British Museum is the first national public museum of the world.

Its eight million objects allow us to explore the extraordinary diversity of human cultures, from small communities to vast empires, to discover the many forms and expressions human beings have given to every aspect of life, and to realise how closely they are interconnected.

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The museum was established in 1753.