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Experience 250 years of Gothic’s dark shadow in our major exhibition Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination. Find out more about all our exhibitions and events at What’s On. | ||
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Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination | Gothic events | Poetry events | Last chance:Enduring Warclosing 12 Oct | Around Town |
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Curator-led tours provide a unique insight into the collections on display. Book your combined exhibition and tour ticket. Find out more British Library tour Entrance Hall, British Library £8/£6.50 concessions Mon - Sat at 10.30 and 15.00; Sun and Public Holidays at 11.30 and 15.00.
Discover more about our history, collections and architecture on a tour of the public areas of the Library. The tour includes a visit to the Viewing Gallery where you can see some of the Reading Rooms and find out how books are stored, accessed and delivered. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Tours last approximately 75 minutes and leave from the Information Desk.
Book now | Talk: Napoleon the Great Army & Navy Club 16 OctThe National Army Museum’s celebrity speaker series turns its attention to the Battle of Waterloo with the approach of the battle’s bicentenary year in 2015. Historian Andrew Roberts will expose the mind, life, military career and above all the political genius of the infamous ruler Napoleon Bonaparte. Find out more
Ming: 50 years that changed China
British Museum
★★★★★ ‘Magnificent’ The Telegraph
★★★★ ‘Spectacular’ The Times
Discover a golden age in China’s history and see some of the most beautiful objects and paintings ever made.
Supported by BP.
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Detail of cloisonnĂ© jar. China, Ming dynasty, 1426–1435. © The Trustees of the British Museum.
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