The British museum

The British museum is one of the oldest museums in the world and has
been free to enter since the late 1700's. It houses, amongst other
things sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens. These were brought to
london in the early 1800's. They have been on display in this
specially built room since this time.

The Rosetta stone in The British Museum is a stone with writting on it in two languages and three different scripts. It was instrumental in deciphering the Egyption Hierogylphics and was made in about 200 BC and was found in 1799 by French soldiers re-building a fort.