Landmarks & buildings
British Museum
national museum in London, United Kingdom
England · 51.5194, -0.1269
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK·Official site
British Museum is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 7 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
- Maurice 1987
- Arabesque 1966
- Howards End 2017–
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
British Museum Reading Room
England·under 1 km
former main reading room of the British Library
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Streets & squares
Great Russell Street
England·under 1 km
street in the London Borough of Camden
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Landmarks & buildings
Senate House
England·under 1 km
ceremonial and administrative centre of the University of London
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Landscapes & nature
Bedford Square
England·under 1 km
garden square in the Borough of Camden in London, England, UK
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Landmarks & buildings
University of London
England·under 1 km
federal research university in London, England
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Landscapes & nature
Russell Square
England·under 1 km
Grade II listed garden square in Camden, London, England, UK
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at British Museum?
8 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). 7 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 Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK. Its coordinates are 51.5194, -0.1269.
What other filming locations are near British Museum?
British Museum Reading Room (under 1 km), Great Russell Street (under 1 km), Senate House (under 1 km), Bedford Square (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
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.