Collections

Other collections at this venue:

• Lesbian and Gay
  The Warren Cup, a first century AD silver goblet showing…
• Religious Group: Jewish
  Limeston ossuary - 1st c. BC - 1st c. ADThe…
• Religious Group: Islam
  Much of the British Museum's Islamic collection is on display…
• Oceania: New Zealander
  A whale tooth pendantThe British Museum's Maori collection consists of…
• Oceania
  Victor Jupurrulaross bush potato dreaming 1987ADThe Oceanic section of the…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Turks
  Winged bull with human torso and head. Surartian 700BCThe Department…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Turkish Cypriots
  Red polished Ware bowl, 2300 -2100 BCThe Museum's Department of…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Spanish
  Goya's painting of WellingtonThe Department of Prehistory and Europe (P&E)…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Italian
  Roman marble bust of girlThe Department of Greek and Roman…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Irish
  St Conall Cael's bell - 7th - 11thc.The Department of…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Greeks
  Marble frieze showing horse and groom 450BC LykiaThe Department of…
• North, West & Southern Europe: Greek Cypriot
  Gold diadem with embossed decoration 1400 - 1200BCThe Museum's Department…
• North, West & Southern Europe: German
  Iron axehead inlaid with silver 7thc ADThe Department of Prehistory…
• North, West & Southern Europe: French
  Antoine Watteau Five studies of seated woman seen from behindThe…
• North America
  Horse armour, pre-1825The Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas…
• Near & Middle East: Kurdish
  There are only a very few Kurdish items documented in…
• Near & Middle East: Iranian
  A ceramic bowl with aramaic magic inscription, 6thc. ADThe Department…
• Near & Middle East: Afghani
  Bimran reliquary relic containerCoins, medals and paper money from Afghanistan…
• Near & Middle East
  Assyrian lion's head from Nimrud 900 - 700BCThe Department of…
• Central & South America
  Double spout vessel with Humming Birds.Peruvian, 220BC - 600AD The…
• Caribbean
  Wooden figureThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (AOA)…
• Asian: Vietnamese
  Ngyuen De - 1960 - irrigation of paddy fieldsThe Department…
• Asian: Sri Lankan
  The Museum’s Department of Asia holds the Museum’s collection of…
• Asian: Pakistani
  Ringstone with goddessesThe Museum’s Department of Asia holds the Museum’s…
• Asian: Japanese
  There are around 1,500 Japanese objects in the ethnographic colelctions…
• Asian: Indian
  Limestone panel depicting BuddhapadaThe Museum’s Department of Asia holds the…
• Asian: Filipino
  Wooden figureThe Museum’s collection of around 170 objects from the…
• Asian: Chinese
  Neolitihic coiled jade dragonThe Museum’s Department of Asia holds the…
• Asian: Bangladeshi
  20thC painted rickshawThe British Museum does not hold a large…
• Asian
  Ringstone with goddesses from 3rdc. BC PakistanThe Department of Asia…
• African: Zimbabwean
  Carved wooden Shona headrestThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the…
• African: Ugandan
  Burnished pots - late 19th - early 20thc.The Department of…
• African: Sudanese
  Sphinx of TaharqoThe Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan (AES)…
• African: Somali
  The department of Africa, Oceania and the America holds the…
• African: Nigerian
  Yoruba Bronze head with beaded crown and plumeThe Department of…
• African: Moroccan
  Late 20thc pottery plateThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the…
• African: Kenyan
  Wooden shield for dancing, 19thc KikuyulateThe Department of Africa, Oceania…
• African: Ghanaian
  Early 19thc Asante gold workThe department of Africa, Oceania and…
• African: Ethiopian
  A 19th century picture of a religious procession by an…
• African: Eritrean
  Basalt tombstone, 1188ADThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas…
• African: Egyptian
  Cotton Dress with Embroidery, made by the Berber people. 20th…
• African: Congolese
  Wooden carving of King, late 18th centuryThe Department of Africa,…
• African: Algerian
  Silk and cotton textile from 19th century AlgeriaThe Department of…
• African
  The majority of objects from the continent of Africa are…
• British Museum - collection overview
  Indian Summer - temporary garden at the British MuseumThe British…

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