London is absolutely world-class when it comes to museums. Obviously, we’re pretty biased, but with more than 170 of them dotted about the capital – a huge chunk of which are free to visit ...

Russia’s palatial institution is now the second largest in the world, with an impressive collection of three million objects ...

Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding ...

A former British Museum employee has been arrested after allegedly breaking in and shutting down the museum's security and IT systems. The person - who had recently been fired - "trespassed" at ...

The British Museum ... the Colchester Vase and the Hawkedon Helmet, to tell the story of gladiatorial contests in Roman Britain. Claire Dixon, executive director of Dorset Museum, said: "We ...

From the private collection of Sir Hans Sloane in 1753, the British Museum has grown to become one of the world's most ...

WATCH: Antiques Roadshow guest shocked at jewellery collection’s valuation Unconvinced of its worth, the owners, a British couple, stored the vase in their attic for four decades, where it ...

The Qianlong Vase, likely looted by British and French soldiers from a Peking imperial palace during the Second Opium War, was initially estimated to fetch £1million. However, as bidding ...

A British couple had presented the vase for evaluation, only for the curator to dismiss it as a "very clever reproduction" rather than an authentic piece. The 16-inch tall porcelain ornament ...

When a working-class British couple presented their vase on the show for evaluation, the curator concluded that the 16-inch tall porcelain ornament was a "very clever reproduction" but not the ...

A British couple took it on the series (originally presented by Max Robertson) on which ‘connoisseurs and customers explore the world of antiques’ and were left disappointed when the vase was ...