London Short Breaks Free Days Out

 

Laying aside any ethical and moral issues for the present moment, as a tripper to London one thing visitors from around the world must make time for is a jaunt to the British Museum. As the widest empire the world has ever identified the British explorers/conquerors/looters (whichever condition you wish to apply) taken back from the furthest reaches of their empire artifacts and historical gems the likes of which had never been earlier.

 

The grand thing about the British Museum - apart from the point that entry is free and so makes for a smashing day out with the family, (and valuable on one of those special rainy  days we now and then get in London) is that there really is something for everyone. No kid can ever pass past the aging embalmed bodies of Egyptian mummys without a rush and know just what they are viewing.

 

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

 

Wish to see one of the most hottly contested museum artefacts in the world before they get rendered 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 ordained room on the ground level.

 

The museum follows its roots back to 1753 when an act of Parliament officially received the donation (at a cost of £20,000 admittedly) from Sir Hans  Sloane, a individual assemblage of over 71,000 physical objects. Over the next hundred years or so, the wealthiness of the Empire allowed itself the luxury of stretching this collection with umteen ‘gentlemen’ collectors and archeologists bringing back curiosities and ancient treasures from around the earth.

 

The opening hours are 10.00 to 17.30 daily and entrance is free - apart from unique expositions - and with audio tours in 10 distinct languages, it really does offer up an astounding day out for every visitant to our city. See the Musuems engrossing website for particulars of special projects and items of work they are doing around the world to further and preserve the heritage of hundreds of countries!

 

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