The British Museum was founded with a collection left to 'curious' and interested people. 271 years on an exhibition touring ...

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The 'Benin Bronzes' (made of brass and bronze) are a group of sculptures which include elaborately decorated cast relief plaques, commemorative heads, animal and human figures, items of royal regalia, ...

Discover the rise, influence and decline of Stonehenge across 6,000 years of history. Lying some 150km west of London in the Wiltshire countryside, Stonehenge is perhaps the world's most awe-inspiring ...

Join classicist, broadcaster and writer Natalie Haynes to dive into the ancient world. From Athene to Aphrodite, Greek goddesses are as mighty, revered and destructive as their male counterparts. Meet ...

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Through our programme of touring exhibitions and loans, between April 2021 and March 2022 the British Museum lent 1,594 objects to 95 venues, reaching three million visitors – one million more than ...

The Reading Room is now open. The Reading Room stands at the heart of the Museum, in the centre of the Great Court. Completed in 1857, it was hailed as one of the great sights of London and became a ...

The civilisations of Babylonia and Assyria flourished during the first millennium BC. Political developments resulted in the incorporation of the entire Near East into a single empire, while increased ...

They represent the cultures of the indigenous peoples of four continents. The scope of the collection is contemporary, archaeological and historical, and includes a large pictorial collection. It ...