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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Samir
Jul 16, 2024
Brilliant. Our tour guide, Steph, was fantastic. - We met at the designated spot and our tour guide , Steph, was there early and got us started right on time. We moved efficiently through the museum and while listening to succinct and fascinating explanations of the key items in museum. Steph kept us completely engaged for the 3 and a half hours! Absolutely worth the money.
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G210tajohng
Jul 15, 2024
Great museum made better by a great tour guide - Steph was a great guide lots of knowledge and enthusiasm. Time flew by and eft us wanting more time with her. I don’t know how she could keep that pace going for 21/2 hours but she did
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Stepan
Jul 14, 2024
Insightful - Wesley was full of insights and joy to follow on a well planned tour. We will definitely be looking to come back again in the future.
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Tcfromohio
Jul 14, 2024
Excellent tour of an amazing museum! - Excellent tour of amazing museum Fascinating tour of the British Museum. Wesley met us promptly and hit the highlights we were most interested in. Wesley is very knowledgeable, communicated clearly with a wonderful sense of humor. Along the two-and-a-half hour tour, Wesley presented a chronology of British history that spanned a wide variety of exhibits. What an amazing museum. Excellent tour.
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138sabinez
Jul 13, 2024
Flying through epochs! - Great experience guided by Wesley: insights in so different cultures, epochs of humanity - he gave us important hints and connection between eras.
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Wunklio
Jul 13, 2024
Steph is ur girl! - Steph was our guide and was so friendly and gave us amazing tour. She was very knowledgeable and was able to show us some real highlights. She made the museum more manageable to enjoy and was a joy overall.!
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Brenda
Jul 13, 2024
British Museum with Sheldon - What an incredible tour by Sheldon. He was informative, interesting and knowledgeable sharing the information in a storytelling manner that captured your attention and engaged you from beginning to end. The highlights of the museum were well chosen allowing you to learn details that you would never otherwise be aware of. His passion for history and the artifacts of the museum was genuine and he shared his knowledge, humor and savvy. Best tour of our entire trip. Thank you Sheldon!
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Voyage67957313659
Jul 13, 2024
Excellent choice! - Highly recommend this tour! Jamie, was extremely informative and engaging! Don’t miss this opportunity to get detailed information about many of the areas of the museum!
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225yvonnes
Jul 13, 2024
Our guide had her heart and soul in the British museum. - We had one of the best guides, Steph, a historian who had in depth knowledge of the history and artifacts in the museum! We thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
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A3759nxmattk
Jul 13, 2024
British Museum guided walking tour with Matilda - Matilda was all that we could have asked for from a tour guide and more!! Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, friendly...highly recommend!!
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