Calendar of Events
UNITED KINGDOM
BIRMINGHAM
Larger than Life: Colossal Coins
A selection of some key pieces from one of the world's finest collections of Roman, Byzantine and Medieval coins will be projected on a large scale into the gallery space. This is a rare chance to view these little pieces of art in a whole new context, far more akin to how we approach painting or sculpture.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts +44 (0) 121 414 7332 (www.barber.org.uk). Until 18 January.
OXFORD
Unwrapped: The Story of a Child Mummy
This unusual exhibition brings together an almost 2,000 year old mummy found by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1888, with the work of contemporary artist Angela Palmer. Designed to coincide with the opening of the museum's new Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries there is a chance to see the child mummy, alongside glass sculptures of the body, plaster replicas and a film of the scans taken to determine how the boy died .
The Ashmolean Museum +44 (0) 1865 278 002 (www.ashmolean.org). Until 4 March.
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