British Museum Visitor Regulations
Opening hours
We open the Museum's galleries daily from 10：00 am until 17：30 pm. We keep selected galleries open until 20：30 pm on Fridays.
The Museum's Great Court is open from 9:00 am until 18:00 pm; except on Fridays when it remains open until 20:30 pm.
You may be asked by your staff to begin leaving up to ten minutes before closing time.
The Museum is closed 24-26 December and 1 January.
Admission
We warmly welcome you on your visit to the Museum. In the interests of the security of all of our visitors we require you follow these regulations.
Admission to the Museum is free, but we may charge for entry to some temporary exhibitions and events.
Food and drink
You aren't allowed to consume food and drink inside the Museum, except in places such as the restaurant and cafes or the forecourt. Families with children may use the Ford Centre for young visitors in the basement of the Museum's Great Court at weekends and during school holidays.
Animals
If you have a disability, you may be accompanied in the Museum by your guide, assistant or companion animal. You aren't allowed to bring animals into the Museum under any other circumstance.
Film, photography and audio recording
Except the place that are indicated by notices, you're permitted to use hand-held cameras (including mobile phones) with flash bulbs or flash units, and audio and film recording equipment not requiring a stand. You may use your photographs, film and audio recordings only for your own private and non-commercial purposes.
