Top 10 London
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The worlds oldest museum has no fewer than 6 million items spanning 1.8 million years of world civilization. The collection was started with the bequest of a physician and antiquarian, Sir Hans Sloane, in 1753. In the 18th and 19th centuries travellers and emissaries, such as Captain James Cook, Lord Elgin, Lord Curzon and Charles Townley, added treasures from around the world. The present, Classical style building was completed around 1850. The central courtyard is used as a public space, Open 10am5:30pm SatThu, 10am8:30pm Fri Great Court: Open 10am5:30pm SatThu, 10am8:30pm Fri Free guided tours throughout the day
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This spectacular 5th-century BC frieze from the Parthenon was made under Pericles and shows a procession in honour of the goddess Athena. It was obtained in 1779 by Lord Elgin, Ambassador to Constantinople.
Cats and sacred cows were mummified in Ancient Egypt. This cat comes from Abydos and dates from around 30 BC. Many Egyptian deities took on animal shapes, as seen on wall paintings and other artifacts.
Decorated with shells and gold leaf, this priceless ornament comes from Ur in Sumer, one of the worlds earliest civilizations. Games and musical instruments are also displayed.
Some of the greatest early English treasures are 34 silver plates from the 4th century, found at Mildenhall in Suffolk. Their lively decorations include sea nymphs, satyrs and Hercules.
In 196 BC Egyptian priests wrote a decree on this tablet in both Greek and in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Found in 1799, it proved crucial in deciphering Egyptian pictorial writing.
Sold by Britains ambassador to Naples, Sir William Hamilton, to the Duchess of Portland, this exquisite 1st-century blue-and-opaque glass vase comes from a tomb in Rome, and was probably made by a Greek craftsman.
This is all that remains of the colossal granite statue of Rameses II (c1275 BC) from his memorial temple at Thebes. The statue was acquired in the late 18th century by Charles Townley, British ambassador to Rome.
Made by Mixtec artisans for the Aztec royal court in Mexico, this mosaic mask is believed to be of the god Quetzalcoatl, and dates from the 15th century.
The large, carved and painted wood thunderbird from North America was used as an anvil for breaking coppers (a form of currency) at potlatches (ceremonies of Pacific Coast peoples in which chiefs destroyed their worldly goods).
This impressive stoneware Buddha dates from around AD 585, during the Chinese Sui Dynasty, when Buddhism became the state religion.
Free maps are available and guides are on sale at the information desk in the Great Court and shops. Otherwise start to the left of the main entrance with the Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman galleries. The North Wing ethnography and Asian galleries provide a change from Classical material, as do the early British, medieval and Renaissance collections on the east side.
Tip: There are three cafs and one restaurant. Tip: Picnics can be eaten in the forecourt by the main entrance. Tip: Highlights tours give an introduction to the collection. Tip: The British Museum shop sells reproduction artifacts.Some 6,000 years of history start with the spectacular carved reliefs from the Assyrian palace of Nineveh.
Mummies and sarcophagi are among 70,000 objects in one of the worlds greatest collections.
Highlights from the Classical world (c.3000 BC to c.AD 400) include the Parthenon sculptures and exquisite Greek and Roman vases.
Buddhist limestone reliefs from India, Chinese antiquities, Islamic pottery and a jaw-droppingly large cache of Japanese relics.
A curation of 350,000 objects from indigenous peoples around the world. The Africa gallery holds a fine array of art and artifacts.
Covering a long period from prehistoric cave dwellers to the modern day, this collection includes Lindow Man, a 2,000-year-old body found preserved in a peat bog, the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial and some fine decorative arts including medieval jewellery and Renaissance clocks.
A comprehensive collection of more than 750,000 coins and medals dating from the 7th century BC to the present day.
Priceless prints and drawings from the Renaissance form part of this rotating collection.
This exhibition features the museums 18th-century collections from around the world.
This small gallery is used for temporary exhibitions.
A magnificent glass-roofed addition encloses the heart of the British Museum. Opened in December 2000, the Great Court was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster. In the centre of the Court is the domed Reading Room, built in 1857. Holding one of the worlds most important collections of books and manuscripts, the Reading Room has been the workplace of some of Londons greatest writers and is now being used to host major exhibitions. The Great Court is the capitals largest covered square and contains shops, cafs and the British Museums main ticket and information desk, supplying visitors with everything they need for an informed visit.
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