What does /his/ think of the British Museum?

It's great. Tons of interesting stuff on permanent display, excellent temporary exhibitions and fantastic backup for both via books and Web content.

Their toilets are the worst stygian stink pit in Christendom though. Hold it in and waddle down to the ones at the Wallace Collection.

>>2114571

Oh yeah, and good luck getting into the Egyptian section or anywhere near the real Rosetta Stone if it's busy or a weekend.

Good displays, actual books in the gift shop, mostly accessible. What more could you want?

>>2114571
All public toilets in London are frightful.

>>2114592

The ones in the Welcome collection were pretty decent.

>>2114592

Not the ones at the Wallace. 12/10. I want their toilets in my house.

>>2114455
Going there as a kid is what got me into Egyptology.

>>2114455
I'm really happy that an institution such as that has all the pieces it does. They have a proven desire and wearwhithall to preserve and protect important pieces of antiquity.

Every time I hear Egypt demanding repatriation of pieces, I cringe and worry one day they may just do it and then 10 or 15 years later we'll hear about how they wound up being irreperably damaged or destroyed.

>>2114663
its the same as Greece

they demand the return of artefacts but can't even protect the ones they have

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17081676

the artefacts were recovered but more due to the criminals incompetence than police work