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+44 20 7323 8299
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Address:
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Great Russell Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1B 3DG
Bloomsbury
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100 ftBritish Museum
470 ftMuseum Street
510 ftGreat Russell Street
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Today |
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Closed now
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Local time (London) | 19:55 Thursday, 28 November 2024 |
Monday | 10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Tuesday | 10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Wednesday | 10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Thursday | 10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Friday | 10:00 am – 8:30 pm |
Saturday | 10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Sunday | 10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Specialties
A museum of the world, for the world. Discover over two million years of human history and culture. Some of the world-famous objects include the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and Egyptian mummies. www.britishmuseum.org
History
Established in 1753.
The British Museum was the first national public museum in the world. From the beginning it granted free admission to all ‘studious and curious persons’. Visitor numbers have grown from around 5,000 a year in the eighteenth century to nearly 6 million today.