British Library exhibition looks at Arctic exploration and Franklin
‘Lines in the Ice: Seeking the Northwest Passage’ is a new exhibition opening at the British Library on November 14 that looks at 400 years of Arctic exploration.
View ArticleBritish Museum may have to sell 160,000 artefacts to raise funds
THE British Museum is being advised to sell off up to a fifth of its ‘spare’ exhibits to raise funds. The museum is already being forced to sell off valuable property and shed up to 180 jobs –...
View ArticleSteppes to Russian mythology
Russian Myths by Elizabeth Warner, published by the British Museum Press. ISBN 0714127434 £8.99pb
View ArticleBM textiles crisis
THE acquisition of a unique collection of Afghan textiles has highlighted the cash crisis at the British Museum. Despite spending £34,000 on the collection, including a £26,000 grant from the National...
View ArticleStruck and striking…
“COINS transmit the image of a ruler far more widely than any other medium available before photography.” Thus the blurb trumpeting the exhibition in the British Museum of portraits on coins.
View ArticleJohn Eskenazi and the BM’s Buddha…
TOWARDS the end of March it was reported that The British Museum and the V&A had joined forces for the first time to acquire a rare Indian 7th century metal statue of a standing figure of the...
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The original Chinese takeaway
Aurel Stein on the Silk Road, by Susan Whitfield, published by the British Museum Press. ISBN 0714124168 £18.99hb SIR Marc Aurel Stein, the 19th century Hungarian-born explorer, adventurer and...
View ArticleNo-gun slogans and other mottos
Badges by Philip Atwood, published by the British Museum Press. ISBN 0714150142 £7.99sb AMONG the British Museum’s priceless antiquities is the museum’s collection of some 12,000 badges. A small,...
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Export law hits museum
A LOOPHOLE in the export law has forced the British Museum to pay almost £100,000 more than the original auction price for the most expensive British coin ever sold. The museum believes the case...
View ArticleWidespread support for trove code
A NEW code of conduct has been agreed to offer standard guidelines for locating and unearthing treasure trove.
View ArticleGo-ahead to police online antiquities sales
EBay (UK) have given permission for members of the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme to monitor the trade in antiquities on the website.
View ArticleManuscript saved
HERITAGE grants have helped the British Museum acquire the 15th century illuminated manuscript known as the Wardington Hours.
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10th Asian Art in London
Asian Art in London celebrates its tenth anniversary from November 1 to 10 and as part of the anniversary celebrations will join with the British Museum to hold a Study Day around the exhibition The...
View ArticlePercival David collection moves to British Museum
A FUNDING crisis means the Percival David Foundation collection of Chinese ceramics will move from the University of London’s School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) to the British Museum.
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It was Bonhams and ATG columnist who first raised alarm over Greenhalgh fakes
THE British Museum were credited with uncovering the fraud that led to the jailing of serial faker Shaun Greenhalgh two weeks ago, while auction houses and the trade were criticised for selling his work.
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Canterbury Quadrant finds new home at BM
AN historic and important medieval scientific instrument, known as the Canterbury Quadrant, has been saved for the nation. St James’s specialist dealers Trevor Philip and Sons have sold the quadrant to...
View ArticleBritish Museum say Treasure Act is having the right effect
THE British Museum have credited the Treasure Act – which ensures treasure hunters are compensated for finds – for the significant increase in reported objects.
View ArticlePortable Antiquities Scheme funding cut 15%
FUNDING for the Portable Antiquities Scheme is to be cut by 15 per cent in real terms over the next four years, with the biggest impact likely to be on staff costs.
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Asian Art in London Award winners
ATG Editor-in-Chief Mark Bridge presents Fabio Rossi of Rossi & Rossi with the Asian Art in London 2D Art Award at the ceremony at the British Museum on Tuesday, November 6.
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New British Museum gallery for Sutton Hoo
With the British Museum’s Vikings exhibition bringing in the crowds, it is an ideal time for its Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo treasures to come back into focus in a new gallery.
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