Private Highlights Tour of the British Museum
There is nothing quite like spending an afternoon at the "World's Museum" - the legendary British Museum. No trip to London is complete without it.
On this 3-hour tour, you'll explore thousands of years of human history, archaeology, and world culture - all without shying away from controversial topics.
You'll see all of the highlights of the British Museum without ever feeling rushed. Together, we'll examine Egyptian mummies, decipher the Rosetta Stone, gaze up at an Easter Island moai, debate the Parthenon Sculptures, and so much more.
Each tour is far from a 'cookie-cutter' experience where the guide follows a rigid script. Instead, I listen to your preferences and interests and craft an experience that speaks to you on a deeper level.
You'll leave with a whole new understanding of the complexities of heritage, history, and museums in general.
The British Museum is a special and complicated place. Let's explore it together.
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Private Highlights Tour of the British Museum
What's included in Private Highlights Tour of the British Museum
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
The British Museum
Welcome to the British Museum, a repository of wonderful, strange, and controversial objects from our shared human history. At the beginning of our tour, I will ask you about your interests, and we will then walk through millennia of history and traverse the world's inhabited continents. Depending on your interests, I will point out the strange, the macabre, and the wondrous, never shying away from the controversy behind certain items. We will visit all of the highlights, including: The Rosetta Stone Parthenon Sculptures (Elgin Marbles) Lewis Chessmen Sutton Hoo Vindolanda Tablets Standard of Ur Egyptian Mummies Aztec Double-Headed Serpent Portland Vase Assyrian Guards Ramesses II Statue of Tara Ife Head Hoa Hakananai'a FeeJee Mermaid If you are interested in a specific topic or gallery, get in touch and I can craft a fully bespoke tour for your interests.
Inclusions
- Insider information about the British Museum and London
- Free entry to the British Museum through a lesser-known entrance
- Tour led by a professional guide with advanced degrees in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
- A fully-guided, expert tour in English
- Gratuities
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- I will meet you at the Montague Place Entrance to the British Museum. This is NOT the main entrance, but a smaller entrance at the back. I will be in front of the lion on the left! What 3 Words: voters.chair.envy
End Points
- We finish inside the museum.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
I will be standing at the meeting point with a sign that reads "The Museum Guide."
