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British Museum

Great Russell Street, London, England WC1B 3DG

Featured Review : The British Museum is a really interesting place to visit and one of the places I would recommend to anyone to visit if they happened to be in London!The museum is massive and features many exhibits from places all aroun...See Full Review

  • Hours:Museum Sat.-Wed. 10-5:30, Thurs. and Fri. 10-8:30. Great Court Sun.-Wed. 9-6, Thurs.-Sat. 9 am-11... Read More
  • Price:Free; donations encouraged
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British Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Brubs23 from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
  • April 21, 2006
Quote: I have been to London once before, and this was the one destination I had missed that I made sure I saw the second time around. It is definitely worth it. We were there for 2 hours and probably only saw 60% of it. The Africa sections and the Ancient... Read the full British Museum review

From journal Visiting Friends in London

British Museum

  • 3 out of 5 stars by patty718 from Torrance, California
  • April 18, 2006
Quote: The British Museum is a free museum filled with artifacts from all over the world and all different times. One of their most impressive venues was the mummies of Egypt, and their coin exhibition which showed the different types of monetary exchange... Read the full British Museum review

From journal A Week in London

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The British Museum

  • 4 out of 5 stars by The Breeze from Mayfield, Ohio
  • April 3, 2006
The British Museum
Quote: I kept telling myself that it would be overwhelming to try to squeeze a quick visit to one of the world’s greatest collections of human cultural history into our 1 week in London, but how could I not at least check it out? I mean, at least we could... Read the full British Museum review

From journal I Love London!

The British Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Nosferatu from Newark, California
  • January 27, 2006
The British Museum
Quote: This is one of the most amazing museums in the world today--and there are a LOT of spectacular museums. It pretty much has the history of the world, from pre-civilization to modern times, all under one roof. What is equally amazing is that the... Read the full British Museum review

From journal London--The Heart of the Empire

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The British Museum – the world in a building

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Drever from Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • December 26, 2005
The British Museum – the world in a building
Quote: Being only a short walk from our hotel, we visited the British Museum. Its advantage is that everything stretches out before leaving you are free to make your own discoveries--instant world travel! Some might view this stripping the earth of its... Read the full British Museum review

From journal December in London: Theatres, Art, and Antiquity

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British Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Owen Lipsett from New York, New York
  • August 21, 2005
British Museum
Quote: The standard against which all omnibus museums have been measured ever since it opened in 1753, the British Museum is undoubtedly worth a trip to London in itself. Personally, I don't consider any sojourn to the British capital worthy of the title... Read the full British Museum review

From journal London For Nothing - Seeing Sights for Free

British Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by lisa-michelle from Columbia, South Carolina
  • August 4, 2005
Quote: The British Museum is a definite must-see. It has the largest Egyptian artifacts aside from Egypt itself. Some of the many Roman structures seen at the museum were indeed too large to fit through the museum doors. They had to be disassembled and... Read the full British Museum review

From journal Lisa's London Adventure

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The British Museum Tour

  • 5 out of 5 stars by MissKitty from London, United Kingdom
  • July 17, 2005
The British Museum Tour
Quote: We met our guide (Tom) at the Holborn tube stop, then wound our way through Bloomsbury on our way to the British Museum. Tom pointed out the homes of the famous and infamous, past and present, and we then arrived at the British Museum. As would... Read the full British Museum review

From journal The Original London Walks

British Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by ryenquinn from Cleveland, Ohio
  • June 28, 2005
British Museum
Quote: This is the best museum I have ever been in. The history and sheer number of objects here is incredible. The pieces here were collected/pillaged from all corners of the world when England was in control of many of the world's trade routes. These... Read the full British Museum review

From journal Trip to London, England

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British Museum

  • 5 out of 5 stars by linet from Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • June 25, 2005
British Museum
Quote: The British Museum is the treasure chest of the world, with Sumer statues, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassus, mummies of Egypt, and treasures from Ephesus. It is all there. Almost anywhere historical where I have been, I have heard that some pieces... Read the full British Museum review

From journal London in Three Days