British Museum
The world's first public national museum, founded in 1753 in Bloomsbury, with a collection of some eight million objects covering human history from its beginnings. The Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian mummies are among its best known pieces, under a glass roofed Great Court.
- Where
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.5194, -0.1269
Get the British Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at British Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near British Museum
Gandhi Statue, Tavistock Square 0.6 km
A bronze of Mahatma Gandhi seated cross-legged by Fredda Brilliant, unveiled in 1968 at the centre of Tavistock Square ahead of the centenary of his birth. Gandhi studied law at University College London nearby from 1888 to 1891.
Covent Garden 0.8 km
A district on the eastern edge of the West End built around a former fruit and vegetable market, whose central square is now given over to shops and street performers. The Royal Opera House stands beside it, and Neal's Yard and Seven Dials lie to the north.
India House 1.0 km
The building on Aldwych that houses the High Commission of India, India's diplomatic mission to the United Kingdom. It stands between Bush House and Australia House, facing King's College and the London School of Economics, and has been Grade II listed since 1981.
Piccadilly Circus 1.2 km
A road junction in the West End, built in 1819 to link Regent Street with Piccadilly, its name taken from the Latin for a circle. It is known for its curved wall of illuminated advertising screens and the winged statue usually called Eros.
National Gallery 1.2 km
An art museum on the north side of Trafalgar Square, founded in 1824. It holds more than 2,300 paintings from the mid 13th century to 1900, Western European art from Renaissance altarpieces to Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
Trafalgar Square 1.3 km
A public square laid out in the early 19th century at Charing Cross and named after the naval victory of 1805. Nelson's Column rises from its centre between bronze lions and fountains, with the National Gallery along its northern side.
Horse Guards Parade 1.6 km
A broad parade ground off Whitehall, backing onto St James's Park. Each year it hosts Trooping the Colour for the monarch's official birthday and the Beating Retreat, and mounted sentries stand guard at the Horse Guards arch on the Whitehall side.
London Eye 1.9 km
A giant observation wheel on the South Bank, opened for the millennium and still the most visited paid attraction in Britain. Its glass capsules turn slowly enough to step into while moving, and from the top the Thames, Westminster and the City lie spread out below.
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Questions
Where is British Museum?
British Museum is in London, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gandhi Statue, Tavistock Square (0.6 km), Covent Garden (0.8 km), India House (1.0 km).
How do I get the British Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at British Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to British Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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