A History of the World in 100 Objects: Pop-Up Talks
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Description
Select Thursdays and Sundays until January 2017, 12.30pm
Free after exhibition entry. Tickets: $20 adult, $15 concession, $8 child, $45 family, Friends $10. Purchase exhibition tickets
Join Museum staff for a 15-minute talk about their favourite object from A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum.
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December 2016
Thursday 1 December
Nicki Smith, Deputy Manager, Conservation
Basketry helmet, 1700–1800 CE, Hawaii, United States of America
Thursday 8 December
Andy Greenslade, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs
Australian Aboriginal basket, 1911–1912 CE, Arnhem Land, Australia
Sunday 11 December
Carol Cooper, Curator, Research Centre
Lunula, 2400–2000 BCE, Kerry, Ireland
Thursday 15 December
Stephen Munro, Curator
Olduvai stone tools, 2 million to 400,000 years old, found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
January 2017
Thursday 5 January 2017
Margaret Fox, Host Team Leader, Visitor Services and Front of House
Marble statue of Mithras, 2nd Century CE, Rome, Italy
Thursday 12 January
Jennifer White, Learning Services Officer
Olmec stone mask, 900–400 BCE, Mexico
Sunday 15 January 2017
Amanda Paroz, Education Coordinator
Inca gold llama, 1400–1550 CE, Peru
