The British Museum Visit.

There cannot be a more impressive centre than this in any of our museums. The remarkable Sir Norman Foster designed glass roof is in itself worthy of praise as it spreads light around the reading room and into the surrounding display areas.
As a young adult I found the museum as a whole a bit daunting as it is full of exhibits that can be too much to take in on one visit, but with the passing years I find that I have a greater capacity to want to learn and don't rush things as I used to.
The major highlights include the infamous Lord Elgin marbles which are fantastic in their amount and details of scenes from the Greek golden era showing horses ridden by great warriors into battle. There have been many requests by the Greek governments for their return, but so far they remain here. The museum displays a notice stating that they believe they have saved these marbles from extinction by moving them from the site that would have led to their eventual destruction from pollution and vandalism. Lord Elgin had bought these sections and had them shipped over as a private collection. I cannot ever imagine that these will be returned.
The Rosetta Stone is another example of an important object that was gained in a peace treaty during the good old British Empire days when the French Army was defeated. The reason for the importance of this engraved stone is within the inscriptions chiseled into it. There are three translations of the same script in different language's used during this period, the stone was the first stage in the translation of hieroglyphics to Greek, and has been crucial in solving many of the Egyptian writings in the tombs of the Pharoahs.
Ask any child that has been here what their favorite section was and I am sure they would say the Egyptian mummies, as some of the burial coffins still show the interiors and embalming process of the inhabitants. Loads of bones and skulls, what more could kids want ?
From the exhibits of the exciting Victorian days of massive private curio collections, to the Roman treasure unearthed in Britain on a glorious scale, you have the privilege of one of the world finest collections, and all free of charge.