World."The project was an exploration of world history using the museum's collection, at the ...
The Acropolis Museum was Greece's top tourist draw in 2010, eclipsing for the first time the ancient Athens citadel whose sculptures it showcases, official data showed on Monday.Over 1.3 million people queued to visit the country's newest museum between January and December ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Even in the chaos and violence of war there is hope. That is the message running through a new British Museum exhibition of Afghanistan's ancient treasures thought lost, destroyed, or looted over the past 30 years.The collection of ...
For example, institutions funded by the national government-national museums-may hold outstanding international collections, as do the British Museum, the Hermitage, and the Louvre; may hold specialized collections, as do a number of the national museums of antiquities on the European continent; or ...
Japanese mythology is full of various and colourful characters, none so more than Benkei. During one episode, Yoshitsune and Benkei were on a voyage at sea when the spirits of the dead Taira rose up and attacked them. One of the best ...
An ethnographic field collection consists of unpublished anthropological documentation. The British Museum's curation of the Elgin Marbles exemplified this issue. The Earl of Elgin removed a large collection of Greek artifacts, including pieces of the Parthenon, from Athens and brought them to ...
British Museum exhibition brings to life ancient Egypt's Book of the DeadA new exhibition brings to life the Book of the Dead, the ancient Egyptian guide to navigating the afterlife.The British Museum show explains that the book is not a single volume, ...
Looking for a bit of culture amid the traffic and shopping malls of the OC? I can't explain the details but some of the past exhibits we've had from The British Museum have been phenomenal and I understand that the new wing ...
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Britain Book of the Dead
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Specially Commissioned Altar is Displayed To Celebrate The Day Of The Dead
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