From dusty Roman relics to industrial marvels, Britain's museums tell our story in glass cases and grand halls. Rank these five institutions by which one truly captures your imagination.
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The British Museum
Home to the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures and millions of objects spanning human history. Free entry, but the debates over its contents are anything but settled.
Imperial War Museum
From Spitfires hanging overhead to the harrowing Holocaust galleries, IWM Lambeth confronts the human cost of modern warfare with unflinching honesty.
National Railway Museum, York
The Mallard, the Flying Scotsman and a royal train or two β a love letter to the railways that shrunk Britain and reshaped the world.
V&A Museum
Seven miles of galleries in South Kensington showcasing fashion, ceramics, sculpture and design from across centuries and continents.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Founded in 1683, this Oxford gem houses everything from Egyptian mummies to Stradivarius violins, all wrapped in scholarly charm.
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