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Lights, camera, funding £166m for new film centre on South Bank

16.10.09
London is to get a £166million state-of-the-art film centre, Gordon Brown said... more

British Museum caught up in human rights row

24.08.09
British Museum urged to 'take a stand' over the rights of migrant workers in the oil-rich desert sheikdom of Abu Dhabi... more

Stop the vandals taking an axe to London's arts

28.07.09
Not many months ago we were all born-again disciples of John Maynard Keynes. A new New Deal was on the way in which public pounds spent on good works would wash around the aching bones of the economy like some magical spa treatment ... more

£130m Rogers extension to British Museum is blocked

24.07.09
Proposals for a £130million modernist extension to the British Museum have been thrown out... more

Top museums lose out in public spending squeeze

16.07.09
Series of major London arts projects face the axe in the public spending squeeze, including a new exhibition area for the British Museum... more

British Museum reveals its £135m extension

01.04.09
The British Museum is planning to build a £135million extension to display blockbuster exhibitions, the Evening Standard has learned... more

The British Museum just got bigger

01.04.09
The second most popular attraction on Earth is in dire need of expansion. Plans exclusively revealed here should see a major new extension with exhibition space by 2012. ... more

Your move ... Scots want chess set back

25.03.09
The British Museum has put a set of elaborately carved chess figures at the heart of a new gallery despite demands that they be returned to Scotland... more

A very British walk through the world

29.01.09
It was 250 years ago this month that the British Museum opened its doors... more

Outlook good for an Indian Summer at museum

04.12.08
Whether it rains or shines, London will enjoy an Indian Summer next year... more

Gold (and silver) diggers on the increase

19.11.08
Anglo-Saxon jewellery, Roman coins and a medieval seal were among historic finds declared official treasure in a report... more

Art that's good enough to eat in American Scene

07.08.08
The American Scene displays a long list of artists whom most of us have never heard of and includes the little-known prints of household names.... more

Hadrian and the hordes

25.07.08
The British Museum's survey of the Roman emperor's life contains some sublime artefacts. What a pity the show will be too crowded to see everything ... more

The man who has made this the UK’s top ticket

08.04.08
The Terracotta Army exhibition made the British Museum the second most visited in the world. London is a modern city, says director Neil MacGregor, and we try to reflect that.... more

Thousands queue for a last glimpse of Terracotta Army

31.03.08
The queue stretches the length of the street and snakes round the corner - but it's not for the latest blockbuster... more

Queues for last glimpse of Terracotta Army

31.03.08
As the Terracotta Army exhibition is set to draw to a close the queue for tickets is ever-increasing.... more

Terracotta Army wins the battle for visitors

25.02.08
An army of terracotta warriors and a traditional English summer have made the British Museum London's most popular visitor attraction.... more

Terracotta Army wins the battle for visitors

25.02.08
An army of terracotta warriors and a traditional English summer have made the British Museum London's most popular visitor attraction... more

British Museum to open all day

19.11.07
The British Museum is set to open for an unprecedented 24 hours a day to cope with demand for its Terracotta Army exhibition.... more

A terracotta version of history

11.10.07
The First Emperor warriors are global ambassadors for the Beijing Olympics, but was it necessary to incorporate two display styles to sweeten Chinese-British relations?... more

Terracotta army takes on King Tut

13.09.07
The battle of the burial sites has prompted more than 200,000 advance ticket sales.... more

Terracotta army marches

17.08.07
The British Museum's blockbuster exhibition of China's Terracotta Army has smashed records for advance ticket sales.... more

Japanese treasure found in Britain

25.07.07
The British Museum's Crafting Beauty In Modern Japan exhibition covers a variety of crafts, including ceramics, lacquer work and textiles.... more

Viking treasure worth £1m goes on display

19.07.07
A £1million collection of Viking artefacts, discovered by two amateur treasure-hunters using metal detectors, has been unveiled at the British Museum.... more

Lost in paradise

30.04.07
Two exhibitions that promise to explore the wonders of the New World frustrate as much as they fascinate, says Brian Sewell.... more

Marbles may go back to Greece after 200 years

19.04.07
The way has been opened for the Elgin Marbles to be seen in Greece nearly 200 years after they were taken.... more

Tajikistan demands return of museum treasure

05.04.07
The president of Tajikistan has called for a collection of ancient gold and silver work on show in the British Museum to be returned to his country.... more

Welcome to China town...

19.02.07
Don't worry if you missed the parade in Trafalgar Square, as the Chinese New Year festivities continue all week in the capital. Here's a round-up of some of the best events.... more

Putney on the Ganges

03.10.06
Hundreds of Bengali Hindus turned out to celebrate the festival of Durga Puja by floating effigies of the goddess Durga on the Thames. ... more

20ft Bengali goddess on show at British Museum

07.09.06
The British Museum is launching an autumn season of exhibitions focussing on Bengal and Polynesia, the highlight of which will be a 20ft image of the goddess Durga.... more

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