Cookie use on this site    British Museum  Great Russell Street,
London, WC1B 3DG. Tel : 020 7323 8299      The British Museum's
international standing and its key role in the display of the
world's and nation's heritage make it one of the most-visited
public buildings in London, contributing to its cultural and
economic life. London's largest covered public square, the Great
Court has changed the face of Bloomsbury as a cultural quarter.
As a social enterprise the British Museum has exceptional reach.
It creates a context in which cultures can be seen, experienced
and studied in depth or compared and contrasted across time and
space to inspire and delight over five million visitors a year.
Through its public, curatorial, exhibition and education
programmes the Museum engages with the public to advance
understanding of the collections and cultures they represent.
British Museum is the UK's largest museum, with 94 different
galleries. It can get very crowded during the summer and if you
are short of time t