London Short Breaks 50 Free Must Do Days Out – Go To The British Musuem
Setting aside any moral or ethical issues for the present moment, as a visitor to London one thing all must make time for is a jaunt to the British Museum. As the most wide-ranging empire the globe has ever recognized the British explorers/conquerors/looters (whichever word you wish to apply) brought back from the remote reaches of their empire artefacts and historical gems the likes of which had never been before.
The wonderful thing about the British Museum – apart from the point that entrance is free and so makes for a important day out with the family unit, (and valuable on one of those rare rainy days we now and again get in London) is that there really is something for everyone. No child can ever walk past the ancient embalmed bodies of Egyptian mummys without a flush and know just what they are looking at.
Want to see a utterly preserved torso (apart from a little distorting and the fact that he’s squashed) that has lain in a peat bog for well-nigh 2000 years? Then get along to the British Museum.
Need to see one of the most hottly contended museum artefacts in the world before they get given back to Athens? Then go a long and see the Elgin Marbles which are exhibited in marvelous beauty with their mountings and lightings in their own devoted room on the ground level.
The museum follows its roots back to 1753 when an act of Parliament officially recognised the contribution (at a monetary value of £20,000 admittedly) from Sir Hans Sloane, a private assembling of over 71,000 objects. Over the consecutive hundred years or so, the wealth of the Empire granted itself the luxury of stretching this collection with many ‘gentlemen’ gatherers and archeologists bringing back curios and ancient prizes from around the globe.
The opening hours are 10.00 to 17.30 daily and entry is free – apart from particular exhibitions – and with audio tours in 10 distinct languages, it really does extend an unbelievable day out for every visitor to our metropolis. See the Musuems interesting website for particulars of special plans and details of study they are doing around the world to advance and save the heritage of hundreds of nations!
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