The British Museum is home to one of the largest collections of works and artefacts coming from all over the world. The museum was opened in 1759 and is dedicated to human history, art, and culture. The museum has ten departments with various collections, including artefacts dedicated to indigenous peoples of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, antiquities illustrating the cultures of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, Buddhist paintings or drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo and extensive numismatic collections.
Monday | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm |
Tuesday | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm |
Wednesday | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm |
Thursday | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm |
Friday | 10:00 am – 08:30 pm |
Saturday | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm |
Sunday | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm |
NotesClosed 1 January and 24–26 December |
British Museum has 2 ratings.
A beautiful, world class museum that can absolutely be visited more than once. You can spend an entire day here and still have many things left to see. They feature the most unique exhibits related to world history with multi-language audio tours. Definitely recommended and all for free..!
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