You make up your own mind what to think.” Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers ...

The Elgin marbles at the British Museum remain a point of contention between the UK and Greece, with debates over ownership ...

"Silk Roads" at The British Museum, however, is just such an event. This ambitious show explores the myriad ways in which "Asia, Europe and North Africa shared their cultures more than a ...

London wouldn’t be complete without the British Museum. Whether it’s memories of school trips spent running through artefacts from ancient Egypt, or you’ve already nabbed tickets in ...

Museums are continually searching for ancient counterparts to contemporary phenomena, and the British Museum’s new show Silk Roads appears to be just that: an exploration of the ancient ...

Who doesn’t enjoy a couple of free hours productively idled away at a museum? Productive because every day’s a school day ...

The new director of the British Museum has said he will not add politically correct labels to any exhibits in a fight-back against a “particular sort of political agenda”. Dr Nicholas Cullinan ...

An unassuming object, about the size of a clenched fist, appears at the start of the British Museum’s disappointing new exhibition. A representation of the Buddha, seated and serene, it was ...

Today's object: Mummy of Hornedjitef British Museum Mummy and coffins of a priest who lived over 1,000 years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Weekly theme: Making us human Looking at the ...

Sitting inside a grand office at the British Museum, with a bright green scarf draped over his slim black suit, Hew Locke, the 64-year-old British artist, is casting his mind back to the first ...

The Royal British Columbia Museum offers visitors a comprehensive introduction to the region's history and culture. Exhibits include tribal artifacts from the First Nations, natural history ...