EXHIBITION: Featuring original woodblock prints from our collection, this exhibition explores the sophisticated urban culture of Japan in the 18th and 19th centuries.
SPECIAL EVENT: Join us to solve a mystery! Watch as the story-line unfolds, quiz the characters about their motives and find the clues to help solve the murder!
In this structured learning workshop discover how Chinese New Year is celebrated. Investigate food and good luck traditions, handle celebration artefacts, hear Chinese folk tales, learn and write mandarin celebration words.
EXHIBITION: To mark 500 years since his death, we will be displaying twelve drawings by Leonardo da Vinci as part of a national celebration of one of history’s geniuses.
SPECIAL EVENT: Celebrate Chinese New Year and welcome in the Year of the Pig with spectacular traditional and contemporary performances, stalls, workshops and activities.
SPECIAL EVENT: A screening of the silent film ‘A Throw of Dice’ with live musical accompaniment plus films from the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection.