The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public national museum.
Established: 7 June 1753
Location: Great Russell Street, London, England
Area: 807,000 sq ft (75,000 m²) in · 94 galleries
Collection size: Approx. 8 million objects
Visitors: 5,820,860 (2023; up 42% from 2022) · Ranked first nationally
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