大英博物馆位于英国伦敦，是世界上历史最悠久、藏品最全面的公共博物馆之一。博物馆起源于汉斯•斯隆爵士的捐赠，成立于 1753年，1759年对外开放。

The British Museum is one of the oldest and most comprehensive public museums in the world, located in London, England. It originated from the donation of Sir Hans Sloane. It was founded in 1753 and was opened to the public in 1759. 

目前，博物馆的藏品己达 800多万件。博物馆有十大主题展馆：古近东馆、硬币和纪念币馆、埃及馆、民族馆、希腊和罗马馆、日本馆、东方馆、史前及欧洲馆、版画和素描馆以及西亚馆。馆内约有 100个展厅。

The museum currently houses over 8 million items.It is mainly divided into 10 galleries: Ancient Near East Gallery, Coins and Medals Gallery, Egypt Gallery, Ethnic Gallery, Greek and Rome Gallery, Japan Gallery, Oriental Gallery, Prehistoric and European Gallery, Printmaking & Sketch Gallery and West Asia Gallery. There are about 100 display rooms.

大中庭位于博物馆中心，是目前欧洲最大的有顶广场。广场中央为穹顶阅览室。马克思、奥斯卡•王尔德、萧伯纳都曾在这里阅读过。每年，博物馆接纳访客超过六百万人次。博物馆免门票，但部分展室收费。

The Great Court is the largest covered square in Europe, located in the center of the museum. In the center of the square is the domed reading room. Marx, Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw all read here. Every year, the museum receives over six million visitors. The admission is free, but some exhibition rooms are charged. 

罗塞塔石碑

The Rosetta Stone

罗塞塔石碑是古埃及的一块大石碑，约公元前 196年由埃及的祭司刻写。石碑上对同一内容刻有三种文字：一种是古埃及象形文字（圣书体），另一种是埃及草书（世俗体），最后还有一种是古希腊文。

The Rosetta Stone is a large stone from ancient Egypt, created around 196BCE by Egyptian priests. The stone is inscribed with the same content in three different scripts: 

由于古希腊文字是学者们熟悉的语言，通过对比，学者们成功破译了古埃及象形文字的含义。

Since Ancient Greek was a language that scholars could already read, they were able to compare it to the hieroglyphs and decode their meanings.

帕特农神庙雕塑

The Parthenon Sculptures

帕特农神庙位于古希腊的雅典，是为了纪念雅典娜女神而建造的。帕特农神庙雕塑是这座神庙中不同类型的大理石建筑装饰的集合。大英博物馆收藏了 15个墙面间饰（柱间壁）、17个山形墙雕像和 75米的原始楣板。即使今天，这些雕塑仍被认为是古代艺术的巅峰之作，吸引了成千上万的游客前来参观。

The Parthenon, located in Athens, Greece, was built in honor of the goddess Athena. The Parthenon Sculptures are a collection of different types of marble architectural decoration from the Parthenon. The British Museum houses 15 metopes, 17 pedimental figures and 75 metres of the original frieze. Even today, these sculptures are considered the pinnacle of ancient art and attract millions of visitors from around the world.   

女史箴图

The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies

《女史箴图》是存世最早的中国绢画，在中国美术史上具有里程碑意义。这幅画是东晋 著名画家顾恺之所绘，灵感来自西晋文学家张华的《女史箴》一文。1903年该作品被博物馆收藏，成为该馆最重要的东方文物。出于保护文物考虑，它每年只能展出六周。

The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies is the earliest surviving Chinese silk painting and holds a significant milestone in the history of Chinese art. It was painted by the famous painter Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He drew his inspiration from the text written by Zhang Hua of the Western Jin Dynasty. Collected by the museum in 1903, it became the most important Oriental cultural relic of the museum. Due to conservation precautions, it can only be displayed for six weeks each year.