London Family Treasure Trail at British Museum

Experience The British Museum on my private 2 1/2 hour tour for families, which offers a very different experience from a traditional walk-and-talk around the glass cases. My tour is specially designed for families with children of various ages and, while the content is informative for the grown-ups, I offer the younger family members a 'treasure-trail' format around some of the Museum's major highlights. The challenges include reading hieroglyphs with the help of the famous Rosetta stone, exploring Egyptian beliefs in gods and the rituals associated with life and death against a backdrop of Mummies, playing the ancient game of Ur, learning new things about chess with the help of the ancient Lewis chessmen and re-discovering buried treasure, including Roman silver and a King’s helmet from the Dark Ages Sutton Hoo ship burial. My interactive tour is perfect for parents with kids who want to explore and learn in a stimulating way, in fast-moving and different 'bite-sized' sections.

Meeting Point

The British Museum

Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Please wait at telephone booth and look out for the guide wearing Blue Badge lanyard

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

The British Museum

Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG

Come with me on my tour of the treasure trove that is The British Museum! Firstly, with the help of the Rosetta stone, we will decipher the hieroglyphs of ancient Egyptian script and have a go at reading some ancient scripts. Then, we will learn about Egyptian gods and the rituals associated with life and death - which will make a visit to the gallery of Egyptian Mummies even more memorable!
Afterwards, we carry on to visit the Assyrian and Greek empires and see jaw-dropping pieces, from the Winged Bulls of Khorsabad to the Parthenon Marbles. Learn about cuneiform, a script that goes back to 3500BC and was used to write several languages of the ancient Middle East.
Let’s finish our adventure by discovering major finds of buried treasure, such as hoards of precious coins, the Roman silver banqueting service from Mildenhall and a King’s helmet from a ship burial in Suffolk. We’ll also learn about the mysterious Lewis chessmen and their influence on a scary scene in a Harry Potter movie!

3 hours