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
- Handle objects from the Museum collection
- Listen to the family audio tour to join Vid the alien for a Martian's view of the British Museum.
For more information about visiting with children
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
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