British Museum London Virtual Tour

The 1939 royal visit and the party that tested U.S.-British relations

In the run-up to World War II, King George VI sought to rally American support with a garden party at the British Embassy, ...

Ealing Times

King and Queen arrive at British Museum to view models of Elizabeth II memorial

Full-scale versions of the statues will form part of the permanent memorial in St James’s Park, close to Buckingham Palace.

All the trendy UK seaside towns with huge makeovers and enough to do for a WEEK – and you can stay from £35

The Brighton Fishing Museum is a great free stop-in to see traditional Sussex boats, while the world-famous Brighton Palace ...

Wall Street Journal

‘Samurai’ Review: A Military Mythology at the British Museum

That a suit of armor opens the British Museum’s extravagant new exhibition, “Samurai,” is unsurprising. What is a surprise is how empty it looks. The armor may be topped by a dragon-crested helmet ...

Smithsonian Magazine

Thirty-Four Years Ago, a British Museum Staffer Stole More Than 300 Prints in Broad Daylight. A New Book Chronicles the Thefts and Their Fallout

The British Museum, from which Nigel Peverett stole hundreds of prints Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Nigel Peverett had worked at the British Museum in London since the early ...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Archaeologists Launch 'Virtual Museum' To Ukraine's Ancient Heritage

An online museum launched on February 18 aims to make Ukraine's heritage accessible to the public, while many of the featured treasures remain impossible to view in person. The virtual exhibition, ...

Hyperallergic

Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?

The British Museum acknowledged that it had updated certain displays in its Middle East Galleries with “terms such as ‘Canaan,’” the Biblical Hebrew name for the Southern Levant region, amid news ...

Artnet

Backlash Erupts After British Museum Removes ‘Palestine’ From Ancient Middle East Displays

A petition to reinstate the term has already garnered 6,800 signatures. Bust of Pharaoh Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great, part of the Egyptian collection of statues and artifacts at the British Museum ...

Smithsonian Magazine

A Metal Detectorist Unearthed This Heart-Shaped Tudor Pendant. Now, the British Museum Has Raised Millions to Put It on Public Display

The 24-carat Tudor Heart is decorated with a red and white Tudor rose, a pomegranate bush, and the initials “H” and “K.” © The Trustees of the British Museum ...