In the British Museum, you can circle a porcelain vase from the Ming dynasty, admiring its white-and-blue gleam from every angle, and then, a few rooms over, you can see how it inspired a ...

The British Museum is both an architectural beauty and a trove of some of the world's most noted antiquities. It's arguably the best museum in all of London. What's more, it's free to visit.

The British Museum said it would loan some of the ceramics to the Shanghai Museum in China and Metropolitan Museum in New York to support exhibitions there. Porcelain was first produced in China ...

The British Museum has received a private collection ... the blue-and-white “David vases” from 1351, a 15th century porcelain “chicken cup” used by Emperor Chenghua and several Ru wares ...

Hew Locke visits the British Museum in preparation for his exhibition ... Hew Locke Locke has taken control of an antique porcelain bust of Queen Victoria in a vitrine opposite, retitling it ...

London’s British Museum has just received the highest value object donation in British museum history. 1,700 new pieces have been added to the museum’s collection with an estimated value of £ ...