London Short Breaks 50 Free Fun Days Out – Recommends The British Musuem
Laying aside any moral and ethical issues for the mo, as a tripper to London one thing each and everyone must make time for is a trip to the British Museum. As the largest empire the earth has ever acknowledged the British explorers/conquerors/looters (whichever term you care to use) conveyed back from the remote reaches of their empire artifacts and historical gems the likes of which had never been earlier.
The special thing about the British Museum – apart from the fact that entrance is free and so makes for a smashing day out with the family unit, (and valuable on one of those special rainy days we once in a while get in London) is that there really is something for everyone. No child can ever pass past the early embalmed bodies of Egyptian mummys without a charge and know precisely what they are looking at.
Want to see a absolutely preserved torso (apart from a little discoloring and the fact that he’s squashed) that has lain in a peat bog for nearly 2000 years? Then get along to the British Museum.
Wishing to see one of the most hottly contested museum artifacts in the globe before they get given back to Athens? Then go a long and see the Elgin Marbles which are exposed in marvellous beauty with their mountings and lightings in their own devoted room on the ground story.
The museum follows its beginnings back to 1753 when an act of Parliament officially assumed the donation (at a price of £20,000 admittedly) from Sir Hans Sloane, a private collection of over 71,000 physical objects. Over the following hundred years or so, the riches of the Empire allowed itself the luxury of widening this collection with umteen ‘gentlemen’ gatherers and archaeologists bringing back wonders and ancient treasures from around the Earth.
The opening hours are 10.00 to 17.30 daily and entry is free – apart from limited expositions – and with audio tours in 10 distinct languages, it really does offer an marvelous day out for every visitant to our city. See the Musuems riveting website for particulars of special plans and inside information of work they are doing around the world to further and maintain the heritage of hundreds of countries!
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