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Setting aside any ethical or moral issues for the mo, as a tripper to London one thing visitors from around the world must make time for is a jaunt to the British Museum. As the most wide-ranging empire the globe has ever experienced the British explorers/conquerors/looters (whichever condition you wish to use) taken back from the furthest reaches of their empire artefacts and historical prizes the likes of which had ne’er been earlier.
The remarkable thing about the British Museum – apart from the point that entry is free and so makes for a cracking day out with the menage, (and priceless on one of those special rainy days we once in a while get in London) is that there really is something for everyone. No youngster can ever walk past the historical embalmed dead bodies of Egyptian mummys without a tingle and know just what they are viewing.
Want to see a absolutely preserved trunk (apart from a little discolouring and the fact that he’s squashed) that has lain in a peat bog for near 2000 years? Then get on to the British Museum.
Need to see one of the most hottly contended museum artefacts in the world before they get turned back to Athens? Then go a long and see the Elgin Marbles which are exhibited in unbelievable beauty with their mountings and lightings in their own dedicated room on the ground level.
The museum draws its originations back to 1753 when an act of Parliament officially recognised the contribution (at a monetary value of £20,000 admittedly) from Sir Hans Sloane, a personalized collection of over 71,000 objects. Over the next hundred years or so, the riches of the Empire countenanced itself the luxury of broadening this collection with numerous ‘gentlemen’ gatherers and archaeologists bringing back curios and ancient prizes from around the earth.
The opening hours are 10.00 to 17.30 daily and entrance is free – apart from extra exhibitions – and with audio tours in 10 diverse languages, it really does extend an marvelous day out for every visitor to our metropolis. See the Musuems riveting website for particulars of special plans and details of influence they are doing around the world to encourage and save the heritage of hundreds of nations!
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