Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum gestures as he speaks during panel discussion on The National Museum: A Symbolic Identity? at Manarat Saadiyat museum on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Pawel Dwulit/The National
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum gestures as he speaks during panel discussion on The National Museum: A Symbolic Identity? at Manarat Saadiyat museum on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Pawel Dwulit/The National
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum gestures as he speaks during panel discussion on The National Museum: A Symbolic Identity? at Manarat Saadiyat museum on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Pawel Dwulit/The National
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum gestures as he speaks during panel discussion on The National Museum: A Symbolic Identity? at Manarat Saadiyat museum on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Pawel

British Museum director to give talk in Abu Dhabi

Anna Seaman

April 21, 2014

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Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum will be addressing audiences on Saadiyat Island tomorrow night as part of the official opening of A History of the World in 100 Objects exhibition. In a talk titled “Unlocking Objects”, MacGregor will be pinpointing a few of the historical objects in the exhibition and addressing their storytelling potential. The talk takes place tomorrow evening at 6.30pm.

* For a full introduction to the exhibition, read tomorrow’s Arts & Life section.

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