The British Museum Campuses

The British Museum's main campus in Bloomsbury is the epicenter for global research, curation, public education, and display of human history, art, and culture from prehistoric times to the present. It hosts comprehensive departments dedicated to specific regions and disciplines, supporting advanced academic study, conservation, and interdisciplinary programs through study rooms, libraries, and collaborative research initiatives.

• Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas: Manages 350,000 ethnographic objects representing indigenous arts, regalia, and artifacts from African sculptures to Pacific Islander carvings and pre-Columbian American relics.
• Department of Asia: Oversees 75,000+ items spanning Neolithic to modern Asia, including Chinese bronzes, Japanese prints, Indian sculptures, and Southeast Asian ethnographica.
• Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory: Covers human origins, prehistoric tools, Roman-British treasures, and European medieval artifacts.
• Department of Egypt and Sudan: Houses over 100,000 Egyptian antiquities, mummies, coffins, papyri, and Nubian sculptures from Palaeolithic to Coptic eras.
• Department of Greece and Rome: Curates 100,000+ Classical antiquities like Parthenon sculptures, vases, bronzes, and mosaics from Bronze Age to late Antiquity.
• Department of the Middle East: 330,000 Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, Assyrian reliefs, Persian treasures, and Islamic art from Neolithic to medieval periods.
• Department of Coins and Medals: One million numismatic items from 7th century BC coinage origins to contemporary paper money.
• Department of Prints and Drawings: 50,000 drawings and 2 million prints of Western graphic arts from Leonardo da Vinci to modern masters.
• Department of Conservation and Scientific Research: Specializes in artifact preservation across materials and advanced scientific analysis for authentication and study.

Libraries and archives support school, undergraduate, and postgraduate research with 350,000+ volumes.