Private Guided Tour of the British Museum - Tickets Included
Overview
Available languages
2 hours
Mobile ticket
Forget about big groups of strangers or running after a guide with a tight schedule leading a big group. Treat your family, your friends, your partner or just yourself with this PRIVATE tour. No strangers will be part of the group, only you and whoever is travelling with you. In two hours you will visit the most important artifacts and lesser know objects. In this private tour you will be able to learn about many different civilizations in the humanity's history at your own pace, without having to follow a large group. The guide will be friendly, professional and will customize the tour according to the group needs, for example in case of couples or families with kids adapting the approach. The British Museum is huge but in 2 hours you will have an overview of the most significant objects like, but not limited to, the Rosetta Stone, Ramses II, Double headed serpent, Parthenon Marbles, the Moai from Easter Island, Lewis Chessmen, the Waddesdon Bequest and the Assyrian Lamassu.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
The British Museum
I will meet you at Montague Pl, the north entrance of the museum. We will then enter and I will guide you for the next two hours around the museum where I will show the most important artifacts.
Options
British Museum Private Tour
Up to 6 People
What‘s Included
Tour guide
Tickets will be provided by text the day before
Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
225 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Vanessa taught us a lot :)
Michelle B,Jun 29, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Vanessa was an excellent and knowledgeable tour guide. We learned a lot and it was our best British Museum tour yet!
Big Place. Lots to see....
Tracey B,Jun 28, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Big Place. Lots to see. There can be a crowds so give yourself plenty of time to see everything. There are food and drink options but expensive.
Perfect!
rose98,Jun 25, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00LOVED this tour! Damiano, our tour guide, was fantastic. He read our group of four perfectly and tailored the experience to us. He was also passionate and knowledgeable about culture and history and I would highly recommend him. Overall a wonderful experience.
Pedro did an excellent...
Keith W,Jun 24, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Pedro did an excellent job for us on this tour. It was our first time to tour the Museum, and it would have been quite overwhelming without some structure. We had a great "highlights" expert tour, and then were able to walk around on our own afterwards to revisit some areas of interest. Highly recommend.
We arrived at the British...
Geoff M,Jun 24, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00We arrived at the British Museum and met the company's coordinator. It appeared that he was going to give a tour, and two other employees were going to give tours that same morning. One of the tour guides was there when we arrived, and she engaged our young son in remarkable ways. However, she was assigned to another gentleman, and when that gentleman arrived, they left for their tour. Our guide was 10 minutes late, and although he was a pleasant person, it didn't seem like he had been informed about the pre-tour communications our family had with the tour operator. Namely, we wanted a tour of the highlights and would be with our five-year-old son. My partner and I are educators, so we were able to help the tour guide engage our child, but it was clearly not the guide's strength (versus the tour guide we had met earlier that morning). Further, it was clear that the tour guide had not been informed that we wanted to see highlights. He spent more time than expected in a single gallery look at church items, which limited our time to see other galleries in the museum. When we asked him to speed things up a bit and move onto other portions of the museum that a) we wanted to see and b) would engage our son, he was responsive to our feedback. Further, it didn't seem like he had spent much time in the museum, and he acknowledged he had only been a guide for 2 months. Again, he was generous with his time (and was willing to go over the specified duration), but his navigation of the museum could have been approved with pre-planning or experience.
Worth the early arrival!
reneesmith14,Jun 19, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Entertaining history and stories with Sophie Prior to Beefeater intro and opening ceremony. Worth the early arrival time. Beat the crowds to view Crown Jewels.
Knowledgeable
Jann T,Jun 18, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Very knowledgeable. Enjoyed it. Thank you very much. The museum was fabulous. Running out of things to say
Very interesting
O8510BAbarbarac,Jun 14, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Damiano is a guarantee, friendly, professional, and very well-prepared!
Outstanding guide
rgesq,Jun 2, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Stefania is a highly knowledgeable and generous guide. We had to pause briefly for a break, so she kindly added that time onto the end of the tour, although she could’ve ended it at the designated time. Her background is in art history, so we highly recommend her, especially for tours of the British Museum or similar.
Interesting & informative! Would have not been able to navigate this huge museum without our guide! Pedro was so passionate it w
tonniem951,May 25, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fabulous tour! Pedro was an amazing guide and made the history come to life!
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