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British Museum in London had its most successful year ever in 2013. More than 6.7 million visitors passed through its doors. previous record of 5.9 million was set in 2008. Over million more people visited museum last year than in 2012. biggest attractions were two big exhibitions. One was Life and Death in Pompeii, other was Herculaneum. director of museum said he was very happy that so many people came. He told reporters that many things happened last year. Many exhibits were loaned to museum. He also said online access meant more people decided to visit. He added: "This is truly dynamic collection that belongs to and is used by global citizenship."

British Museum has many exhibitions about human history and culture. It has about 13 million exhibits from all over world. Some countries want museum to return some of them. Greece wants Elgin Marbles back. They were originally from Parthenon in Athens. China wants museum to return many things British took from China in 19th century, and Egypt wants Rosetta Stone. museum first opened to public in 1759. Back then, only about 75 people day visited it. They could look at 71,000 objects, including 40,000 printed books, 7,000 manuscripts, and many stuffed animals, birds and insects. There were also very old objects from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Near East, Far East, and North and South America.