British Museum - One of London’s most visited attractions 感受历史 大英博物馆文物行

See artefacts like the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon Elgin Marbles and the Lewis Chessmen at British Museum - For Free

• British Museum

One of London’s most visited attractions, this museum draws an average of five million punters each year through its marvellous porticoed main gate on Great Russell St (a few go through the quieter Montague Pl entrance).
One of the world’s oldest and finest museums, the British Museum started in 1749 in the form of royal physician Hans Sloane’s ‘cabinet of curiosities’ – which he later bequeathed to the country – and carried on expanding its collection (which now numbers some seven million items) through judicious acquisition and the controversial plundering of empire. It’s an exhaustive and exhilarating stampede through world cultures, with galleries devoted to Egypt, Western Asia, Greece, the Orient, Africa, Italy, the Etruscans, the Romans, prehistoric and Roman Britain and medieval antiquities. The museum is huge, so make a few focused visits if you have time, and consider the choice of tours. There are nine free 50-minute eyeOpener tours of individual galleries throughout the day, and 20-minute eyeOpener spotlight talks at 1.15pm focusing on different themes from the collection. Ninety-minute highlights tours leave at 10.30am, 1pm and 3pm. If you want to go it alone, audioguide tours are available at the information desk, including a family-oriented one narrated by comedian, writer and TV presenter Stephen Fry. One specific to the Parthenon Sculptures (aka the Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles) is available in that gallery. You could also check out Compass, a multimedia public access system with 50 computer terminals that lets you take a virtual tour of the museum, plan your own circuit or get information on specific exhibits. The British Museum is planning to build a major new extension in its north-western corner, to be completed in 2012. The new building will have, among other things, a gallery dedicated to special exhibitions and a conservation and science centre.
British Museum
Address: Great Russell St WC1
Transport: Tube at Tottenham Court Rd or Russell Sq
Website: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Phone: Führungen: 7323 8181
7323 8000
Price: admission free, £3 donation suggested
Hours: galleries 10am-5.30pm Sat-Wed, to 8.30pm Thu & Fri, Great Court 9am-6pm Sun-Wed, to 11pm Thu-Sat

感受历史 大英博物馆文物行

大 英博物馆(British Museum)是英国最大的博物馆又名不列颠博物馆，位于英国伦敦新牛津大街北面的大罗素广场，成立于1753年，1759年1月15日起正式对公众开 放，是世界上历史最 悠久、规模最宏伟的综合性博物馆，也是世界上规模最大、最著名的博物馆之一。博物馆收藏了世界各地的许多文物和图书珍品，藏品之丰富、种类之繁多，为全世 界博物馆所罕见。。大英博物馆和纽约的大都会艺术博物馆、巴黎的卢浮宫同列为世界三大博物馆。目前博物馆拥有藏品600多万件。
大英博物 馆内分十个展馆，分别是古近东馆、硬币和纪念币馆、埃及馆、民族馆、希腊和罗马馆、日本馆、中世纪及近代欧洲馆、东方馆、史前及早期欧洲、版画和素描馆以 及西亚馆。埃及文物馆是博物馆中最大的陈列馆之一，这里展有 大型的人兽石雕、庙宇建筑、为数众多的木乃伊、碑文壁画、镌石器皿及金五首饰，其展品的年代可上溯到 5000多年以前，藏品数量达7万多件，其中包括19世纪英国海军统帅纳尔逊从法国国王拿破仑手中夺取的古埃及艺术品。
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罗塞塔石碑(Rosetta Stone)，发现于1799年的一块刻有埃及象形文的石碑，现在人们正是通过它逐步破解了埃及象形文字。
帕提侬神庙大理石(Parthenon Marbles)，博物馆里这块来路不明却异常珍贵的石头，甚至影响了希腊和英国的外交关系，但尽管希腊政府一再要求归还这块1806年被英国大使艾尔金伯爵拆除的用来装饰帕提侬神庙的古代大理石，但遭到历届英国政府的拒绝。
Oxus宝库，这里收藏了公元前7世纪到公元前4世纪的波斯黄金。
阅览室(Reading Room)，位于博物馆迎宾大厅的中央，马克思曾在这里完成了共产党宣言。
交通：
London WC1B 3DG乘坐伦敦地铁在 Holborn, Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street 或罗素广场Russell Square）下车
门票：
大英博物馆入场免费