12-22-2007, 01:16 PM
Looks like a happy New Year at the BM!
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24 July – 26 October 2008
Reading Room
This special exhibition will explore the life, love and legacy of Rome's most enigmatic emperor – Hadrian (reigned AD 117–138).
Ruling an empire that comprised much of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia, Hadrian was a capable and, at times, ruthless military leader. He realigned borders and quashed revolt, stabilising a territory critically overstretched by his predecessors.
Beyond military campaigns, Hadrian had a great passion for architecture and Greek culture. His extensive building included the Pantheon in Rome, his villa in Tivoli and the city of Antinoupolis, which he founded to immortalise his male lover Antinous.
This exhibition will provide fresh insight into the sharp contradictions of Hadrian's character and challenges faced during his reign.
Objects from 35 museums worldwide and recent excavations will be shown together for the first time to reassess his legacy, which remains strikingly relevant nearly 2,000 years later.
Admission charge
Tickets on sale from 6 February 2008
UK Partnership Tour
In lead up to Hadrian: Empire and Conflict, the Museum is sending one of its star objects, a rare bronze head of Hadrian, to two sites along Hadrian’s Wall from 8 February until 8 June 2008
Through its Partnership UK programme, the British Museum will send on loan one of the star pieces of the Hadrian: Empire and Conflict - a bronze head of the Emperor Hadrian.
The head was found in the River Thames in 1834 and comes from a statue, one and a quarter life size, which may have been erected in a public space in London in AD122 to commemorate Hadrian's visit to Britain.
It is the first time the original head will have been seen outside London. This great work of art will be shown at Tullie House, Carlisle at the western end of Hadrian's Wall, then at Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum in Wallsend, in the heart of Tyneside.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
8 February – 13 April 2008
Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum, Wallsend
16 April – 8 June 2008
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/f ... flict.aspx
24 July – 26 October 2008
Reading Room
This special exhibition will explore the life, love and legacy of Rome's most enigmatic emperor – Hadrian (reigned AD 117–138).
Ruling an empire that comprised much of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia, Hadrian was a capable and, at times, ruthless military leader. He realigned borders and quashed revolt, stabilising a territory critically overstretched by his predecessors.
Beyond military campaigns, Hadrian had a great passion for architecture and Greek culture. His extensive building included the Pantheon in Rome, his villa in Tivoli and the city of Antinoupolis, which he founded to immortalise his male lover Antinous.
This exhibition will provide fresh insight into the sharp contradictions of Hadrian's character and challenges faced during his reign.
Objects from 35 museums worldwide and recent excavations will be shown together for the first time to reassess his legacy, which remains strikingly relevant nearly 2,000 years later.
Admission charge
Tickets on sale from 6 February 2008
UK Partnership Tour
In lead up to Hadrian: Empire and Conflict, the Museum is sending one of its star objects, a rare bronze head of Hadrian, to two sites along Hadrian’s Wall from 8 February until 8 June 2008
Through its Partnership UK programme, the British Museum will send on loan one of the star pieces of the Hadrian: Empire and Conflict - a bronze head of the Emperor Hadrian.
The head was found in the River Thames in 1834 and comes from a statue, one and a quarter life size, which may have been erected in a public space in London in AD122 to commemorate Hadrian's visit to Britain.
It is the first time the original head will have been seen outside London. This great work of art will be shown at Tullie House, Carlisle at the western end of Hadrian's Wall, then at Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum in Wallsend, in the heart of Tyneside.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
8 February – 13 April 2008
Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum, Wallsend
16 April – 8 June 2008
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