British Museum

The British Museum has more than ninety galleries.

Founded in 1753 designed to encourage and promote art, Science and Natural history to the public at large. Today its ambitions have been well met.

The British Musuem history started in a will left by physician, naturalist and collector Sir Hans Sloane, with his collection a massive 71,000 objects, a Herbarium and a vast library.

To ensure the survival of his collection, he offered it to the nation as long as a payment of £20.000 was made to his surviving heirs the first collections were placed in Montague House, Bloomsbury.  A seventeen century mansion once situated on the same foundations as the current museum

The British Museum is divided into three sections its upper, main, and lower floors the sections cover artefacts and exhibitions from all continents of the world and includes a restaurant and café bars

Amazingly popular with tourists, it is one of the most visited buildings in London and attracts five million visitors a year with its impressive well preserved world famous collections.

From its early days it has been unique, in the fact that it was, and still is owned by the nation. It now offers educational programmes, tours and is a fabulous place to learn have fun and be fascinated.

Stay at the Regency House Hotel and visit the British Museum, a five minute short walk from our hotel.