Sensory map - British Museum

1 Sensory map Generously sponsored by the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation Welcome to the British Museum . You can use this Sensory map to identify Sensory -friendly spaces in the Museum . Please keep in mind that, as the Museum 's building and exhibitions change regularly, parts of this map may not be up to date on the day of your visit. The temperature varies as you move through the Museum and some galleries and spaces can be quite warm or cold. You may want to bring a bottle of water and extra layers of clothing to put on. Please note, you enter the Museum on the ground floor see page 4.

2 1. Lower floor Africa The Clore Centre Ford Centre for Africa for Education Young Visitors The Sainsbury Galleries Hugh and Catherine At weekends and during Room 25 Stevenson Lecture Theatre school holidays, families are welcome to picnic Claus Moser Room in the Ford Centre BP Lecture Theatre for Young Visitors. Free, just drop in. Studio Raymond and Beverly Sackler Rooms Samsung Digital Discovery Centre Level -1 Up to 21. Level -2. Up to 24. 78 West Levelstairs -2 25. 77 25 25. 80 79. Level -1 Level -2 Level -2. The Clore Centre for Education Up to Level Up to Great Court -1 & -2 Great Court Level -1 Level -1 Level -1.

3 Ford Centre for Young Visitors Tickets &. Toilets Shop Stairs Membership Desk Families Desk Great Court Accessible toilet Restaurant F (weekends and Lift school holidays only). Baby changing Caf Cloakroom Level access lift Baby feeding Information Desk Audio guide 2. Lower floor Sensory map Level -2. Level -1 Level -1. Noisy spaces Crowded spaces Natural light Quieter spaces Strong smells Lower or subdued 3. Ground floor Level 2 95 67. Level 2. Only down to 33 North Level 2. stairs Level 1 33a 33 33. Level 1. Only up to 95 and 67 North Level 1. stairs Members' Montague cloakroom Place entrance Anthropology Library Montague Level -1 Caf.

4 And Research Centre 33b North stairs Level Up to 24 and Great Court or down -1 & 0. to the Montague Place entrance Level 0. 30. West 24 26 27. Up to 20a stairs Level 0 29a 29b East Down stairs 20 to 25. Up to Members'. Room via Court Caf . 21 West stairs & lift 18 19 Great Court 9 4 Level 0 Shop Level 0 1. Court 22 Caf . 18b 18 17 23 8 4 Collections Book 1. Shop Shop 18a 16. 10 7 4 1. 18 15 Great Court F. Down to Down to 14 Clore Centre Level 0. Clore Centre South Grenville 13 6 stairs Room 2. 12 6 3. 2a Pizzeria 5 5. Level 0 Main entrance Forecourt Great Russell Street Caf.

5 Tickets &. Toilets Shop Stairs Membership Desk Families Desk Great Court Accessible toilet Restaurant F (weekends and Lift school holidays only). Baby changing Caf Cloakroom Level access lift Baby feeding Information Desk Audio guide 4. Ground floor Sensory map Level 2. Level 1. Montague Place entrance Level -1. Level 0. Please note Even though the light is natural the Great Court is very bright. Great Court Level 0 Main entrance Great Russell Street Noisy spaces Crowded spaces Natural light Quieter spaces Strong smells Lower or subdued 5. Ground floor Americas Ancient Greece Asia Exhibitions North America and Rome China and South Asia Special exhibitions Room 26 Early Greece The Sir Joseph The Sainsbury Exhibitions Room 6 Hotung Gallery Gallery Mexico Room 33 Room 30.

6 Room 27 Greece: Minoans and Mycenaeans India: Amaravati Free displays The Arthur I The Asahi Shimbun Gallery The Asahi Shimbun Displays Ancient Egypt Fleischman Gallery Room 33a Room 3. Egyptian sculpture Room 12 Chinese jade Room 4. Greece 1050 520 BC The Selwyn and Themes Room 13 Ellie Alleyne Gallery Enlightenment Room 33b Greek vases Room 1. Room 14 Korea Collecting the world The Korea Athens and Lycia Room 2. Foundation Gallery Room 15 Room 67 The Waddesdon Bequest Greece: Bassai sculptures Funded by The Chinese ceramics . Room 16* Rothschild Foundation Sir Percival David Room 2a Nereid Monument Collection Room 17 The Sir Joseph Hotung Living and Dying Centre for Ceramic Studies The Wellcome Trust Gallery Greece: Parthenon Room 95 Room 24.

7 Room 18. Greece: Athens Room 19 * Middle East Members Assyrian sculpture and Members' Room Greeks and Lycians Balawat Gates This room is exclusively 400 325 BC Room 6 available to Members, Room 20 * providing the perfect setting Assyria: Nimrud Greek vases Rooms 7 8 in which to relax in front Room 20a* of spectacular views of Assyria: Nineveh the Great Court. Facilities Mausoleum of Room 9 include free wifi and a caf . Halikarnassos serving hot and cold food. Room 21 Assyria: Lion hunts, Siege of Lachish and Khorsabad Access is via Rooms 4. The world of Alexander Room 10 or 29a and the West Room 22 stairs and lift.

8 Greek and Roman sculpture Room 23. 6. Upper floors Down to 91. Level 5 94 93 92. North stairs Level 5. Up to 94. Please note that some Level 4 91a 91 90 90a galleries may be closed at short notice due to North Levels unforeseen circumstances stairs 3&4. or refurbishment. Level 3. 66. 61. 61 62 63 64 65. West 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 East stairs stairs Down to Members' Down to Members'. Great Court Restaurant Room 73 Room on Level 2 Level 3 Level 3 52. via lift 35. Level 1 Level 1. 72 51. 71 50. 70 49. Coffee Lounge Level 3. 43a South 40 41. 69a 69 stairs 36 42. 43. 68 37 38 39.

9 Up to 69 mezzanine 47 46. Level 3 48. Tickets &. Toilets Shop Stairs Membership Desk Families Desk Great Court Accessible toilet Restaurant F (weekends and Lift school holidays only). Baby changing Caf Cloakroom Level access lift Baby feeding Information Desk Audio guide 7. Upper floors Sensory map Level 5. Level 4. Level 3. 61. Please note The clocks in Rooms 38 and 39 tick and Please note Level 3 Room 48 is very bright many chime on the hour Noisy spaces Crowded spaces Natural light Quieter spaces Strong smells Lower or subdued 8. Upper floors Ancient Egypt Asia Middle East Exhibitions Egyptian life and death Painting and calligraphy The Islamic world Special exhibitions The Michael Cohen Gallery Room 91a The Albukhary The Joseph Hotung Room 61 Foundation Gallery Great Court Gallery Japan Rooms 42 43 Room 35.

10 Egyptian death and The Mitsubishi afterlife: mummies Corporation Galleries Ancient Iran Prints and drawings The Roxie Walker Galleries Rooms 92 94 The Rahim Irvani Gallery Rooms 90 and 90a Rooms 62 63 Room 52. Free displays Early Egypt Ancient South Arabia Rooms 43a, 69a and 91. The Raymond and Europe The Raymond and Medieval Europe Beverly Sackler Gallery Beverly Sackler Gallery 1050 1500. Room 64 Room 53 Themes The Sir Paul and Clocks and watches Sudan, Egypt and Nubia Lady Ruddock Gallery Anatolia and Urartu The Sir Harry and Lady The Raymond and Room 40 7000 300 BC.