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British Museum front entrance

Inside the museum: the BM Great Court

The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum

Cavalry from the Parthenon Frieze, West II, 2–3, British Museum.

The British Museum in London is one of the world's largest and most important museums of human history and culture. It has more than seven million objects from all continents. They illustrate and document the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. As with all other national museums and art galleries in Britain, the Museum charges no admission fee.