The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long ...

London is a city that never sleeps, and its museums are no exception. While daytime visitors often jockey for space in ...

You can visit the Reading Room, located in the heart of the British Museum for free. Here's everything you need to know.

“You make up your own mind what to think.” Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers suspended throughout his new show at the British Museum in London. The ...

Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rocker Mick Jagger were among the attendees at the British Museum's inaugural fundraising ball on Saturday, a glitzy event touted by some observers as London's answer to ...

The first study granted access to artifacts in British museums for radiocarbon dating has examined the transition between the Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. One of ...

Faced with economic headwinds and changing visitor habits, London’s museums are reinventing themselves for new — and paying — ...

The volume of problematic artifacts Locke uncovered in the British Museum’s archives illustrates the fundamental importance of objective historical research. Hew Locke, (left to right) "Souvenir 14 ...

The Met Gala is known for bold themes, a curated guest list, and a focus on museum fundraising. The British Museum’s Pink Ball appears to mirror those elements while introducing a distinctly London ...

The British Museum, home to the largest collection of artifacts in the world, has fired a staff member on suspicion of stealing and damaging items including gold, gems and centuries-old glass. Items ...

(Dia Dipasupil/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP) Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rocker Mick Jagger were among the attendees at the British Museum's inaugural fundraising ball on Saturday ...