If there is one thing London does well, it’s free museums. The British Museum opened in 1759 and was the first national museum to open to the public anywhere in the world. It holds collections dedicated to human history, art and culture, with one of the world's largest permanent collections that documents the story of human culture over existence. It is now one of the most visited museums on the planet with around six million people walking through its doors each year.

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