Exhibitions
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The British Museum (10 minute walk)
Babylon: Myth and Reality
13 November 2008 - 15 March 2009
Drawing on the combined collections of several European museums, this exhibition explores the continuing dialogue between the Babylon of our imagination and the historic evidence for one of the great cities of antiquity at the moment of its climax and eclipse.
The British Museum (10 minute walk)
Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran
19 February - 14 June 2009
This major exhibition explores seventeenth century Iran through the reign and legacy of one of its most influential rulers, Shah 'Abbas I (AD 1587-1629). Demonstrating the influence of religion, art and society on Iran through the gifts he endowed to major shrines and his magnificent new capital, Isafahan.
The Royal Academy (20 minute walk)
Byzantium 330-1453
25 October 2008 - 22 March 2009
This ground-breaking exhibition, a collaboration between the Royal Academy of Arts and the Benaki Museum in Athens, provides a grand-scale survey of 1,000 years of history. Highlighting the splendours of the Byzantine Empire, this collection incorporates over 300 objects, some of which are on display for the first time.
Note for guests: our Concierge is delighted to give suggestions / further information on what's on in London
Tickets to all galleries, exhibitions, theatre and the opera are subject to availability. However we will always try our best to secure your first choice or to suggest alternatives
