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up to 24 hours in advance
2 hours 30 minutes (Approx.)
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Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience culture and art through the ages at London’s exceptional British Museum. In a small-group, accompany an expert on a 2.5-hour tour through some of the museum’s 70 galleries, then enjoy time on your own to explore exhibitions and genuine artifacts like mummies from Ancient Egypt, unique Anglo-Saxon coins and sections of the Athens Acropolis. With millions of items to see, the British Museum offers something for everyone!
- 2.5-hour walking tour of the British Museum in London
- Enjoy use of personal headphones to hear the guide clearly at all times
- Discover the highlights of the vast museum’s galleries and exhibits
- See Anglo-Saxon treasures from Sutton Hoo and the Parthenon Frieze from the Acropolis of Athens
- Learn about Ancient Egyptian culture while exploring the Egyptian Rooms
- Small-group tour with a maximum of 25 people ensures personalized attention
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Your 2.5-hour journey through the some of the world’s great cultural treasures begins in central London, where you’ll meet your guide. Head directly into the British Museum and begin your tour through the massive venue, home to millions of artifacts across more than 70 galleries. Your entrance pass provides complimentary headphones, if needed to better hear your guide.
Wander the diverse exhibitions, starting perhaps with the galleries of Ancient Greece to see the 525-foot (160-meter) long Parthenon Frieze from the Acropolis of Athens, or the Sutton Hoo exhibition to see English treasures and an impressive Anglo-Saxon ship burial. Continue on to the Egyptian galleries to view fascinating mummies, learn about the art of mummification, and hear how death and the afterlife played into Ancient Egyptian culture. Then learn about the Rosetta Stone, an instrumental piece for deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. (Please note: Viewings of the Rosetta stone are available only on Friday evenings.)
With your small group (limited to 20 people), engage in lively chats with your guide and hear entertaining anecdotes, trivia and history. Afterwards, spend as much time as you’d like exploring the museum independently and enjoying delicious refreshment at one of the museum’s cafés or restaurants (own expense).
Wander the diverse exhibitions, starting perhaps with the galleries of Ancient Greece to see the 525-foot (160-meter) long Parthenon Frieze from the Acropolis of Athens, or the Sutton Hoo exhibition to see English treasures and an impressive Anglo-Saxon ship burial. Continue on to the Egyptian galleries to view fascinating mummies, learn about the art of mummification, and hear how death and the afterlife played into Ancient Egyptian culture. Then learn about the Rosetta Stone, an instrumental piece for deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. (Please note: Viewings of the Rosetta stone are available only on Friday evenings.)
With your small group (limited to 20 people), engage in lively chats with your guide and hear entertaining anecdotes, trivia and history. Afterwards, spend as much time as you’d like exploring the museum independently and enjoying delicious refreshment at one of the museum’s cafés or restaurants (own expense).
Itinerary
In the heart of London exists a treasure chest, filled with objects spanning all continents and centuries of human civilization. These fascinating artifacts of priceless value tell the story of mankind and no comparable collection exists in the world. This treasure chest is called The British Museum. It houses over eight million pieces spanning two million years of human history, contained within a seemingly limitless space of nearly one million square feet. As a result, touring the British Museum without a guide to lead the way can be a daunting task. However fear not, on our specially designed private tour your knowledgeable guide, an expert who is passionate about the British Museum and its treasures, will keep you engaged and enthused by sharing the history and anecdotes that bring these ancient objects to life.
Relax in the beauty of the wonders contained inside as your guide skilfully navigates you through the seventy galleries housing Athenian marbles, Egyptian Mummies, and Anglo Saxon treasures. You’ve probably heard of Rosetta Stone as language learning program, but what you probably didn’t know was that this is a real stone that played an instrumental role in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs and is now on display here. Another guaranteed highlight is the enormous Parthenon Frieze. Just over three feet high and 525 feet long, this incredible sculpture once stood in the Acropolis in Athens and is one of the most important surviving relics of classical Greece.
Another group of “must see” highlights lie within the Egyptian Rooms and their impressive collection of mummies. Your guide will explain the importance of death and the afterlife in Ancient Egyptian culture as you witness this incredible piece of human history in person. The museum also contains a wonderful selection of artifacts representing the British Isles’ own Anglo Saxon culture, such as those found at the burial sites of Sutton Hoo. Your guide will share the amazing story of how these objects survived the centuries and the grave robbers, making them an improbable find.
This private tour offers you the special opportunity to be shown around these highlights alongside your own personal guide dedicated to you and only you. As well as ensuring that you don’t miss the must see exhibits contained within, this will also give them the opportunity to tailor parts of the tour to your own desires and wants. Allow them to educate and elucidate you on the parts of history that you are most interested in. Use your own story to engage you with the story of mankind.
All that’s left is for you to set off on an incredible time-travelling adventure through this chronicle of human culture from the beginning of time to the modern age, on our Best of the British Museum tour.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
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- "Having a guide makes makes it feasible for a tourist to see the important items in a museum as large as this one." See review
- "Great customer service, will attempt to take this tour next time I'm in Londo" See review
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