British Museum Highlights with an Expert: Semi-Private Tour
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is no ordinary British Museum Tour. Together, we'll explore thousands of years of human history, archaeology, and world culture. This is one of the world's most fascinating - not to mention controversial - museums. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by its vast collection. That's why it's so important to explore with an expert! On this 3-hour tour, you'll see all of the highlights of the British Museum without ever feeling rushed. Together, we'll examine Egyptian tombs, 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, our guides listen to your preferences and interests and craft an experience that speaks to your group on a deeper level. The British Museum is a special and complicated place. Let's explore it together.
Inclusions
What's included
- 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
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
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.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- 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
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- The Museum Guide
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in London
- Its from-price is 44% below the median of the 4793 experiences we list in London.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About London
London mixes royal ceremony, world-class museums and riverside landmarks with distinct neighbourhoods, markets and parks to explore on foot.
The Thames threads the city together. On its banks stand the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, the Tower of London with the Crown Jewels, Tower Bridge and the long South Bank walk past the London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe and Tate Modern. St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey anchor the older skyline, while glass towers crowd the financial district.
Top-ranked sights in London: St. Paul's Cathedral, Stonehenge, Tower of London.
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