Do forward to any interested parties.
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BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM WEBSITE Broadening Access to
the collection
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STUDENT VIDEOS
Students from Frank Barnes Primary School for Deaf children worked with
Museum staff to give their own interpretations of African masks and
headdresses, the Assyrian lion hunt reliefs and the Parthenon
sculptures.
Watch the videos:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_teachers/school_projec
ts/bsl_project.aspx
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HIGHLIGHT OBJECT VIDEOS
You can now watch BSL translations of 18 of the Museum's highlight
objects.
See the full list of videos:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/accessibility/bsl.aspx
--Lewis chessmen--
Probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200
Watch:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla
/t/the_lewis_chessmen.aspx
--Rosetta stone--
From Fort St Julien, Egypt Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC
Watch:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/
the_rosetta_stone.aspx
--Feather bonnet of Yellow Calf--
Arapaho, about AD 1927, from the American West
Watch:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/f/
feather_bonnet_of_yellow_calf.aspx
--Bronze figure of Tara--
Found Sri Lanka, 8th century AD
Watch:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/g
/gilded_bronze_figure_of_tara.aspx
HADRIAN: EMPIRE AND CONFLICT
Until 26 October 2008
Discover the life, love and legacy of Rome's most enigmatic emperor.
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