British Museum
British Museum with iconic Great Court and classical columns
Bloomsbury
4.5/5
Free Entry | Exhibitions from £12 | Donations welcome
Great Russell Street
About British Museum
The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, England, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, having been widely collected during the era of the British Empire. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. It was the first public national museum in the world. The museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. Its expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of expanding British colonization and has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions, the first being the Natural History Museum in 1881.
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Opening hours
friday: 10:00 - 20:30; monday: 10:00 - 17:00; sunday: 10:00 - 17:00; tuesday: 10:00 - 17:00; saturday: 10:00 - 17:00; thursday: 10:00 - 17:00; wednesday: 10:00 - 17:00