British Museum Guided Tour: Experience World's Largest Collection of Artifacts

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.

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Bea_vzqz01
Sep 25, 2024
Great experience, lots of great info - Steph made the tour so interesting by giving us a lot of fun facts and popping up Questions regarding the objects in the museum for us to think about. If you love museums and history, this is a great way to focus on highlights. Afterwords an extra hour for visiting at your own pace is a great combination.
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Dream40872266580
Sep 23, 2024
Great 1st visit to the Museum - This small group tour is a great way to see the museum for the 1st time. I can't imagine trying to navigate this museum without a guide. Our guide, Steph, was great. She did a good job of showing us the highlights in the museum and telling us the history of what we were seeing. Being in a small group was helpful. The museum is crowded and we were able to move through it efficiently and make the most of our time. I highly recommend this tour
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Sally_l
Sep 22, 2024
Very informative tour - Sheldon was a very informative and interesting tour guide. Gave us perspectives that we hadn’t thought about. Highly recommend his tour.
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Zacharyp810
Sep 21, 2024
Fun and Interesting Tour - Fantastic tour, our guide Becky was very knowledgeable and kind! I really appreciated being able to get such in depth information about several interesting artifacts and get around the museum smoothly. I’d highly recommend this tour if you want to explore the British Museum with an expert!
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L3453dealexanderd
Sep 19, 2024
Great way to see the British museum - Our tour guide, James was excellent! He was clearly knowledgeable. A great way to experience the museum. There’s too much there to see everything, so He took us to all the things he thought were really cool
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Stanr260
Sep 16, 2024
Great tour in British museum!!! - Wonderful tour!!! We would be so lost without our guide! He was very informative ! Tour was well paced, we got to see a lot ! Wesley was super!!! Don’t go to museum without this tour for your first experience!
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Vivmora
Sep 15, 2024
British Museum - Jamie was great! Time flew by and we got to see everything we wanted and more. Perfect for a high level overview of what’s here and history behind the history.
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Adrienner232
Sep 12, 2024
Worth every penny - What I didn’t expect was someone who has actual hands on experience in archeology which is what I got. I had spent the previous day wandering on my own in this wonderful time capsule but to revisit with Alex was an entirely different experience. He has an amazing knowledge enabling him to give a glimpse through a window to life as it was in different times. Yes it is expensive but if you are fascinated by history and culture then this is a definite “bucket list”addition in the Worlds number one Museum and worth every penny!
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Verna_w
Sep 12, 2024
Recommend - Wonderful. Informative. Beautiful museum and our tour guide, Steph, was great. So many historic items to see and understand.
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Lokie24601
Sep 11, 2024
Good for those who need help for focus in museums! - What a fantastic tour to help focus your journey through the museum. Sheldon was amazingly knowledgable, personable and entertaining. Cannot recommend this enough for people who, like me, are bad at properly looking at and learning the history of exhibits
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