The UK’s major museum of human history and culture

The British Museum is the largest and most important museum of human history and culture in the UK (and one of the most important in the world). It covers world culture from the prehistory to the present. You can visit the famous British Museum for free! However, you have to pay a fee for some temporary special exhibitions.

Address

Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
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Phone: + 44 (0) 20 7323 8299 (information desk)

How to get there

London Underground

• Holborn (Central line, Piccadilly line)
  
• Tottenham Court Road (Central line, Northern line)
  
• Russell Square (Piccadilly line)
  
• Goodge Street (Northern line)
  

Opening hours

The galleries are opened on saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday from 10.00 until 17.30, and on thursday and friday from 10.00 until 20.30. The great court is opened longer.

More information

Visit the British Museum website for more information.

Last update: January 26th, 2006