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The British Museum

 The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
Tel: +44 (0)20 7580 1788

Fax: +44 (0)20 7323 8614
E-mail:
Web
: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

The initial collection was bequeathed by Sir Hans Sloane, a  Chelsea doctor in 1753. It became a magnet for all the loot being amassed by the British Empire through the nineteenth century. In the 1880s the natural history collections were transferred to South Kensington .

Key Exhibits include the Rosetta Stone,  the Lindisfarne Gospels, Egyptian Hall, the Tomb of Payava, the Elgin Marbles & the Sutton Hoo treasure (British Museum). The Magna Carta (British Library). The British Museum is one of the worlds finest museums.

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The Museum is within easy walking distance of the following underground stations and bus routes. Underground stations: Holborn, Tottenham Court Road, Russell Square,Goodge St  Bus routes:  Tottenham Court Road, northbound, and Gower Street, southbound: 10, 24, 29, 73, 134;   Southampton Row: 68, 91, 188;   New Oxford Street: 7, 8, 19, 22b, 25, 38, 55, 98
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Admission to the Museum is free to all visitors. A charge may be made for temporary exhibitions, although not to young people aged 16 and under.

The British Museum in London UK is one of the tourist attractions in the United Kingdom

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Last updated July 2005

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