🏛 Landmarks & buildings
British Museum
national museum in London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 51.5194, -0.1269
British Museum is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.
“The scenes of Scarlet Witch massacring the Illuminati were shot at the British Museum of London, with Marvel using CGI to add a new room with a glass entrance and a few statues for the background.”
Movies filmed at British Museum
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names British Museum as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
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The Mummy Returns
2001
“Filming also took place in various locations around London, including the British Museum and Tower Bridge.” Wikipedia
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014
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Fleabag
2016–
“The feminist lecture was at the British Museum's Lecture Theatre in Russell Square.” Wikipedia
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Blackmail
1929
“Without informing the producers, Hitchcock used the Schüfftan process to film the scenes in the Reading Room of the British Museum since the light levels were too low for normal filming.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Fountain Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
former television studio complex located in Wembley Park, London
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Grosvenor Square
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
square in the Mayfair district of London, England, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Tower of London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
castle in central London, United Kingdom
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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Battersea Power Station
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
decommissioned coal-fired power station in London, now in use as a premium shopping centre
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Criterion Restaurant
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
restaurant in London
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at British Museum?
6 productions are recorded as filmed at British Museum, including The Day of the Jackal (1973), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and The Mummy Returns (2001). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at British Museum?
The Day of the Jackal (1973), covered by 43 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is British Museum?
British Museum is in the United Kingdom, at 51.5194, -0.1269.
What other filming locations are near British Museum?
The Fountain Studios, Grosvenor Square, Tower of London, Pinewood Studios and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0.