Know Your Resources: The British Museum Prints and Drawings Study Room

The Creative Activities team at Arts SU have coordinated a programme of ‘Know Your Resources’ Library, Archive, Museum and Gallery tours as part of 2017 Fresher’s Festival.

Here at Arts SU we recognise the importance of access to art and learning. We have worked in partnership with some of the best collections in London to create a programme of behind the scenes tours which will not only give you a flavour for the organisation, but give you the chance to interact with collection highlights, meet specialist staff and sign up to access the space for you research in the future.

These tours are open to all joining students of 2017 but booking is essential to gauge numbers. They are completely free to join!

We look forward to meeting you.

Catherine Daunt - Curator of Modern and Contemporary Graphic Arts at The British Museum leads a tour of The British Museum's Prints and Drawings Study Room giving a brief overview of the resources, the collection itself (which includes 2 million prints and half a million drawings from the 15th century to today), the library and artist index etc. You will be able to see a display of collection highlights selected by Catherine as well as gain an insight into the scope of The British Museum's holdings. Info on how to access the collection will be provided plus an insight into the online databases.

Photograph © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum.