Skip Navigation

British Empire & CommonwealthBritish Empire & Commonwealth


The award-winning British Empire and Commonwealth Museum is the first major British institution to present the 500-year history and legacy of Britain's overseas empire. The British Museum has contributed a long-term loan of 41 major objects from its African, Asian, American and Oceanic collections.

British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol
Long-term loan

Image: Bracelet (kupe'e ho'okalakala). From Hawaii, Polynesia. Probably eighteenth or nineteenth century

A Partnership UK project

Highlights

Browse or search over 4,000 highlights from the Museum collection

Shop Online

Functioning terracotta Roman lamp, £8.99

Functioning terracotta Roman lamp, £8.99