British Museum Audio
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About this app
Start your visit early, make the most of your time at the Museum and explore the diverse collection from the comfort of your own home.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language £1.99–£4.99
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to Ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in 9 languages – English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.
The British Museum app features:
• Expert commentaries on 250 highlight objects from the collection
• 65 gallery introductions available for free
• Audio, video, text and images provide in-depth information
• Self-guided tours for exploring the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe
• A space where you can add objects to favourites
• Practical visiting information to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum
Prices (in-app purchases)
Full bundle per language £6
Themed tour per language £1.99–£4.99
How to use this app
Take a self-guided tour
Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to Ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.
Explore the collection
View some of the British Museum’s most popular objects at a glance. Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore.
Dive deeper
Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection.
Languages
Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in 9 languages – English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and British Sign Language.
Look for audio guide symbol
The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information.
Favourites
Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.
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Ratings and reviews
1,18K reviews
daisy mcphaze
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20 October 2026
bayeux tapestry audio is far too fast. not enough pauses. it's all very well saying that you should skip ahead of other people, but there were no gaps. had to keep restarting the tour and skipping scenes to get more pauses. really annoying.
Philipp Vieweg
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09 May 2022
The overall experience is not good at all. 1) The app restarts every time once left. 2) Audio guides cannot be used with the screen locked. 3) The in-app purchased tours are underwhelming, as they represent only a small collection of items concerning the topic. One does not know where the tour starts and goes. I expected some map inside the app that shows where the tour points are located. During the tour, one is just on search for the next audio guide point.
7 people found this review helpful
The British Museum
12 May 2022
Hi Philipp Vieweg, thanks for your feedback. The self-guided tours are designed to help visitors to make the most of their visit, particularly when visiting under time pressure. Tour maps are currently not available in the app but rest assured as we have been working on new features to help with wayfinding, please stay tuned for the new updates.
Darrell Hannan
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13 July 2022
Hooray! In-app payment now works so we can now purchase the additional tours (much better buying the whole bundle). It's great to have the whole museum guide available in your pocket. The audio reocordings are excellent. I'm really looking forward to my next visit where I can browse the collections using the app. Thanks for sorting out the purchase issue.
23 people found this review helpful
What's new
- Bug fixes and improvements
App support
About the developer
The British Museum
mobiledigital@britishmuseum.org
Great Russell St
LONDON
WC1B 3DG
United Kingdom
+44 7413 423349
