Guided tours

Discover two million years of the world’s most inspiring history and culture with a professional Blue Badge guide

Highlights tours, every day at 10.30 and 15.00:

• Assyria – Winged bulls from Khorsabad and lion hunt reliefs from Nineveh or Ashurnasipal II reliefs from Nimrud
• Greece – Parthenon sculptures
• Egypt – Sculpture Gallery: Rosetta Stone, colossal statue of Ramesses II, Nectanebo II sarcophagus, large scarab and Funerary Archaeology Galleries: mummification
• Sumeria – treasures from the royal graves of Ur
• Celtic & Roman Britain – Snettisham Treasure, Battersea shield, Claudius and Hadrian bronzes, Mildenhall Treasure or Roman gallery – Portland vase, mosaics, imperial images

Highlights tours every day at 13.00:

• Assyria – Battle of Lachish reliefs or Ashurnasipal II reliefs from Nimrud
• Egypt – Sculpture Gallery: Rosetta Stone and colossal sculpture of Amenophis III
• Greek classical – Asia Minor: Nereid Monument from Xanthos or Mausoleum at Halikarnassus and Athens: the Caryatid
• China – jades, ceramics and bronzes
• India – Hindu deities; the advent of Buddhism
• Mexico – Aztec turquoise mosaics or South Pacific – Easter Island statue

Please note that content may change, depending on the volume of visitors in certain areas, gallery closures and other events happening in the Museum on the day. Guides will always select objects of equal interest or importance.

Other tours available

Free eyeOpener tours
Free gallery talks at lunchtime