Virtual tours

Take a 3D tour of exhibitions, galleries and behind-the-scenes stores.

Go behind the scenes...

We've teamed up with Pedestal VR to bring you six immersive digital tours of the museum:

Other Worlds: The Art of Atomhawk
A British Museum touring exhibition Ancient Iraq: new discoveries 
Ice Age to Iron Age gallery (family friendly)
Ice Age to Iron Age gallery 
Biology Store
Ethnographic Store


Minimum system requirements

Windows (PC) Windows 10 or later, GPU, and at least 8 GB of RAM. 2 GB or above video memory recommended.

Mac OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite) or later, GPU, and at least 8 GB of RAM. 2 GB or above video memory recommended.


Exploring the world through amazing things can be inspirational for children and young people. Please support our work by texting GNM 3 to give £3, GNM  5 to give £5 or GNM 10 to give £10 to 70085. Texts cost your donation plus one standard message rate. 

Your support during our closure has been fantastic. Thank you.