Private Guided Tour of the British Museum - Tickets Included
Description
Forget about big groups of strangers or running after a guide with a tight schedule leading a big group. Treat your family, your friends, your partner or just yourself with this PRIVATE tour. No strangers will be part of the group, only you and whoever is travelling with you. In two hours you will visit the most important artifacts and lesser know objects. In this private tour you will be able to learn about many different civilizations in the humanity's history at your own pace, without having to follow a large group. The guide will be friendly, professional and will customize the tour according to the group needs, for example in case of couples or families with kids adapting the approach. The British Museum is huge but in 2 hours you will have an overview of the most significant objects like, but not limited to, the Rosetta Stone, Ramses II, Double headed serpent, Parthenon Marbles, the Moai from Easter Island, Lewis Chessmen, the Waddesdon Bequest and the Assyrian Lamassu.
Tour Options
Itinerary
I will meet you at Montague Pl, the north entrance of the museum. We will then enter and I will guide you for the next two hours around the museum where I will show the most important artifacts.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(232)
The guide on our tour was Damiano. He was extremely knowledgeable and eager to make sure that we had a good experience at the museum. In two hours, we were able to see all the main attractions, and he explained things well. The highlight of the tour was seeing the Rosetta Stone.
Joseph was fabulous! So knowledgeable about all the areas. So glad we booked private, it made this a wonderful experience! Highly recommend!
Joe was a great tour guide! He was friendly, knowledgable and kept the whole family interested, even the teen boys.
Pedro was a great tour guide! You could really tell he is passionate about history and enjoyed sharing that with us.
Giovani was a knowledgeable and engaging guide but unable to adjust his narrative for the audience. The adults in our group learned a good amount and enjoyed the tour but the two young kids zoned out right away and took away little. A private guide should be better able to gauge the audience and tailor the talk track accordingly. A good script is important especially given museum’s size and limited amount of time, but a good idea would be to ask participants (especially young ones) which object they would like to learn more about. There were several points during the tour when we had to “translate” what we just learned from academic to kids language. Also I would expect a private guide to ensure that the entire group has assembled and is able to pay attention before sharing more information rather than proceeding to share more with whoever was around at the time. Voice projection and making sure a guide is at the right angle to the audience is also important when speaking in a noisy setting. As for logistics, the directions were clear but I dislike when organizers assume that everyone in the world should use WhatsApp and automatically start routing customer communication there without ever advising customers in Viator. Some people don’t + there are good reasons to keep all communications to the Viator app to avoid misunderstandings and give the platform a chance to review and arbitrate if needed. Overall, solid experience for the adults in our group and mostly a write off for the other half.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. I’m pleased that the adults in your group found Giovanni knowledgeable and engaging. I’m sorry that the tour did not meet your expectations for the younger members of your family. That said, I do feel it’s important to provide some context. Throughout the tour, Giovanni was repeatedly interrupted and challenged with claims that historical monuments such as the pyramids and the Parthenon were built by aliens or giants rather than according to established historical and archaeological evidence. This made it difficult for him to deliver the tour as intended and created an uncomfortable situation. Regarding communication before the tour, your description is unfortunately not accurate. Our booking information clearly states that tickets, meeting instructions and meeting point photos may be sent by text message, email or WhatsApp, depending on the contact details provided by the guest. In your booking, only a phone number was provided, so we used that to ensure you received all the necessary information before the tour. Viator’s messaging system does not allow us to send tickets or meeting point images, which is why an alternative contact method is sometimes necessary. As soon as you requested that everything be sent by email, I did so immediately. This is the process we have successfully used with thousands of guests, and this is the first time anyone has expressed dissatisfaction with it. Had an email address been available from the outset, I would have been happy to use it instead. We always welcome constructive feedback, as it helps us improve our service. However, we also believe it is important that reviews accurately reflect the experience and the circumstances in which it took place. We wish you and your family all the best.
Joe was an absolute excellent guide
Excellent guide with remarkable knowledge and insight. Really enjoyed the experience. We would have been lost without it.
Vanessa was an excellent and knowledgeable tour guide. We learned a lot and it was our best British Museum tour yet!
Big Place. Lots to see. There can be a crowds so give yourself plenty of time to see everything. There are food and drink options but expensive.
LOVED this tour! Damiano, our tour guide, was fantastic. He read our group of four perfectly and tailored the experience to us. He was also passionate and knowledgeable about culture and history and I would highly recommend him. Overall a wonderful experience.
