London

Relic Riches
The Lonely Planet Guide introduces us to British Museum, claiming of it to have " began as a simple 18th-century 'cabinet of curiosities' ", whereas it is now considered to be "one of the world's most comprehensive and popular museums". The guide then lists the "best-known exhibits", including "the best collection of mummies outside Egypt", and [more...]

A Lonely Planet Guide to the British Museum
The author affirms that this "free" museum is "London's most visited attraction". It is described as "the largest in the country" and "one of the oldest and finest in the world". Inside visitors will discover "vast Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, Oriental and Roman galleries". There is also a reference to the Great Court: "one of the most impressive [more...]

The British Museum
This attraction holds a "plunder of incalculable value and beauty from around the globe". In the authors opinion the building which he describes as a "Greco-Victorian building" makes a "suitably grand impression". Speaking about the exhibits which can be seen inside the museum we are informed they are "are some of the greatest relics of humankind" [more...]

Darwin Porter introduces the British Museum
Mr. Porter gives a rating of exceptional or three of three stars. Accessing the British Museum is possible via the "tubes: Holborn, Tottenham Court Rd., Goodge St or Russell Sq.". Admission is free. The British Museum is "set in scholarly Bloomsbury" and "grew out of a private collection of manuscripts purchased in 1753". Over the years via [more...]

DAnneC rates the British Museum
DAnneC rated the British Museum five of five stars. She noted "it is a must see during your trip to London". On a trip in 2000 the British Museum was "the first item on my personal agenda". The British Museum "long ago established the standard for the preservation of antiquities". She was thrilled by "gazing in awe at mythical beast" which once [more...]