London Short Breaks 50 Free Fun Days Out – Go To The British Musuem

Casting aside any ethical or moral issues for the second, as a visitor to London one thing every one must m

ake time for is a visit to the British Museum. As the widest empire the earth has ever acknowledged the British explorers/conquerors/looters (whichever word you like to use) fetched back from the distant reaches of their empire artefacts and historical gems the likes of which had ne’er been earlier.

The tremendous thing about the British Museum – apart from the fact that entrance is free and so makes for a wondrous day out with the mob, (and invaluable on one of those extraordinary rainy  days we now and again get in London) is that there really is something for everyone. No child can ever pass past the venerable embalmed dead bodies of Egyptian mummys without a kick and know just what they are looking at.

Want to see a perfectly preserved trunk (apart from a little discolouring and the fact that he’s squashed) that has lain in a peat bog for almost 2000 years? Then get on to the British Museum.

Want to see one of the most hottly contested museum artifacts in the world before they get reverted to Athens? Then go a long and see the Elgin Marbles which are exposed in astounding beauty with their mountings and lightings in their own ordained room on the ground story.

The museum draws its originations back to 1753 when an act of Parliament formally accepted the donation (at a cost of £20,000 admittedly) from Sir Hans  Sloane, a personal assembling of over 71,000 objects. Over the succeeding hundred years or so, the wealthiness of the Empire allowed itself the luxury of stretching this collection with numerous ‘gentlemen’ collectors and archeologists bringing back rarities and ancient gems from around the Earth.

The opening hours are 10.00 to 17.30 daily and entrance is free – apart from limited expos – and with audio tours in 10 various languages, it really does tender an unbelievable day out for every visitant to our city. See the Musuems fascinating website for details of special plans and inside information of work they are doing around the world to encourage and conserve the inheritance of hundreds of states!

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