Special Morning Tours
Our volunteer-led morning tours are limited to a maximum of 20 places per tour to provide a unique visiting experience. The price includes a British Museum souvenir guidebook.
The tours begin at 09:00 and will last for 60 minutes including time at the end to take photographs. Please come to the Main entrance on Great Russell Street (WC1B 3DG) at 08:50 with your email confirmation.
Please note that wheeled cases and large items of luggage are not allowed on British Museum premises. Cloakroom facilities are not available on these tours.
An introduction to the British Museum
£30 per person
In Room 1 (Enlightenment) and Room 2 (Collecting the world) you will learn how Europeans understood the world in the 18th century, tracing the beginning of the British Museum and the development of the extraordinary collection.
An introduction to Ancient Egypt
£30 per person
In the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery (Room 3) you will see impressive statues of kings and gods, monumental tomb architecture and ancient tomb reliefs(浮雕) spanning three thousand years. These include the world-famous Rosetta Stone – key to deciphering hieroglyphs（象形文字）. You will learn the importance of large-scale sculpture in ancient Egyptian temples and tombs, and get the perfect introduction to this unmissable collection.
An introduction to China and South Asia
£30 per person
In the Gallery of China and South Asia (Room 4), you will gain an insight into the development of Chinese civilizations, from 5000 BC to the present day. In this beautifully decorated space, you will see from blue and white porcelain(陶瓷) of the Ming dynasty to superb Buddhist and Hindu sculptures.
1. Which of the following descriptions about the special morning tours is NOT true?| A．Every visitor will be given a British Museum souvenir guidebook for free. |
| B．Volunteers will show the visitors around. |
| C．The 60-minute tour needs to be reserved online in advance. |
| D．Visitors are banned from taking wheeled cases into British Museum. |
| A．Statues of kings and gods | B．Monumental tomb architecture |
| C．World-famous Rosetta Stone | D．Ancient tomb reliefs |
| A．The beginning of the British Museum. |
| B．The development of Chinese civilization. |
| C．The spread of Buddhism. |
| D．The decoration of Hindu sculptures |
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