Founded in 1753, the British Museum was the world's first national public museum.
Located on Great Russell Street in London, the museum's collections are dedicated to human history, art, and culture.
The British Museum is governed by a board of 25 trustees and is a non-departmental public body that is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
01 July 2024
Gallery builds on enduring interest for original items from the ancient world (3000BC-600AD).
17 June 2024
The British Museum never stands still when it comes to acquiring works on paper, as a new exhibition showcasing purchases over the past 20 years demonstrates
24 May 2024
The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection.
28 March 2024
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE has been appointed as the new director of the British Museum.
11 March 2024
Daniel Fearon has raised an interesting issue, concerning the British Museum’s name change to their Department of Coins and Medals, on which Brian Clivaz and Michael Graham-Stewart have since commented, not entirely uncritically (Letters, ATG Nos 2632 and 2633).
04 March 2024
Re: ‘New Name is a Worthless Choice’, Letters, ATG No 2632). Daniel Fearon, as a regular visitor to the department, should know better than most that ‘money’ better describes the collection than ‘coins’ which is quite restrictive.
26 February 2024
I recently received an online numismatic journal that informed me that The Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum has undergone a reorganisation.
20 February 2024
The British Museum is showcasing classical gems that were recovered after a long-running theft was exposed.
23 January 2024
More than 53,000 archaeological finds were recorded in the latest annual report, which included 1378 Treasure cases, the highest ever reported in a single year.
12 December 2023
The independent review of the British Museum in the wake of thefts from its collection has been published.
19 October 2023
The British Museum has announced plans to digitally document its entire collection.
26 September 2023
The British Museum has begun a series of measures to try to recover the 2000 jewellery items that were stolen from its collection.
04 September 2023
Demands are growing in the antiquities trade for the British Museum to publish a list of objects stolen in an alleged theft from its collection by a member of staff.
28 August 2023
Concerns have been raised in the antiquities trade that items allegedly stolen from the British Museum by a staff member and offered on eBay may start emerging on the wider market.
25 August 2023
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer has announced that he will be stepping down from his position with immediate effect after a series of thefts emerged.
17 August 2023
The British Museum is investigating the theft of jewellery and has dismissed a member of staff following the discovery that items from its “collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged”.
01 May 2023
Numismatic dealer Daniel Fearon has sold a group of bronzed galvano medals depicting Charles (then nearly five years old), The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret to the British Museum’s department of coins and medals just ahead of this year’s coronation.
31 January 2023
Enthusiastic metal detectorists discovered 96% of archaeological and Treasure finds, according to the latest report.
01 September 2022
A family re-laying their kitchen floor in their home in Ellerby, North Yorkshire, discovered 264 gold coins stored in a small cup.
24 February 2022
Israel Goldman’s private collection of paintings by 19th century Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89) will go on show from March this year.
