The British Museum, a museum of history and culture, exhibits works from prehistoric to modern times and has a collection of 7 million objects, which represent the variety of human cultures.
It was founded more than 250 years ago. It has a huge ancient Egypt and Sudan department which holds the famous Rosetta stone, the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Department of the Middle East, Department of Prints and Drawings, Department of Asia, Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas and others.
There is a newly- refurbished medieval Europe Gallery.
The British Museum is for free- except for special exhibitions.
The Museum is open daily from 10:00- 17:00
Until the 14th of June the exhibition Shah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran is on.
Admissions: £ 12, Members are free
From May 28th till August 23rd a new exhibition- Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur opens. Admissions: £ 8, Members are free
