The British Museum Tour for Families with Kids

A tour specially to engage young people with object-based story telling.

We'll see the must-see highlights in one of the greatest museums in the world. Find out the fascinating stories behind the objects delivered in an entertaining style for young budding history lovers.

We'll ask all the big questions , why were these objects made, how did they get here, all told by former official British Museum tour guide who knows the museum so well he's even had sleepovers in the mummies gallery.

IMPORTANT: The museum sometimes restricts entry due to high volume of visitors. So to be on the safe side, please pre-book free of charge tickets from the official British Museum website for each of your group. Thanks!

Some of the highlights in this tour include

• the museum building itself, with its glass roof and the troublesome diving birds
• the museum's founder and his relationship with chocolate
• the Rosetta Stone, and the teenage boy-king who needed friends to survive; how the stone was discovered and how hieroglyphs were deciphered
• the Egyptian gallery and the bust of Pharoah Rameses II; how did they manage to get a 8 tonne statue out of the desert? With a circus strongman of course who could lift 17 people!
• the Parthenon sculptures (the ‘Elgin Marbles') and the stories behind the Greek mythology.
• Anglo Saxon buried gold of Sutton Hoo and how it was dug out of the ground. Do you own the gold treasures that you find in your own back garden?
• Roald Dahl's tale of two Suffolk farmer who found a huge hoard of Roman Silver and got in to a bit of bother.
• The most famous chess set in the world that influenced the Harry Pottter film
• The Mayans, Aztecs
• A little mermaid that fooled many people
• A crystal skull that is a fake
• Mummies - why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their dead and what happens if you unwrap one?
• The oldest board game in the world which is 4,500 years old - I'll teach you how to play it!

The tour guide

I'm Loona Hazarika of Let's Discover London and I've guided thousands of people around my birthplace London since 2006.

I've appeared on TV documentaries such as BBC TV’s The ‘Hairy Builder’, BBC1's The Repair Shop and SKY Atlantic’s ‘Urban Secrets’ and gave two of the British Museum's offical tours for 5 years. I'm a regular speaker for several online platforms and have a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge. For my other guided walks please see my Eventbrite collection here

Tour details:

2.5 to 3 hours approximately. We will take a short break at half time if you want to freshen up with a drink from the museum cafe or sit down (please note, drinks are not allowed in the galleries)

Children must be accompanied by adults.

Adults must be accompanied by children.

Please note: this tour may be cancelled if there are not enough people. You will be given a full refund.

How to join the guided walk:

Book your tickets here.

I'll email you with the exact details of the meeting place well in advance of the tour and give you my phone number (whatsapp or SMS is best).

If you have any questions just contact me. I can also guide school groups.

For more of my tours please visit our website Let's Discover London.