Address: Great Russell St WC1

Telephone: 020 7636 1555

Nearest Tube Stations:
Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Russel Sq

Opening Times: 10am-5.30pm Daily. Closed 1 Jan, Good Friday, 24-26 Dec

The British Museum is the oldest public museum in the world established in 1753. There are many treasures of the past to be viewed not least Egyptian Mummies and even a mummified cat thought o date back to 30BC, and you must see the Elgin Marbles bought to the museum in 1816 from the Parthenon in Athens. The museum is also home to the Lindow Man the remains of a man 2000 years old found in a peat bog in Cheshire.