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The British Museum London: Exclusive Curated Tour through World's Largest Collection of Artifacts
5.0
357 Ratings
Greater London
Join us for a 2.5 hour private tour of the British Museum, home to one of the biggest collections of artifacts worldwide. Our knowledgeable guides will lead you through a hand-picked set of cultural and artist pieces, providing historical context that will enable you to value a small slot of the 8 million exhibits present in the British Museum.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The British Museum - Trade in paintings for mummies and historical artifacts on a tour of the British Museum. The enormous collection spans 6000 years of human history, featuring items from all over the world including Samurai armor and rare Assyrian lion hunt reliefs. Our guides will take a serious but enjoyable approach towards the museum’s galleries, discussing primitive tribes and fallen empires through a carefully chosen selection of items. You’ll learn about the Mummy of Katebet, the Lewis Chessmen, and the Rosetta Stone
- the actual rock, not the language learning program. Walk away with an understanding of what we humans have achieved during our short history and hopefully you’ll be proud to call yourself a part of this incredible species.
What's Included
- Exclusive Tour Guide (Only with private booking option)
- Wheelchair Accessible (Only with private booking option)
- Guided Museum Tour
- 2.5-Hour Experience
What's Not Included
- Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
- Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
- Temporary exhibitions NOT included
Additional Information
- It is imperative that you provide us with guests MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (including country code)
- Notes: British Museum and other attractions or museums in London may be subjected to occasional closures without previous warning from the museum management. When this occurs, we will provide guests with an appropriate alternative if the museum opening time is delayed more than 1h from the tour starting time. In these cases we are unable to provide refunds or discounts. Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. No large bags or suitcases are allowed inside the museum, only handbags or small thin bag packs are allowed through security. Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with ‘Skip the Line’ or ‘No Wait’ access. Some specific rooms inside the museum are subjected to a very quiet or restricted right to speak inside, in this cases your guide will provide the information about this places before entering the specific rooms where this rule applies. Some collections may vary along the year.
Location
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
Meet your guide outside the gates of the museum by the red telephone booth situated to the left of the main gates of the museum on the sidewalk of Great Russell Street across from Starbucks.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Vere_e
Jul 1, 2024
Great Tour - Melinda was brilliant as a tour guide, and has a great knowledge of thr museum, its background and the artefacts. Well worth it.
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Marjoried256
Jul 1, 2024
Love the Tour and the Accommodation of Babylon Tours - Babylon Tours was very helpful in re-scheduling my tour when my plane was delayed, and I could not make my original schedule.
Our guide was excellent! Extremely knowledgeable with anecdotes and history about the significant displays we spent time with. Even the 11-year-old in our group said that she enjoyed it.
2.5 hours is not enough to truly look at the many displays available, but I definitely felt that I received value for the cost.
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Patrickkm3854ad
Jul 1, 2024
Great way to see the museum in a morning - This tour was a great way to see so many amazing things in the museum. Steph was a fantastic tour guide; very knowledgeable and shared great insights into the artifacts and their places in history. Highly recommended.
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Markr_f
Jun 28, 2024
Excellent introduction to the museum. - Great introduction to the museum in a small group. Allowed lots of interaction with guide Sheldon. Just the right length to get a feel for some of the great artifacts (and some of the behind the scenes stories).
Interesting to learn Sheldon’s interests.
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Veronica_h
Jun 25, 2024
Special guided museum tour - This is a must see to book when in London. The tour guide was most informative and so much history explained during the tour. It beats going through the long lines to get in, because you have already booked your exclusive guided museum tour.
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Christopher_s
Jun 23, 2024
British Museum Tour - Great tour with Steph through the museum. Very knowledgeable and a lot covered in 2.5 hours! Learned a lot.
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Ken_f
Jun 22, 2024
British Museum Tour - Jamie provided an excellent introduction to the museum and very interesting facts on specific exhibits.
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Robert_h
Jun 19, 2024
Great Tour / Private tour adds so much knowledge. - Great Tour with Matilda and Babylon Tours! Very knowledgeable and super friendly. Highly recommend / top choice to experience history come alive through storytelling and knowledge.
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Exploration414374
Jun 18, 2024
Excellent Tour - James was an outstanding tour guide. We had three teenagers with us and they absolutely loved him. He was very knowledgeable and knew just what to show us.
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Rishita_t
Jun 18, 2024
Great addition to learning - Our guide Andy, was very knowledgeable and showed us the most fascinating exhibits that shouldn’t be missed. However, recommend staying on later after the tour is done since the museum is quite large! I attended the 1.30 pm tour and by the time we accessed the museum after security , queues and restrooms, it was already 2 pm . The tour ended at 4 pm and museum closes at 5 pm, hence a morning tour would be better leaving time to explore individually. We were short on time so this was a great way to learn . Would have loved to do this one on one instead with a group! Hopefully Viator can create something like that. Andy was able to keep my teens interested too
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