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Egyptian sculpture and Assyrian relief, The British Museum

The British Museum houses the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities (with over 100,000 pieces) outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A collection of immense importance for its range and quality, it includes objects of all periods from virtually every site of importance in Egypt and the…

Egyptian sculpture and Assyrian relief, The British Museum

Britain and Europe, The British Museum

The Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory is responsible for collections that cover a vast expanse of time, from the earliest human tools in Africa and Asia two million years ago to the art and archaeology of Europe from the earliest times to the present day, including the history of…

Britain and Europe, The British Museum

Greece and Rome, The British Museum

The Department of Greece and Rome at the British Museum has one of the most comprehensive collections of antiquities from the Classical world, with over 100,000 objects. These mostly range in date from the beginning of the Greek Bronze Age (about 3200 BC) to the reign of the Roman emperor…

Greece and Rome, The British Museum

Stories of money, The British Museum

The Department of Coins and Medals is home to one of the world’s finest numismatic collections, comprising about one million objects. The collection spans the history of coinage from its origins in the seventh century BC to the present day, and related material such as coin weights, tokens and money…

Stories of money, The British Museum

Chinese Ceramics, Sir Percival David Collection, The British Museum

The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is his collection of Chinese ceramics and related items in London. The Foundation’s main purpose is to promote the study and teaching of Chinese art and culture. The Collection consists of some 1,700 pieces of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing ceramics, mostly porcelain,…

Chinese Ceramics, Sir Percival David Collection, The British Museum

China, South Asia and Southeast Asia, The British Museum

The Department of Asia covers the material and visual cultures of Asia, a vast geographical area embracing East, South and Southeast Asia, parts of Central Asia, and extending to Siberia. The collection spans the Neolithic, from about 5000 BC, to the present day. Represented societies and groups range from complex…

China, South Asia and Southeast Asia, The British Museum

Africa, Oceania and America, The British Museum

The British Museum houses one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of Ethnographic material from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, representing the cultures of indigenous peoples throughout the world. Over 350,000 objects spanning thousands of years tells the history of mankind from three major continents and many rich and diverse…

Africa, Oceania and America, The British Museum

Ancient Greece, The British Museum

Ancient Greece, The British Museum

Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum

Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum

Waddesdon Bequest, Rothschild Collection, The British Museum

Marvel at the Renaissance treasures collected by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild MP (1839–1898), displayed in a new gallery at the British Museum. The Waddesdon Bequest is a collection of nearly 300 objects, left to the Museum in 1898 by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild. It consists of exceptionally important medieval and Renaissance pieces,…

Waddesdon Bequest, Rothschild Collection, The British Museum

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works, and is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence having been widely sourced during the era of the…

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Enlightenment Collection, King’s Library, The British Museum

Enlightenment Room of the British Museum (also know as King’s Library, Room 1), Discovering the world in the 18th century The Enlightenment was an age of reason and learning that flourished across Europe and America from about 1680 to 1820. This rich and diverse permanent exhibition uses thousands of objects…

Enlightenment Collection, King’s Library, The British Museum

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