The British Museum (HD)

The British Museum in Holborn, central London, is your complete guide to human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million different items from around the globe, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.

This episode explores the architecture of the museum, and visits just a few of the many galleries of objects on offer.

The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court is a covered square at the centre of the British Museum designed by the engineers Buro Happold and the architects Foster and Partners.

The Great Court opened in December 2000 and is the largest covered square in Europe. The roof is a glass and steel construction with 1,656 uniquely shaped panes of glass. At the centre of the Great Court is the Reading Room vacated by the British Library, its functions now moved to St Pancras. The Reading Room is open to any member of the public who wishes to read there.

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[lilyeve222]

The Egyptian rooms are my favourite, you need at least a week to see this place, it's massive & holds over 13 million items from around the globe. London has so many museums & galleries, most are free entry!

[Ashmansworth]

Fantastic place ,

[PsalmHymn]

@Bungle2010 Oh, I don't know, I think that there are far more important works of art that need to be returned to their rightful owners, specifically: the Melvin Garbles, on the third floor. . It's not right, and it should be done immediately so as to restore peace in the world and respect man, to the rules of pirate property. . So there. . . Cheers. from, del-boy.

[Bungle2010]

It really is tiresome how in practically every single YouTube video about the BM, the comment section is filled with people whining "Give back the Elgin Marbles". Why don't you people give it a rest?

[MsDDiddy]

@kopiteman so that covers all manners of sins does it? if i stole someone's house because i knew how to take better care of it and do a nice job painting it than its original owner, that excuses my actions?

[agnantis]

@DuBistMeineSeele YES you should visit that Fucking thievery corporation...hooray

[sykescottages]

The reading room in the British Museum has an amazing ceiling

[kopiteman]

@KILLEDBYPAOK They aren't taken care of in Greece though

[kopiteman]

@grman36 If we hadn't taken them they would have ended up broken and destroyd like the elgin marbles which remain in Greece

[Vtr1781249]

@grman36

The items were not stolen, but taken away by the British for preservation