We've been shortlisted to rethink the British Museum's Grade 1 listed entrances and welcome! We are very proud to be working with @wright_and_wright @webbyates @tommasseyuk and @daisy_froud. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be developing proposals for an improved arrival landscape and welcome pavilion at both the north and south entrances of the British Museum 🏛️ The new Visitor Welcome Pavilion project is intended to help make the British Museum the most welcoming and accessible museum in the world. In the past year, visits to the Museum have exceeded pre-Covid levels to reach 6.2 million annually, making it the UK’s most popular attraction. Pictured: Mike the Cat ~ Gatekeeper 🐱 He prowled the Main Gate of the British Museum from 1909 to 1929 ! ✨ You might say there are too many gatekeepers in culture these days, but Mike was one of the good ones 👍🏼 📸 Image 1: The British Museum archives; E A Wallis Budge, Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This pamphlet was written as a tribute to Mike the cat by E A Wallis Budge Image 2: Evening News Image 3: AP, DailyMail Image 4: The British Museum Archives Image 5: TripTravelJourney Image 6: Shutterstock
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