When the great and the good gathered over champagne and canapes at the British Museum for this year’s Museum of the Year awards barely two months ago, the hosts could be forgiven for feeling ...

In London, the magic unfolds the moment you step beneath the Great Court's spectacular glass roof. Each gallery of the ...

Opened by the late Queen in 2000, the Great Court of the British Museum quickly became an icon of the capital’s cultural landscape. If you’ve ever wondered what used to fill that gleaming space before ...

Nowadays, you enter the landmark through the magnificent glass-roofed Great Court full of the buzz of students, tourists and Londoners. The British Museum is a working organisation carrying out ...

The British Museum, London This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court, which was given a striking contemporary redesign in 2000. Move through ...

By Alex Marshall Reporting from London A judge has ordered a former curator who the British Museum says ... messages from The Times. In court papers, the museum’s lawyers said the curator ...

The Great Baddow Hoard, which was found in 2020, is a "nationally significant" find because it is Britain's largest recorded Iron Age gold coin hoard, according to experts. It was declared treasure by ...

of which the British Museum possesses 522, represented by some 4692 specimens. The first edition, by Dr. Günther, without doubt gave a great impulse to the study of the tailless Batrachians ...

According to a British Museum spokesperson, many of the objects are rarely lent due to their great age and fragility. These include a 24,000-year-old flint point found at Volgu, Saône et Loire ...

Official figures have revealed that the British Museum was – for ... the UK’s top attractions – ranging from Windsor Great Park to the National Museum of Scotland – saw strong growth.

Artists from Monet to David Hockney have lovingly interpreted them on our behalf; Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa ... a happy accident that the British Museum’s Hiroshige: artist of ...