Skip to main content Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience. Read more about our cookie policy Accept and close the cookie policy. Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. The Museum Architecture. The Reading Room. The Great Court. When did our story begin? How did the collection grow? The following centuries Over the next years, the museum's wide-ranging collections have grown to about eight million objects covering two million years of human history.
Where was the collection housed? You may also be interested in. Architecture The British Museum's buildings are of national importance, discover their story. People behind the collection Read the fascinating histories behind the Museum's most prolific collectors. The last male descendant of the emperor Augustus, he succeeded to the throne in AD 54 aged just 16 and died a violent death at His turbulent reign saw the Boudicca rebellion in Britain and the Great Fire of Rome, the execution of his own mother and first wife, grand projects and extravagant excesses.
Was he a young, inexperienced ruler trying his best in a divided society, or the merciless, matricidal megalomaniac history has painted him to be? The mountains of the central Andes in Peru, South America, are one of the most geographically rich and diverse regions in the world. To coincide with the th anniversary of the independence of Peru in , this exhibition will highlight the history, beliefs and cultural achievements of the different peoples who lived in these remarkable landscapes from BC to the arrival of Europeans in the s, and the importance of their continual legacy up until today.
Featuring around works on paper, the majority of which have been collected by the British Museum during the past decade, this exhibition presents artists from across the Middle East and North Africa who reflect on their own societies, all of which have experienced extraordinary changes in living memory. The exhibition themes highlight issues of gender, identity, faith, and politics while also exploring how the past interacts with the present.
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