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

He had revered the British Museum since he was a teenager and was incensed by the idea that a theft was continuing and that it was being perpetrated by a curator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Elina Screen, a curator at the British Museum, said the coins were dated from the 1350s to 1464, and it was this latest date that was a major clue to their story.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Just before the boy turns nineteen, the man in the grey suit removes him from the town house without notice, setting him up in a modestly sized flat with a view of the British Museum.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern