The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.

Every Friday the British Museum is open late till 8.30pm. Most of the galleries are open and you can enjoy free 20 minute spotlight tours of 4 of the collections, Death in Egypt, Enlightment, Rosetta Stone and The Parthenon.