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 Cupola by MedioLatino
First just walk around, see the cupola and the library of course.
Just walk in to the left and to the right hand side of the cental part of the building (library) and be amazed! :)
The entrance is free, even though there might be some fee for special expositions. Leave a Comment
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 British Museum - Library by MedioLatino
Just sit in for a while and enjoy the atmosphere of this huge circle "room". Leave a Comment
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only go in here if u like having your brain numbed with intense boredom!! maybe it was my last visit that killed it for me...or maybe ive hated this place all along but never had the heart to admit it...its not that i dont lie museums...its just that this one is mind-numbingly boring...tedious...ruined my fun day out... Leave a Comment
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 British Museum lion by eviltooth
Great place to hang out. I love archeology and looking at things from the past. Best thing is there's no admission fees, except for certain special exhibitions. Leave a Comment
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 by AnythingButOrdinary
from prehistoric times to the present day.There are displays
of antiquities from Egypt,Grece Rome... Leave a Comment
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I love this museum. especially the Egyptian Department...... I could wander round this place for hours and hours and of course it's completely free (so leave a donation if you can). I have visited this place every summer for the last .... I dunno how many years..... It's always fascinating... and I am not a huge museum fan generally...Nice restaurant too.
If I were rich and feeling particularly benevolent I would leave this museum enough money to install air conditioning. Maybe they can't because it would have a diverse effect on the exhibits or something, but it is always unbearably hot in summer, which kind of spoils the experience, in my opinion anyway. Leave a Comment
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 The entrance to the British
Museum by MDH
The architecture to the building is also incredible. After a big refurbishment, the interior of the building is enclosed by a sloped glass roof, which looks like waves.
Also inside the building is the old British Library, which is simply stunning to walk into. Some of the library's visiting and studying alumni include Charles Darwin and Karl Marx.
In all, the British Museum is an ABSOLUTE must if you're in London. Leave a Comment Phone: 020 7323 8482Directions: In the Bloomsbury area, located directly across from the Senate House of the University of London. Also next to Russell and Bedford squares.Website: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
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 A Grand Entrance! by M0B1US
The venerable British Museum, founded in 1753 is apparently the oldest museum in the world.
It was started off the back of a collection by the physian Sir Hans Sloane, a resident of Chelsea it is his name that the famous Sloane Square honours - you could say he was the original Sloane Ranger. ;-)
His 'cabinet of curiosities' was rapidly outgrowing its modest moniker when Robert Smirke designed the current neo-classical building we see today, with its grand façade and huge interior.
It now contains a vast collection of treasures spanning 2 million years of world history and civilizaton, though it has to be said that during the 19th century it rather became the central repository for a large amount of loot amassed by the British Empire by its conquest of other 'less fortunate societies' from around the globe.
There are over 90 galleries which is the equivalent of 2.5 miles of walking! Permanent displays include treasures from Eygpt, Greece and Rome, as well as ancient Britain. The Museum's most controversial treasure is the Elgin Marbles, which it is in dispute with Greece over.
When the British library was re-located in 1997 the museum acquired the centre of the vast quadrangle around the Reading Room and this space was transformed with the creation of Sir Norman Foster's 'Great Court', London's first glass-covered public square and a wonder to behold!
Interestingly the builders tried to cut corners by buying cheap stone for the southern portico instead of Portland Stone - which is why it is a slightly incongruous brilliant white. Oops!
The fantastic domed Reading Room is my favourite feature and it has been painstakingly restored to its original grandeur, and it was here that the likes of Karl Marx was busily plotting his workers' revolutions!
You need a whole day to begin to do this place justice, what I like to do is dip into it bit by bit whenever I'm in the area. Leave a Comment
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 The Rosetta Stone by MedioLatino
When facing the library, go to the left hand side wing. Don't forget to see also the mummys and statues of the ancient Egypt, Greece, etc. Leave a Comment
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