The British Museum

I had to go up to London on Saturday for an Anglo-Italian Family History Society committee meeting.  As it started at 2pm, I decided to go earlier and visit the British Museum (I briefly visited it 2 years ago when dad was in UCH, just up the road!).  I downloaded a guide –what to see if you only have 1 hour at the museum.  What a cool idea!  I find a whole museum quite daunting, and am never sure what I should see, so this is right up my alley!

 

 

it is a really lovely building, although it is Victorian like the V&A and Natural History Museum, it feels much more modern and light and airy – not least because of this beautiful courtyard.  This roof was built over a garden and the circular reading room, I love it!

 

The Rosetta Stone must be one of the museums greatest treasures

 

There are treasures from all over the world:

Egypt

   

Rome

 

This is the Mildenhall treasure found in Norfolk.  Not sure whether it is Roman, or English!