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 tapestry will be leaving Bayeux for only the third time in its history before being put on display for nine months at the British Museum.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

I first got to know Ittai in summer 2023, when he responded to an email from me, a few days after the British Museum had made the thefts public.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

With their rescuer gone, Penelope, Simon, Madame Ionesco, and the children were left standing at the entrance to the British Museum.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood