Ground floor Level 2

Level 2
95 67 Toilets

Only down to 33 North Level 2

stairs Accessible toilet

Don’t miss Level 1 33a 33 C 33 B

Baby changing
Level 1
A The Holy Thorn Reliquary,
Only up to 95 and 67 North Level 1
stairs
Room 2a Visitor and Member
A medieval masterpiece Groups Montague cloakroom
entrance Place entrance
B Tang dynasty figures, Anthropology Library Montague
Level -1 Café Shop
and Research Centre 33b
Room 33
From the tomb of a general North stairs Level
Up to 24 and Great Court or down -1 & 0
to the Montague Place entrance
Information Desk
C Shiva Nataraja
Level 0
(Lord of the Dance), Room 33 30
A remarkable bronze sculpture Ticket Desk
from south India
West 24 26 27
Hoa Hakananai’a, Room 24 Up to 20a stairs
D

A colossal ancestor figure from Level 0 29a 29b East M Membership Desk
D Down
stairs
Rapa Nui/Easter Island 20 to 25

Families Desk
F
Up to Members’
Room via Court Café
E Bust of Ramesses II, Room 4 21 West stairs
(weekends and school holidays only)
& lift
A spectacular statue of a great 18 19 Great Court
Egyptian pharaoh
9 4 Level 0 Shop Level 0 1 G Guide Desk
E Court
F Assyrian Lion Hunt reliefs, 22 Café
Room 10 18b Café
An ancient king’s triumph over G
nature 18 17 23 8 4 Collections Book 1
Shop Shop Stairs
G Parthenon sculptures, 18a
Room 18 F
16
Iconic sculpture from ancient G M Lift
Greece 10 7 4 1
18 15 Great Court
F
Level access lift
Down to Down to
14 Clore Centre
Level 0
Clore Centre
Some galleries will close Grenville
at short notice due to 13 6 South Room 2
stairs
refurbishment or
unforeseen circumstances. 12 6 3
Please visit the website for A
the latest information. 2a
Pizzeria 5 5
*Rooms 7, 9, 10, 19, 20
and 20a are open Level 0 Main entrance Forecourt
11.00–15.00 each day. Great Russell Street Café

Americas Ancient Greece Asia Exhibitions Members

North America and Rome China and South Asia Special exhibitions Members’ Room
Room 26 Early Greece The Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery The Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery This room is exclusively available
Room 6 Room 33 Room 30 to Members, providing the perfect
Mexico
setting in which to relax in front
Room 27 Greece: Minoans and India: Amaravati Free displays
of spectacular views of the Great
Mycenaeans The Asahi Shimbun Gallery The Asahi Shimbun Displays
Court. Facilities include a café
The Arthur I Fleischman Gallery Room 33a Room 3
serving hot and cold food. Access
Ancient Egypt Room 12 Chinese jade via Rooms 4 or 29a and the West
Egyptian sculpture The Selwyn and Ellie Alleyne stairs and lift.
Greece 1050–520 BC
Room 4
Room 13 Gallery Themes
Room 33b Enlightenment
Greek vases Room 1
Room 14 Korea
The Korea Foundation Gallery Collecting the world
Athens and Lycia Room 67 Room 2
Room 15
Chinese ceramics – The Waddesdon Bequest
Greece: Bassai sculptures Sir Percival David Collection Funded by The Rothschild
Room 16 The Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Foundation
Ceramic Studies Room 2a
Nereid Monument
Room 17 Room 95 Living and Dying
The Wellcome Trust Gallery
Greece: Parthenon Room 24
Room 18 Middle East
Greece: Athens Assyrian sculpture and
Room 19* Balawat Gates
Room 6
Greeks and Lycians
400–325 BC Assyria: Nimrud
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Upper floor Level 5 94 93 92 Toilets

North stairs
Level 5
Accessible toilet

Don’t miss
Baby changing

H The Lewis Chessmen, Room 40

The most famous chess set in the world Great Court Restaurant
Up to 94
I Astrolabe, Room 42
Galleries may close due
A spectacular scientific instrument from Level 4 90 90a Café
to refurbishment or
the Islamic world unforeseen circumstances.
North Levels Some galleries are subject
J Oxus Treasure, Room 52 stairs 3&4
to reduced daily opening. Stairs
Fabulous metalwork from ancient Iran
Level 3
66
K The Portland Vase, Room 70 Lift
The Roman inspiration for Wedgwood
61
61 62 63 64 65

West 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 East
stairs stairs
Down to
Members’ Down to
Members’
Great Court Restaurant J
Room
73 Room on
Level 2 Level 3 Level 3 52
via lift
35
Level 1 Level 1
72 51

71 50

70 49

Coffee
Lounge
Level 3

43a
Some galleries will close at South 40
H
41
69 stairs 36 42
short notice due to I
refurbishment or unforeseen 43
circumstances. Please visit 68 37 38 39
Up to 69 mezzanine
the website for the latest 47 46
information.

*Rooms 57 and 58 are open Level 3 48

11.00–15.00 each day.

Ancient Egypt Asia Middle East Themes

Egyptian life and death Japan The Islamic world Clocks and watches
The Michael Cohen Gallery The Mitsubishi Corporation The Albukhary Foundation Gallery The Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly
Room 61 Galleries Rooms 42–43 Gallery
Rooms 92–94 Rooms 38–39
Egyptian death and afterlife: Ancient Iran
mummies The Rahim Irvani Gallery Money
The Roxie Walker Galleries Room 52 Room 68
Rooms 62–63 Europe
Medieval Europe 1050–1500 Ancient South Arabia
Early Egypt The Sir Paul and Room 53
Room 64 Lady Ruddock Gallery
Members
Anatolia and Urartu Members’ Room
Room 40
Sudan, Egypt and Nubia 7000–300 BC This room is exclusively available
Room 65 Sutton Hoo and Europe Room 54 to Members, providing the perfect
AD 300–1100 setting in which to relax in front
Ethiopia and Coptic Egypt Mesopotamia 1500–539 BC
The Sir Paul and of spectacular views of the Great
Room 66 Room 55
Lady Ruddock Gallery Court. Facilities include a café
Room 41 Mesopotamia serving hot and cold food. Access
6000–1500 BC via Rooms 4 or 29a and the West
Ancient Greece Europe 1400–1800
Room 56 stairs and lift.
and Rome Room 46
Greek and Roman life Ancient Levant
Europe 1800–1900
Room 69 Rooms 57*, 58*, 59
Room 47
Roman Empire Europe 1900 to the present
The Wolfson Gallery Room 48
Room 70 Exhibitions
Roman Britain Special exhibitions
Etruscan world The Weston Gallery The Joseph Hotung Great Court
Room 71 Room 49 Gallery
Room 35 UnionPay, a global payment
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The A. G. Leventis Gallery 800 BC–AD 43 Prints and drawings
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Room 72 Room 50 Rooms 90 and 90a
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Greeks in Italy Europe and Middle East Free displays
Room 73 10,000-800 BC Room 43a Sponsored by

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Lower floor Toilets

Accessible toilet

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L Brass plaques from Benin,

Room 25 Baby feeding

Masterpieces of African art

Stairs

Lift

Level -1 Up to 21
Level -2

Up to 24

78 West
Levelstairs
-2 25
77 25 25
80 79
Level -1 L
Level -2 Level -2

The Clore Centre for Education The Clore Centre for Education is
not accessible to the public unless
attending a scheduled event,
Up to Level Up to
public programming or educational
Great Court -1 & -2 Great Court activities. The Ford Centre for
Young Visitors is open for families
Level -1 Level -1 Level -1
Ford Centre for Young Visitors to access on weekends and
school holidays only.
Some galleries will close
at short notice due to
refurbishment or
unforeseen circumstances.
Please visit the website for
the latest information.

Africa The Clore Centre Ford Centre for Young

Africa for Education Visitors
The Sainsbury Galleries Hugh and Catherine At weekends and during school
Room 25 Stevenson Lecture Theatre holidays, families are welcome to
picnic in the Ford Centre for Young
Claus Moser Room Visitors. Free, just drop in.
BP Lecture Theatre

Studio

Rooms A and B

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Discovery Centre

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