Legacies
Leave a legacy to the British Museum and make
a lasting difference
For more information
Contact Tony Doubleday on +44 (0) 20 7323 8619
or email tdoubleday@britishmuseum.org
About legacies
We are indebted to the many individuals who have already left a gift in their Will, enabling us to carry on our work of inspiring present and future generations and enriching the collection.
As a non-profit organisation, the Museum relies on a variety of funding sources to support and develop the enormous collection and fulfil its many commitments.
A legacy is a way of acknowledging the pleasure that the Museum has given you and many other visitors. Your gift ensures that we continue to connect the people of the past with the generations of the future. There are many ways you can give to the Museum that will have a major and positive lasting effect:
A pecuniary gift: a fixed sum of money decided by you.
A residuary gift: the amount of the whole or portion of your estate
after other legacies, inheritance tax and expenses have been paid.
A specific gift: a bequest of specific personal possessions such
as property, works of art or antiquities, stocks and shares.
We are very happy to discuss how your gift would benefit our existing collections and future plans.
If you would like more information on how to word your Will and how
to complete a codicil, please contact Tony Doubleday on +44 (0) 20 7323 8619 or email tdoubleday@britishmuseum.org.
Image: Olduvai handaxe, the first great invention and among the oldest objects in the Museum. Lower Palaeolithic, about 1.2 million years old, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.