British Museum

The British Museum is a public institution housing a collection of world art and artefacts, located in Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden. Founded in 1753, it was the world's first public national museum and today holds a permanent collection of approximately eight million works spanning two million years of human history and culture. The museum's iconic Great Court, designed by Norman Foster with a distinctive glass and steel roof, is the largest covered public square in Europe. The museum's most celebrated objects include the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, and the Lewis Chessmen.