BRITISH MUSEUM, Introduction

Hi, I'm Alyson, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through the British Museum, which has one of the most outstanding archaeological collections in the world!

You are about to visit one of the world's largest museums of human history and culture; it attracts around 5 million tourists, researchers, and enthusiasts every year. Its collections include millions of objects and documents from all over the world.

The core of the British Museum was formed in the mid-1700s when the British government purchased physicist and scientist Hans Sloane's collection of natural finds and coins for £ 20,000, partly funded via a public lottery.

The museum was opened to the public in 1759 and has steadily grown over the years with acquisitions and donations of objects from all over the world, thanks in part to expeditions by explorers such as James Cook....