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British Museum

The British Museum, the centrepiece of which is Norman Foster's glass-roofed Great Court, is one of the world's finest museums. Visitors must contend with a mind-boggling six million artefacts from all corners of the globe, plucked (or plundered) by collectors. The awesome scale of the museum means it is essential to select just a few of the 94 galleries for close attention. Highlights include the Rosetta Stone, the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo treasures and the controversial Parthenon Sculptures, known as the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon in Athens. A 90-minute 'Highlights' tours is available daily at 1030, 1300 and 1500.

Address: 
Great Russell Street,
WC1,
London,
United Kingdom
Telephone: 
(020) 7323 8299.
Website: 
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Opening times: 

Daily 1000-1730.

Admission fees: 

No.

Disabled access: 
Yes
Unesco: 
No

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