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THE BRITISH MUSEUM

These days, when I visit the Museum of Natural History in New York I make a point of going to see one room, once exhibit, whether it’s the meteorites or fossils or North American mammals because that’s about all I can comprehend, all one should comprehend at one sitting. So if you have only two hours at vast and impenetrable archive at the TBM, it’s pointless to pretend that you’ll actually digest what you see. Therefore the highlights: The Rosetta Stone, the mummies and Lindow Man and a bit of Roman and Egyptian art. The main exhibition, The First Emperor, was sold out weeks in advance, admitting people only with timed entry.

It's the little things you remember the most though, and The Lewis Chessmen were absolutely charming.