British Museum, London

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This museum is a "must" whilst in London. The collection includes art from all over the world such the ancient Egypt, Assyria, Far East etc.

Between September 2007 and April 2008, the Chinese museum of Terracotta Army has sent 25 of their somewhat 7000 soldier figures to London. The figures were buried underground to protect the 1st emperor of China in his afterlife and they are more than 2300 years old.

The Chinese exhibition will costs approximately $100.000/month for the BM. This is in addition to the transportation costs from China, which shouldn't be too cheap, I'd imagine. However, as a visitor to the museum, you'll pay only £12 to see these amazing works of art, so I think this is a really great opportunity to go and see them. In addition to soldier figures, the exhibition will include 2 horses, acrobats, jogglers and perhaps even a strongman that were buried the emperor for his after life amusement :-) There will also be about 100 other objects from the era, telling a story of the emperor. I'll be definitely going. Are you?

Admission to the permanent exhibitions is free.

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Is one of the oldest world´s museum and contains more than 7millions of objets from all the continents, most of them are stored for study and restoration. One day is not enough to visit but the guides that you can get at the information points will help you a lot.

Es uno de los museos más antiguos del mundo y contiene más de siete millones de objetos de todos los continentes, muchos de los cuales se encuentran almacenados para su estudio y restauración, o simplemente guardados por falta de espacio.

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Since 13 sept 2007, till April 2008, number of the Terricotta Army is guests of the British Museum in London.

Under pretty heavly gaurded moves, chinese agreed to bring limited number of statues of the First Emperor. The China's Terracotta Army explores one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century, giving an insight into China’s First Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, and his legacy.

The exhibition includes a number of the world-famous terracotta warriors from Xi'an, China, which were buried alongside the First Emperor in readiness for the afterlife, as well as some of the most striking recent discoveries made on the site.

In introducing the idea of a unified state and effectively creating China in 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin created what is today the oldest surviving political entity in the world. How that state has survived, developed and is viewed today is explored through events,
lectures and debates around the exhibition.

Well, I tried three days in a row to secure a ticket for me to see the Terricotta Army, but no luck so far, all pre reserved ticket gone, they say that 500 tickets will be released at 09.15 am
each day, to buy in person at the Ticket Desk in the Great Court.

The British muesum it self is free to enter, but the to see the terricotta army you need to pay 12 pounds per adult person.

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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.

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The British Museum is my favourite museum - and it's even free!

It's not a good idea to try to see it all in one go. It's better either to head for the galleries that interest you most (Egyptian Sculpture is my favourite) or to aim to see some key 'treasures' such as the Parthenon frieze and the Sutton Hoo helmet.

The Great Court was opened up and roofed with glass to celebrate the millennium and now forms the hub of the museum.

There are two snack bars, a cafeteria and a restaurant (with views over the Great Court) in the museum. The quality is good, but they are quite pricey. If money is tight, it is better to look for a pub or cafe nearby. Though if you are after a traditional afternoon tea with sandwiches, scones and cream, the Court restaurant does a good version, with a choice of speciality teas for £13 a head.

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The British Museum is packed with artefacts from all over the world. It would not be hard to spend an entire day but kep in mind there is also the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. Great places to take the kids

The best thing about the British Museum - it's free! If you will be in London for a while - try to go back more than once, since it is impossible to cover everything in one shot. If not, I would recommend the Egyptian and Asian collections.

The Rosetta stone is considered to be one of the great treasures of the British Museum. Like much of the exhibits in Bloomsbury it was half-inched, nicked, fell-off-the-back-of-a-lorry or generally procured in dubious circumstances.

The Egyptians want it back, but they have managed to fob them off with a copy so far. You can always tell a fake Rosetta stone, the labels just arn't the same quality.

Dated at 146 BC (although they didn't put that date on the stone itself) it proved to be the single most useful thing every discovered in trying to decipher Egyptian writing. All then funny symbold must mean something, and the stone which is written in three languages helps enourmously. Anybody who can read the 'windigs' font on Word would get the idea very easily.

'Rosetta' has thus now entered the language in various forms to do with translation services, or translating code from one computer language into another.