British Museum Guided Tour: Experience World's Largest Collection of Artifacts
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348 Ratings
Greater London
Embark on a 2.5-hour guided tour of the British Museum, home to the world's largest collection of artifacts. Explore cultural and artistic works while learning about their fascinating history.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The British Museum - Trade in paintings for mummies and historical artifacts on a tour of the British Museum. The enormous collection spans 6000 years of human history, featuring items from all over the world like Samurai armor and rare Assyrian lion hunt reliefs. Your guide will take a serious but enjoyable approach towards the museum’s galleries, discussing primitive tribes and fallen empires through a carefully chosen selection of items.

You’ll learn about the Mummy of Katebet, the Lewis Chessmen, and the Rosetta Stone

Walk away with an understanding of what we humans have achieved during our short history and hopefully you’ll be proud to call yourself a part of this incredible species.

What's Included
  • Semi-private museum tour ensuring a personalized experience
  • Enjoy a 2.5-hour journey through art and history
  • Led by a professional tour guide for an informative experience
  • Small group setting with no more than 8 guests for an intimate tour
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
  • Tour is NOT available for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
  • Temporary exhibitions NOT included
Additional Information

Embark on a 2.5-hour semi-private guided tour limited to 8 guests, of the British Museum, home to one of the largest collections of global artifacts. Your knowledgeable guide will lead you through a handpicked selection of cultural and artistic items, providing relevant historical context to help you appreciate a fraction of the 8 million exhibits in the British Museum.

  • It is imperative that you provide us with guests MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (including country code)
  • A maximum of 8 people per tour allowed
  • Minimum numbers apply. This tour will not run without a minimum of 2 guests to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.
  • Notes: British Museum and other attractions or museums in London may be subjected to occasional closures without previous warning from the museum management. When this occurs, we will provide guests with an appropriate alternative if the museum opening time is delayed more than 1h from the tour starting time. In these cases we are unable to provide refunds or discounts. Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. No large bags or suitcases are allowed inside the museum, only handbags or small thin bag packs are allowed through security. Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with ‘Skip the Line’ or ‘No Wait’ access. Some specific rooms inside the museum are subjected to a very quiet or restricted right to speak inside, in this cases your guide will provide the information about this places before entering the specific rooms where this rule applies. Some collections may vary along the year.
Location
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
Meet your guide outside the gates of the museum by the red telephone booth situated to the left of the main gates of the museum on the sidewalk of Great Russell Street across from Starbucks.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dlansman
Mar 18, 2024
Our guide, Becky, was fantastic! - Becky was an excellent guide, making sure we saw the highlights of the majority of the exhibits. She was incredibly knowledgeable and clearly excited about historical art and artifacts. The British Museum is so large, we certainly wouldn’t have known where to start or what to look for without her.
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Michael
Mar 16, 2024
Artfully done! - Our guide Stephanie was a gem - knowledgeable, articulate and entertaining with excellent storytelling skills. She wove history - known or interpreted - with cultural, sociological, sometimes political context to bring to life artifacts and art. We would live to do this again!
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Angela_v
Mar 15, 2024
Great Tour! - Stephanie was Fantastic! She shared so much knowledge and made touring the museum so informative and interesting!
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Fromhm
Mar 13, 2024
Great Tour Guide Sheldon - Sheldon our tour guide was amazing. Highly recommended. He was very charismatic and charmed out teenage children. 10+
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193daphnei
Mar 12, 2024
Great tour guide - We loved our guide. She was informative and tailored the visit to us. Just saw a tiny bit of the museum. Will need to come back.
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694anettev
Mar 10, 2024
Great experience - Our guide Jamie was on time, very friendly. He showed us around along the highlights of the British Museum and expressed enthusiasm and great knowledge about the historic works of arts. We had a great afternoon!!
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477kacim
Feb 29, 2024
Fantastic Tour with Sheldon! - I was traveling for a work trip and I don't enjoy solo travel so booking a guided tour was the perfect way to view everything and not do it solo. Sheldon just pushed the tour over the top. He was energetic and very knowledgeable on where things came from, how it was attained, and he brought a fun aspect to the tour. I've told my travel agent to recommend any history-nerds to book this tour because it's well worth it. And to recommend asking for Sheldon if possible!
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47scottv
Feb 26, 2024
Loved our tour of the BM with Becky! - We loved our tour!! Becky! Very knowledgeable & friendly. A history major at university Becky has a vast knowledge of many areas. We have been the BM many times so we asked to be taken to items that were off the regular tour. A true professional that knows her stuff she took us on a tour that touched on Alexander the Great, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, a brief history of Money, Britain, African art and an Assyrian temple with in-depth knowledge of this and more. We will ask for her again and again. There are 2 million things to see. We only scratch the surface.
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Narekghazarian
Feb 22, 2024
Interesting, knowledgable and very-very good - Sheldon was great. Showed the best pieces and gave so much nice information. He was easy to understand and fun to listen to. My friend and i enjoyed every second, and under that impression, we wanted to know more and more about pices that are exhibited in the museum. Very much, thanks
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J_c
Feb 16, 2024
Wonderfully informative - We had a great time seeing the artifacts and learning about all of the fascinating history behind it. Our guide Matilda was amazing, keeping the entire family engaged while still being enthusiastic and informative. We did the tour with teenagers, and they enjoyed it very much.
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