British Museum

On February 11, 2009, we took a British Life and Culture field trip to the British Museum. The tour guide I had was Mark Bishop. He led my group into the lobby of the museum where the ceiling was a complex set of triangle glass pieces and metal. According to wikipedia, it is made up of steel and glass “with 1,656 uniquely shaped panes of glass.” The structure was amazing. It was opened to the public in December 2000 and “is the largest covered square in Europe,” (wikipedia).
The British Museum is one of the largest museums in the world. They have exhibits with objects from a bunch of different countries like Egypt, Greece, Germany, Japan, China, and others.
The museum has a large, impressive Egyptian exhibit. They have a ton of mummies, jewelry and art. One piece they have is Nebamun hunting in the marshes from Nebamun's tomb-chapel, which is one of the most famous Egyptian paintings ever.
Not only is their Egyptian collection impressive, but they also have a lot of Greek statues. My favorite was the pieces from the Parthenon.
I found it quite interesting that having so many objects from so many places has caused problems for the British Museum. Egypt wants Nebamun hunting in the marshes wall painting, among other relics Britain has, returned to them. Also, Greece is trying to get the stone carvings from the Parthenon back. These two countries want these relics back because they symbolize an important, historical part of their culture. Britain’s denial to return these items cannot be helping with their relationships with these two governments. As for now though, they are all getting along.

Some information taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum