Australia season at the British Museum

Aboriginal girl in Australia

From August until October the British Museum will be holding a number of free events as part of their Australia season.

The season includes a range of talks, workshops, films and family activities exploring Australia, as well as ‘Australia Landscape’, the reconstruction of an Australian landscape in the Museum’s forecourt, created in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, ‘Out of Australia’, a prints and drawings exhibition featuring works by Australian artists from the 1940s to the present, and ‘Baskets and belonging’, a collection of around 60 Indigenous Australian containers.

Until 9th October the Museum will also be holding a free exhibition showcasing a crocodile dance mask from the Torres Strait Islands, which was used as part of many celebrations and ceremonies.

If you would like to find out more about Australia season, please visit the British Museum website.