British Museum

there is nothing British about the British Museum, except for the fact that they stole everyone else’s history and put it there. If you are looking for Brit history, the you’ll have to go to the Tower; or a library. or quite possibly meet up with the BBC.

They had Mummies in cases pulled out from within their sarcophagus years ago, and placed in the British Museum. I was irate! “What if we dug up Churchill and put him in a case?” i said to anyone who would listen to my mutterings.

But this is a good place to catch up on all sorts of different artifacts from around the world. i thoroughly enjoyed it.

You can take pictures! and see the Rosetta stone! and the magna carta! and mummies! Seriously, i’m not usually that into museums, but this was by far one of the coolest places i’ve been!

The whole museum is fantastic, but my favorite part is the Library.

I love museums, and this is one of the best. Could easily spend a few days here (I only had a few hours, and my family, who do not enjoy museums as much as I do, were ready to leave after two hours). Amazing sculpture, tons of history!

Hope to go back someday, by myself!

absolutely. amazing.

I actually got chills down my spine when i laid eyes on the Rosetta Stone, i could not believe i was standing in front of an important part of history. I have been the the Museum a coupe of times and i still haven’t seen the whole thing! I could spend days in there and i recommend everyone go when they are in London!

You must see the Rosetta Stone, ab fantastic

I’ve only been once, and that’s certainly not enough to get a good scope for the whole place. But, I’m in England til May, and the British Musuem is free. I have a feeling I’ll get to go a couple of more times.

The British Museum is an amazing place and has so many interesting artifacts, but you really need to go with someone who knows the artifacts intimately. I’m taking an archaeology class with a lady who is currently excavating in Ethiopia when she’s not teaching and who used to be a curator at the British Museum. Many of the items in there were discovered in digs that she worked on, and she has many personal stories about them. She knows about nearly every artifact in the building, and it’s such a different experience hearing someone talk about these things if they know them personally.

I’d heard it many times before, and have many times since, and it is very true that there is never enough time to see EVERYTHING in this location. I made the mistake on my first time of being there, to stay almost a whole day forcing myself to see everything I could, but only ended up burning myself out. It is my recommendation before you go to look at their website (http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/) and get an idea of which exhibits you would like to see before you go. If you have all the time in the world, go and visit in daily hourly doses. I found that I absorbed more as well as it being a highly enjoyable experience. I am excited to be returning in just a week or so.