Free entry
Opening times
Daily: 10.00–17.00 (Fridays: 20.30)
Last entry: 16.45 (Fridays: 20.15)
Members can visit all special exhibitions for free as well as enjoy exclusive viewings, events and online content.
You won't need to book to visit special exhibitions, but you'll need to show your Membership card to gain entry. If you're visiting before your Membership card arrives, please bring your Membership purchase confirmation email and a form of ID to the Membership Desk in the Great Court. We'll then issue a temporary card to access your on-site benefits.
The visitor and Member cloakroom is located near the Main entrance on Great Russell Street.
Read the Membership FAQs page for any queries about your visit, or contact us at friends@britishmuseum.org.
Exhibitions
You won't need to book to visit Legion: life in the Roman army (until 23 June 2024). However, you'll need to show your Membership card to gain entry.
If you're visiting before your Membership card arrives, please bring your Membership purchase confirmation email and a form of ID to the Membership Desk in the Great Court on the day of your visit. We'll then issue a temporary card to access your on-site benefits.
On Thursday 25 April and Tuesday 4 June from 10.30–12.00, the Museum will be running activities for under 5s and their families inside the Legion: life in the Roman army exhibition. While Members can still visit the exhibition during these times, we wanted to make you aware that there'll be a large number of children in the exhibition and noise levels may be higher than normal. You can also check for scheduled schools' morning views of Legion: life in the Roman army to plan your visit.
Members can also look forward to Michelangelo: the last decades (2 May – 28 July 2024) looking at the last 30 years of Michelangelo's remarkable life. Intimate letters, poems and drawings will offer powerful insights into his faith, relationships and experiences of old age. This will be followed by a major exhibition on the history of the 'silk road' (September 2024 – February 2025), following how the journeys of people, objects and ideas shaped cultures and histories in the period AD 500 to 1000, and an exhibition looking at Picasso's engagement with printmaking across the 20th century.
Please visit the Membership FAQs page for more information on visiting the Museum.
Contact the Membership Office
Email: friends@britishmuseum.org
Phone: +44 (0)20 7323 8195
Opening times
Monday–Friday: 10.00–16.00
Closed: weekends and bank holidays
Visit the Membership FAQs for the latest information.