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The British Museum

Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG

The British Museum in London is a museum of human history and culture. The British Museum houses one of the most comprehensive collections of human artefacts in the world. These collections have come from all corners of the globe which illustrate and document the story of human culture over two million years.

The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. From the beginning it granted free admission to all 'studious and curious persons'. Visitor numbers have grown from around 5,000 a year in the eighteenth century to nearly 6 million today.

It houses world famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures, and the Egyptian mummies.
There is also a programme of special exhibitions and daily gallery tours, talks and guided tours.

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