Film and radio at the British Museum
Whether you are looking to make films, documentaries, adverts, radio programmes or to develop research, the British Museum has the resources to help.
You will be guided through every stage of the process. From site visit, administration and pre-planning through to managing your filming day, the Museum has dedicated staff on hand to help you.
If you are looking for footage of our objects and spaces and don't have time to film, we have a growing archive of high quality video footage which we license to programme makers.
Research phase
There is a range of facilities available for programme makers carrying out research before making a proposal.
Information about objects
Consult the curators
Libraries and study rooms
Collection database online
Potential locations
Find out more about the Museum's many spectacular galleries and spaces.
Great Court
Enlightenment Gallery
Reading Room
Arched Room
P&D Study Room
Egyptian Sculpture Gallery
More galleries
Other Museum spaces
Making a proposal
The Broadcast Unit endeavours to take forward all reasonable proposals.
The more information you give, the easier it will be to process your proposal.
Please answer all questions in the proposal form and send it to filming@britishmuseum.org
All requests must comply with the terms and conditions for filming at the British Museum
What happens next?
You will be contacted as soon as possible to discuss your programme. If your request can be acccommodated you will need to submit a technical application form, risk assessment and filming contract.
Contact
Broadcast Unit: +44 (0)20 7323 8380 filming@britishmuseum.org
Other useful contacts
For commercial photography for a publication or copyright information
www.bmimages.com
sales@bmimages.com
For press releases or information about the Museum
communications@britishmuseum.org
For marketing and advertising enquiries
marketing@britishmuseum.org
For enquiries about the collection, customer services or visitor operations
information@britishmuseum.org