Advance booking is essential, but walk-ins may be available on the day. Please speak with a member of the team. Dine under the magnificent roof of the Great Court. At the Great Court Restaurant, you ...

KS2 History: the achievements of the earliest civilisations – ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians believed in many different gods and goddesses. Each one had their own role to play in maintaining ...

See more objects from Egypt in the Egyptian sculpture gallery. Visit Room 4 Search the collection The beauty and charm of cats has enchanted many writers, artists and sculptors over the years. View a ...

Free, for UK schools only, booking online essential. The collection of Egyptian objects at the British Museum tells the story of life and death in the ancient Nile Valley. Find out about the Rosetta ...

Travel back through 3,000 years of Egyptian history and come face-to-face with the Statues of Ramesses II and Amenhotep III. The objects in the Egyptian sculpture gallery represent three millennia of ...

See the small inscribed plate and more objects in the Greek and Roman life gallery. Visit Room 69 What can a small, inscribed plate tell us about slavery in ancient Rome? Slavery played a significant ...

Room 52 celebrates Iran, which was a major centre of ancient culture. Iran was rich in valuable natural resources, especially metals, and played an important role in the development of ancient Middle ...

Wheelchair reservations and Blue Badge Parking are booked through the British Museum Ticketing team. For information on how to borrow a wheelchair or obtain on-site parking, please see the 'Borrow a ...

The British Museum's collection includes around 80 objects from the northern Ethiopian locality of Maqdala (now known as Amba Mariam), where in the second half of the 19th century Emperor Tewodros II ...

All our titles are available to purchase from the Museum bookshop and from our online shop. Inspired by the famous collections of the British Museum, our titles range across the fine and decorative ...

The Parthenon Sculptures are a collection of different types of marble architectural decoration from the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens. Made between 447BC and 432BC they ...

The British Museum's collection has grown since 1753 and the acquisition of the founding collection of Sir Hans Sloane. Objects have been acquired in a variety of ways. Some objects are subject to ...