Jadeite axe-head

Brass celestial globe

Brass celestial globe

 Explore / Online Tours

London 1753 online tour

London 1753:  discover the city of London in the year the British Museum was founded

 Explore / Mystery object

Mystery object: shield

What is this object? What was it for? What stories can it tell?
 

Visiting

Visiting the British Museum

Admission is free

Open every day 10.00–17.30

Open late Thursday and Fridays

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New gallery

Room 95

Chinese ceramics from Sir Percival David's
collection now on display

Porcelain bottle-shaped flask, 1723–1735, China
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Medals of Dishonour
India Landscape: Kew at the British Museum
Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler

Whose landscape is it anyway?Whose landscape is it anyway?
An evening debate
Monday 6 July, 18.30