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The Great Court of the British Museum - London
The Great Court of the British Museum
by easyoar
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  • Cham
  • By Cham on August 17, 2006
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  • British museum from the outside - London
    British museum from the
    outside
    by Cham, 1 more photos
    I've lived here 26 years and I'm still unsure why this is the British museum as it has nothing from Brtain in it!

    Actually it is basically a collection of artifacts that British archealogists and treasure hunters have found over the years from all over the world. The two most viewed attractions here are the Rosetta Stone used to decipher the Ancient hieroglyphs, and the Elgin Marbles that we stole from Greece.

    The achitecture, just like every museum in london is beautiful and there's always a lot of people because like all other galleries and museums in london it is free entry.

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  • Phone: 0 20 7323 8299
  • Directions: Holborn tube
  • Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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    British Museum: The British Museum
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  • Kate-Me
  • By Kate-Me on May 30, 2003
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  • false door, 2400 BC! - London
    false door, 2400 BC!
    by Kate-Me
    The British Museum was just so great and so huge that I don't know where to begin to tell you about it!
    Being fascinated by Egypt though, we naturally headed straight for the huge Egyptian section. Seeing the Rosetta Stone was a huge highlight of this area.
    Here is a photo I took of a limestone false door, dating back to 2400 BC! I was just totally awestruck, standing in front of it, seeing the still visible hyroglyphs etched into it.

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    British Museum: Roman Britain, Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles
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  • grandmaR
  • Updated By grandmaR on July 30, 2005
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  • Elgin Marbles - London
    Elgin Marbles
    by grandmaR, 1 more photos
    One of my goals was to visit the British Museum. We didn't go when I was in England in 1950, but I'd heard a lot about it. I particularly wanted to see the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles. (As a youngster, I used to envision regular marbles when I heard the name Elgin Marbles.)

    I went to the website of the museum, because I knew that I, at least, wouldn't last for the whole thing, so I wanted to pick one section to look at in depth. I didn't think that I needed to look at stuff that I could see at the Smithsonian at home, so it should be something unique to the British Museum. What I picked was Roman Britian.

    After we saw the Roman Britain section, we went down to the lobby (we had entered from the back), and Bob sat down while I reconoitered. I was thinking I'd go to the bathroom and that we could get something to eat.

    But it was Saturday and the museum was quite crowded. So I never did either of those things. I came back and got Bob and we went to see the Rosetta Stone, and I tried to explain why it was important. Then we went and sat in the room where the Elgin Marbles were displayed for a bit.

    After that we left by the front door, and discovered that there was a Roman festival in the forecourt.

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  • Phone: (+44) 020 7323 8299(information
  • Directions: Bloomsbury
  • Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
  • Other Contact: information@thebritishmuseum.ac.
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  • smirnofforiginal
  • Updated By smirnofforiginal on September 2, 2007
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  • British Museum - London
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    One of the finest collections of human cultural history can be found in the British Museum. A beautiful building full of some of the World's greatest treasures, including the Rosetta Stone & substantial collections from Egypt, Assyria, Mesopotamia...

    In 2000 The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court was opened by Her Majesty. Magnificent architecture by Lord Foster which makes stunning use of natural light and if you are not familiar with Lord Foster's work : http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Practice/Default.aspx

    Throughout the year The British Museum has visiting, or temporary exhibtions. These are usually advertised, on their website, in advance and whilst entrance into The British Museum is free (and has been since 1753), charges are made for these exhibitons. There are ample shops which are quite pricey but if you are getting in for free.... There are donation points scattered about the museum.

    Cameras and flash photography are allowed in the museum.

  • Phone: 0 20 7323 8299
  • Directions: Holborn tube
  • Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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  • Jim_edmonds177
  • By Jim_edmonds177 on December 23, 2007
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  • British Museum - London
    by Jim_edmonds177, 3 more photos
    All I can say is "aay Caramba"
    Oh my, what a fantastic display of history and all of this for free, no cost to get in, although not the case from special events but then again if you want to attend those that's your decsion. Dennis and I checked out so much goods and paid nothing, it was fantastic!! You have to see the British Museum, all necessary information is better viewed on the website that's listed below just cause they update everything all the time. Collections from all around the world includes fantastic history from the Middle East, what you see at the museum may even be bigger than collections existing in the countries that these valuables came from!! Fantastic, I'd Say so!

  • Phone: 0 20 7323 8299
  • Directions: Holborn tube
  • Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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    British Museum: What are these doing in the British Museum???
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  • easyoar
  • By easyoar on February 19, 2005
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  • What are these doing in the British Museum??? - London
    What are these doing in
    the British Museum???
    by easyoar
    I've got to admit, I had a bit of a double-take when I saw this display in the British Museum, it wasn't quite what I was expecting to see!

    As it turns out, they were there as part of a display showing the stages of life, and as I remember these appeared somewhere around the late teenage years onwards ;-)

    The display itself was pretty large and had lots of little jokey things in it. It was in the same room that the Easter Island stone head was in.

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  • Phone: 0 20 7323 8299
  • Directions: Holborn tube
  • Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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    British Museum: London eye
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  • caprice_222
  • Updated By caprice_222 on September 9, 2005
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  • British Museum - London
    by caprice_222, 7 more photos
    The British Airways London Eye is one of the most visually dramatic additions to London's skyline and is the perfect location to entertain during your holiday in London. You can enjoy this unique and inspiring experience during daylight or rise above the lights of the capital for a magical night flight. Sweeping the skyline at 135 metres, this is the largest observation wheel in the world and the views are spectacular.

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  • Phone: 08705000600
  • Directions: Waterloo
  • Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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  • dracko
  • By dracko on June 5, 2003
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  • Covered courtyard of the British Museum - London
    Covered courtyard of the
    British Museum
    by dracko
    British museum houses a wonderful collection of artefacts from almost all time periods and regions of the world. I did not have enough time to thoroughly explore the entire museum, but I did get to see a bit of it. They seem to have very complete exhibits from all regions of Asia, from ancient Middle East to Japan, an excellent exhibit on Ancient Egypt, another on different regions of Europe... Too much to recount here.

    The museum itself is a huge multi-storied building, with exhibit halls surrounding the internal covered "courtyard", at the center of which stands an enormous circular reading room, essentially a large library.

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    British Museum: British Museum - Reading room
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  • By dracko on June 5, 2003
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  • British Museum reading room - London
    British Museum reading room
    by dracko
    The reading room at the center of the British Musem is enormous. It's a huge round hall, with very tall domed ceilings and windows. And its walls are lined with books, three levels high! The floor space is covered by rows of reading tables and administrative desks.

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  • Gypsystravels
  • Updated By Gypsystravels on November 12, 2008
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  • My two loves in front of the British Museum - London
    My two loves in front of the
    British Museum
    by Gypsystravels, 4 more photos
    Established in 1753 the British Museum is the oldest museum in the World.

    The museum was built to house the collections of the physician Sir Hans Sloane. One of its most famous and important pieces is found in the main entrance hall, The Rosetta Stone.

    The British museum is free to the public, making it a perfect place to visit again and again.

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