Visiting as a Member
Buy or renew MembershipFree 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.
Members are no longer required to join any queues that develop outside the Museum gates. Find out more in Entering the Museum.
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 [email protected].
Entering the Museum
Members no longer need to join queues that develop outside the Museum gates. Instead, you can go straight to the front of the queue, show your valid Membership card – or confirmation email if you've joined recently – and security colleagues will guide you to the Members' lane (leading to the security tent). This procedure will be in place at both entrances, but we recommend that you use the Main entrance on Great Russell Street for the quickest possible access.
Please note that our security team will ask at the entrance to see your Membership card or confirmation email. The number of Members and guests eligible to skip the queue will correspond with the total on your Membership card or confirmation email – Admits 1 or Admits 2. Members can still get expedited entry for up to four children under the age of 16.
The new entry procedure will initially run until the end of September 2024, to cover the Museum's busiest months. If your Membership card has expired you won't be able to skip the queue. If your card has expired, or if you have any other queries, please contact the Membership office before your visit and we'll be happy to help.
Exhibitions
You won't need to book to visit Silk Roads (26 September 2024 – 23 February 2025). 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.
Members can look forward to the groundbreaking new show, Hew Locke: what have we here? (17 October 2024 – 9 February 2025), in which the renowned Guyanese-British artist explores, questions and challenges narratives of British imperialism through treasures and lesser-known objects from the British Museum collection, alongside specially commissioned new works.
There is also a forthcoming exhibition called Picasso: printmaker looking at Picasso's engagement with printmaking across the 20th century (7 November 2024 – 30 March 2025).
Please visit the Membership FAQs page for more information on visiting the Museum.
Contact the Membership Office
Email: [email protected]
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.