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Visit the British Museum to see two million years of human history and culture from around the world. Book online, plan your visit, and discover exhibitions, events, collections, and more.
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The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [3] It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
- 7 June 1753; 270 years ago
- Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom
Learn about the British Museum's history, governance, collections and stories of the cultures of the world. Explore the eight million objects that span continents and oceans, from small communities to vast empires, and discover how they express human diversity and interconnections.
Learn how the British Museum, one of the world's best-known and most-visited museums, started in 1753 as a free, national, public museum with a collection of natural and artificial rarities. Discover how the museum's collections have grown over time and how they are displayed in its historic building and galleries.
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