British Museum




British Museum The British Museum was founded in 1753 to promote universal understanding through the arts, natural history and science in a public museum. In it's first few years of operation it attracted 5000 visitors a year - but in recent times that number has swelled to a claimed 5 million visits per year. It did at one time contain natural history collections but these were moved in the 1880's to the splendid Natural History Museum. To order a hi-resolution copy of this photo click here (image reference LDN-BRITMUS-1) All photographs copyright artofthestate 2004 / 2014	British Museum	LONDON PHOTOS INDEX London architecture 1 2 3 4 London art deco buildings 1 2 3 4 London art galleries London bridges London Canary Wharf 1 2 London churches and cathedrals London - the City 1 2 3 London Dali Universe 1 London Eye London Heathrow Airport London parks & gardens 1 2 London Paddington Basin London statues, monuments London motorways and traffic London museums London at night London public art 1 London seasonal celebrations London snow London South Bank 1 2 3 London sport stadiums London stations London street art London suburbs 1 London Thames Path London theatres London Tourist photos 1 2 3 London transport 1 2 Text list of London photos For non London galleries click here