British Museum

The British Museum is one of the world's most important and most visited museums. It has over seven million objects, including one of the world's most important collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts, second only to that of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In the Great Court, located in the centre of the museum, is the British Library's largest reading room, which was frequented by Karl Marx. Receiving over five million visitors a year, the British Museum is the world's third most visited museum and holds objects from every continent, grouped by place of origin.