Highlights Tour A

Highlights tours illuminate the development of world cultures, including many of the Museum's star objects and world famous collections. Vistors can experience the history of diverse civilisations illustrated through artefacts from Egypt, Greece, Assyria, Rome, Sumeria, India, China, Mexico, south Pacific, Africa and Roman and Celtic Britain.

The tours last for 90 minutes. As the Museum is too vast to see all of the highlights in that time, some are covered on Tour A (daily at 1030hrs and 1500hrs) and others on Tour B (daily at 1300hrs). There is a reduction in price for visitors booking an adult ticket for both Tours A and B. Simply add both to your basket before checkout.

Highlights Tour A may cover the following:
ASSYRIA - Winged bulls from Khorsabad; lion hunt reliefs from Nineveh OR Ashurnasipal II reliefs from Nimrud
GREECE - Parthenon sculptures
EGYPT - Sculpture Gallery (North End): Rosetta Stone and major exhibits such as collossal statue of Ramesses II, Nectanebo II sarcophagus, large scarab; Funerary Archaeology Galleries: mummification
SUMERIA - treasures mainly from the royal graves of Ur
CELTIC & ROMAN BRITAIN - exhibits such as Snettisham Treasure, Battersea shield, Claudius and Hadrian bronzes, Mildenhall Treasure OR
ROMAN GALLERY - exhibits such as the Portland vase, mosaics, imperial images

Please note that content may change, depending on the volume of visitors in certain areas, gallery closures and other events happening in the Museum on the day; however, guides will always select objects of equal interest or importance.

Take your eticket to the Great Court Information Desk to receive your tour badge.