British Museum

American  

noun

1. a national depository and museum in London, England, housing important collections in archaeology, art, and natural history.

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British Museum British  

noun

1. a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British Library

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Example Sentences

The British Museum has postponed a Jewish Culture Month event on ancient Israel and Judah over fears of planned protests.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Shortly before Gradel died April 28 at the age of 61, the museum presented him with its British Museum medal in appreciation for his efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

And a Peter Higgs, he soon learned, was a longtime curator at the British Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Dr Ittai Gradel, the academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of many hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum, has died of cancer, aged 61.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

She too had noticed that most of the entries were in the form of little poems, except for the one about Gallery Seventeen at the British Museum, which went on for pages.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood