As part of National Science Week, the British Museum is running handling sessions on Saturday 18 March. Exploring scientific dating methods. Advance booking essential, tel. The National Gallery is running two Art through Words sessions. Each will focus on two or three paintings, which will be described using vivid and detailed descriptions.
All talks are free.
The Coronation of the Virgin. For further information call 020-7747 2424. This gallery offers a sound guide which provides a recorded history on CD-ROM of 200 famous portraits on display in the gallery, including actual recordings of many of the great men and women of the late 19th and 20th century. A highlights tour of 50 portraits is also available in French, Spanish and Japanese. Admission to the gallery is free.