Families and children
At the British Museum we aim to help children and their
grown-ups enjoy and appreciate our collection, both inside the
Museum and on the website.
You can:
- Follow trails around the Museum
collection
- Pick up backpacks full of activities
to do in the galleries
- Borrow crayons, coloured pencils and pads
to create your own pictures as you visit
- Find a wide range of books for all
ages in the Hamlyn children's library
- Handle objects from the Museum
collection
- Listen to the family audio tour to join
Stephen Fry on a trail of bodies, beasts and board games
There is a full programme of regular and special
events for families and children.
Don't miss...
If you come to the Museum, here is a list of the objects you
just shouldn’t miss.
Top 10 unmissable objects
The Turquoise
Serpent, Room 27
The Rosetta
Stone, Room 4
Greek
vases, Room 69
African masks, Room
25
The Lewis
Chessmen, Room 41
Tang burial
figures, Room 33
Sutton Hoo
helmet, Room 41
Easter Island statue (Hoa Hakananai'a), Room
24
Big Buddha, North stairs
And last but definitely not least…
The mummies, Rooms 62 and 63
Online
If you can’t make it to the Museum, there’s plenty to do and see
online.