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Natural History Museum is UK's most visited tourist attraction with record 7.1m visitors in 2025

The attraction, home to everything from dinosaur skeletons to gemstones, has overtaken the British Museum to claim the top spot

Evening Standard

Maxine Peake among 200 figures urging British Museum to support Palestine

The letter comes amid reports that the museum has removed the word ‘Palestine’ from several of its gallery displays.

Evening Standard

UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying?

IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for how much longer? Annabel Nugent explores the fraught debate about who should foot the bill for keeping them free of charge

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How a brazen thief stole 300 pieces of art from the British Museum

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British Museum staff member stole over 300 pieces of art before being caught red-handed

Former employee smuggled out and sold hundreds of prints during the early 1990s, new book reveals

The Independent UK

British Museum announces ticket sales details for Bayeux Tapestry exhibition: ‘A truly once-in-a-lifetime experience’

It could become one of the museum's most popular attractions ever

The Independent UK

London now hit with more than 300 suspected cases in measles outbreak, leaked report shows

Exclusive: Leaked report reveals 34 confirmed measles cases in London were associated with just one school

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British Museum offers ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’ to see Bayeux Tapestry

Tickets to see the tapestry at London’s British Museum will first be available for entry on dates between September and December.

Evening Standard

Japan’s legendary Samurai: Unveil the mysterious legacy of knights from fearsome swordsmen to masterful artists

What comes to your mind when you hear the term ‘samurai’? For most people, the imagination rolls out like men on the battlefield, clad in armour, wielding a sword, and unwavering in loyalty. From the medieval period, the story began during that period with an over 1000-year history, which holds…

The Times of India

British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays

Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutral

The Guardian - UK

British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displays

The word “Palestine” has been removed from some British Museum displays following complaints from a pro-Israel legal group.

Evening Standard

British Museum raises £3.5m to save heart pendant linked to Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon

The 24-carat artefact was found by a metal detectorist in a Midlands field

The Independent UK

British Museum raises £3.5m in four months to save pendant linked to Henry VIII

The London museum launched an appeal in October to save the Tudor Heart.

The Independent UK

British Museum raises £3.5million to save Henry VIII-linked pendant found by metal detectorist in field

The London museum launched has raised £3.5million in just four month to save the Tudor Heart

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British Museum successfully raises millions to save Henry VIII marriage artefact

Success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination, says museum director

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I can’t ignore the irony of the British Museum’s AI scandal

How did this get approved?

Evening Standard

Royal Academy’s first female president given Freedom of the City of London

British abstract artist Rebecca Salter has exhibited all over the world including at the Tate, British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum.

The Guardian - UK

King Harold coins from 1066 and Roman artefacts top 2024 treasure finds

British Museum hails record-breaking year for archaeological discoveries – thanks largely to metal detectorists

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The Independent UK

Boom in metal detectorists sees record-breaking number of treasure discovered

Britain saw a record number of archaeological discoveries and treasure finds in 2024, largely attributed to the contributions of metal detectorists.

Euronews

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Erotic ceramics in Brussels, a groundbreaking new exhibition on Hawai'i at London's British Museum, and a rabid monkey on the loose in 'Primate' - here are this week's cultural highlights from across Europe.

The Independent UK

‘Extremely fragile’ Bayeux Tapestry at risk from British Museum ‘vanity project’, expert says

Criticism comes after artist David Hockney described moving the 900-year-old treasure as ‘madness’

The Independent UK

David Hockney slams plans to bring Bayeux Tapestry to UK as ‘madness’ in major intervention

Exclusive: Artist condemns British Museum plans as a ‘vanity project’ that could cause ‘irreversible damage’ to priceless artefact

The Independent UK

Why it’s madness to move the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain

COMMENT: Writing exclusively for The Independent, David Hockney fears that the British Museum is taking too much of a risk by moving the fragile tapestry to these shores – and any damage could be irreparable

The Guardian - UK

Hawaii: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans review – a feather-filled thriller full of gods, gourds and ghosts

This retelling of Captain Cook’s death and the merging of two cultures is a trove of miraculously preserved wonders – but beware of the shark-toothed club!

The Independent UK

Old-fashioned detective work and a golden bell: Inside the hunt for British Museum’s missing treasures

More than two years have passed since the British Museum revealed it was missing hundreds of precious artefacts. Alex Ross spoke to the man tasked with tracking the prized items down

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