See the London Olympic medals, at the British Museum

: British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London51.51897 -0.126501
Date:: 8th February to 9th September 2012
Tickets:: Free. See britishmuseum.org
Tel:: +44 (0) 207 323 8299
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The British Museum will be hosting a small exhibition in Room 37, showcasing all the medals that can be won at the London Olympics. Also on show will be medals from the 1908 and 1948 London Olympics, and the 1960 and 1984 Paralympic Games.

The display will tell the complete story of the medals from start to finish, from the mining of the metal to the creation of the designs, to the final casting at the Royal Mint.

It will also tell the story of how Britain helped to revive the Olympics in 1850 by hosting the Games in the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock. This inspired the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin to found the modern Olympic Games in 1896. The mascots of the London 2012 Olympics are named Wenlock and Mandeville, in recognition of these earlier games.

The British Museum is one of the largest and most comprehensive museums in the world, housing a vast collection of over seven million objects from every period of human history. The objects come from every continent and include pieces from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa and the Americas.

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