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Thanks to the pilaging and cultural theft of 18th and 19th century explorers and archaeologists, the Brit Museum has some of the rarest items and largest most comprehensive collections in the world. For anthro/archaeology students and scholars like myself going to the museum is an all-day activity. Leave a Comment Directions: Located between Montague St, Montague Pl, Bloomsbury St & Russell St. The best bet is to take the tube to Tottenham Court Road or Russell Square.Other Contact: For general information telephon
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I have always loved ancient Egypt and everything like that and am planning to go there next on my travels. However, money is against me at the moment. So where beter to go to satisfy my hunger, THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
The british museum has many sculptures artifacts, scrolls all removed from Egypt. It houses the Rosseta stone, a most important discovrery. There are also many mummies in various states of mummification.
There are also many other exhibits including Rome, Athens, The Americas, Africa and many more.
It is also the home of the famous Elgin Marbles. Leave a Comment
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See Egyptian hieroglyphs and what they actually record, look at gods from different cultures, magical discs, astronomy teaching tool etc. This is a very interesting museum, spend more time if you can. Leave a Comment
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The British Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed the initial collection to a Chelsea doctor in 1753. The museum then began to attract valuable items being amassed by the British Empire throughout the 19th century. The museum is a true treasure, a vast storehouse of collections from the four corners of the world.
The picture shows the outside of the original Library that has been totally rebuilt and the courtyard has been roofed over with glass. Leave a Comment
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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
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In fact there really isnt much that is British about this museum! Yes..its located just off Russell Square in Bloomsbury, but the exibitions and rooms within the museum are far from British in my opinion!
The main reason for my visit here was to see the famous Egyptian section...surreal place! Amazing displays of mummies and Sarcophagus.....its a really interesting visit.
The interior of the building is beautiful...marble floors and a stunning glass ceiling!
Admission is free.
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The museum was designed as an universal museum and experienced a collection growth during the uprise of archeology, egyptology and the general interests in cultures from the middle east and central asia. Today, it is famous for these collections which make out a great part of the museum.
The egyptian collection included many sarcophagi and mummies (the mummies are in the first floor while the rest of the collection was to be found on street level as of 2006) from different dynasties. The most interesting and perhaps most famous item from this colection was the Rosetta Stone which shows the same text in Hieroglyphic letters, Demotic Egyptian and Greek and helped to decipher the hieroglyphs.
Mesopotamian cultures are well represented in the museum with many items such as impressing reliefs. One thing I found quite interesting was the five-legged winged bull. Of course these beasts of the mesopotamian mythology only use to have four legs. But as it was not intended to see the sculptures from a different view than fron or side, you will see five legs from a perspective in between. These figures were often used as gate guards with the intention to frighten enemies away. Leave a Comment
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When you're a teenager, you can often take in 15 minutes of a museum before you start getting bored. However, we never got bored of the British Museum simply by the fact that it was so huge, and each part of the museum offered something completely different that we could always find something new to show off to the others. In a way, exploring the British Museum with my fellow school friends was almost like a game of show and tell. Let me explain:
When I was visiting the British Museum I tended to hang around with a group of 6 other people. We were all good friends and we all had similar interests. Some of us split apart and would find something interesting, and we would then run back and grab the others to share in our findings. I think our most baffling finding was an old tattered school notebook that belonged to a young English student by the name of Paul McCartney. In this notebook the young McCartney had written the lyrics to "I Want to Hold Your Hand" for a school assignment. However, his teacher wasn't so happy, for she marked it an "F" and wrote a very cool "See Me" comment underneath. For all of us 15 and 16 year olds, this Paul McCartney booklet was far more awe-inspiring to see in person than, say, the Magna Carta, which was only a short distance away.
The British Museum is probably most famous for its abundance of historically-significant archaeological pieces. The Egyptian collection of mummies, for example, is considerably impressive! While some may look at these collections as stolen goods from a colonial era, I would still highly recommend a visit to the British Museum. Most of the British Museum's collections are one of a kind historically-significant pieces of human history. You could spend all day here and not see everything, but my recommendation is to spend a few hours and see the things that really mean something to *you*. Whether that's the Rosetta Stone, the Magna Carta, or Paul McCartney's booklet, the British Museum has it. Leave a Comment
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You know, I don't usually write tips about the obvious "must do" or "must see"... there is plenty of better tip-writers and guidebooks. But I should do an exception with this astonishing place. I just love it! You can spend weeks there… Each time I went to “the British”, I wish I had more time. But don’t try to see it “all”, you’ll end exhausted and confused. If it’s your first visit, you can do a quick tour, and later allow a couple of hours to see the part you fancy most in more depth, and enjoy the exhibits! I like the way they link the remains of the past with the last studies and technologies, even with contemporary objects.
Truly amazing. And it’s free! (except special exhibitions). You can give a small donation of course... and spend a lot in the shop, buying so many nice books and objects, it's a really dangerous place :-)
Last time I discovered it’s restaurant (separate tip). Leave a Comment
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The British Museum has one of the greatest collections of "old stuff" in the world.
One of the most fascinating bits of the past preserved at the BM is this chunk of black basalt, the Rosetta Stone. There are three different scripts on the stone: two forms of ancient Egyptian, and one transitional ancient Greek. Actually, it was Napoleon Bonaparte's troops who "discovered" the stone while in Egypt in 1799; when the British later occupied the Nile Valley they took possession. Over the years, as the British took possession of various parts of the world, many other important artifacts found their way to this great musuem. Morally - there may be questions about the provenance of the collections. But from a tourist's point of view, it's awfully nice that there is so much in one place. Leave a Comment
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