British Museum
London · founded 1753
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
- Works in the British Museum collection
- 8 million+Works in the British Museum collection
- Visitors a year
- 6.4MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1753Founded
What to see
Rosetta Stone
19 BC.
At the museum · Photo by Awikimate, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cyrus cylinder
539.
At the museum · Photo by Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Library of Ashurbanipal
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Elgin Marbles
Phidias, 44 BC.
At the museum · Photo by Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Portland Vase
100.
At the museum · Photo by Unknown artistUnknown artist, CC BY 2.5
crystal skull
1881.
At the museum · Photo by Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on britishmuseum.org before you travel.
Getting there
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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