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The BRITISH MUSEUM

The British Museum, London

Telephone +44 (0) 207 323 8000

Website: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Now the British Museum Store also has a dedicated page at this site!

(To see high-res picture of photo here (right) see British Museum Picture)

The British Museum is an astounding building constructed using a daring conjunction of architectures of different periods of history, housing priceless exhibits which you can get a very close look at! Thousands of years of history, and cultures from all around the World, no longer distant in time and space, are right there for inspection in the here & now!

Entry is SHAREWARE, so you have the option of making a voluntary donation if you like.

At the British Museum you can:

• See a great many ancient artefacts close up.
• Take photographs of things which a less enlightened regime might try to prohibit.
• Touch objects that are thousands of years old.
• See the actual original Rosetta Stone which is the key to solving the enigma of hieroglyphs.
• Walk around inside a courtyard with a transparent roof which covers TWO ACRES.
• Browse around the world-famous round Reading Room, read books, and flick through The Index of ALL books printed ever.
• Explore galleries for a week and still not be sure you've seen everything.
• Buy things which are normally unobtainable.
• Eat gluten-free lunch.

The size and scale of the place is hard to appreciate from these photographs. Especially of note is the Great Court which is by Buro Happold. It's like a fancy double-glazed conservatory, but it's two acres.

LINK TO: the BRITISH MUSEUM web site

Also have a look at the The British Museum Store where you can get an extraordinary range of paraphernalia pertaining to ancient history.

"The British Museum Company Limited was founded in 1973 by the Trustees of The British Museum to advance the educational aims of the Museum. The Company currently engages in a number of activities, including wholesale and retail, publishing, the production of replicas and other merchandise, and licensing".