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Join us at Museum Tavern. The Museum Tavern in Bloomsbury is a quintessentially British Pub situated just opposite the British Museum. This cosy and elegant pub is a slice of culture itself and was the work of architect William Finch Hill.
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Museum Tavern in Bloomsbury, London Pub Review and Details
The Museum Tavern is a fine pub located across the road from the British Museum - we guess the clue was in the name.
Happily, it has managed to maintain its high standards over the years and despite having a regular tourist clientele - something that doesn't always work to the benefit of a pub - it still manages to be a decent place.
There's an unusually decent choice of ale on the pumps - with seven pumps to choose from, you're bound to find something you like.
And despite recent rumours to the contrary, the overall standard of service is excellent and the friendly staff cope well with the busy crowds who descend during the day for a spot of lunch.
As you might expect it's a very handy place to meet before a visit to the British Museum, or perhaps afterwards to contemplate the Mummy of Hornedjitef with a pint.
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London Locations – 49 Great Russell Street, Museum Tavern, Alpha ...
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Figure 2: Google Maps screenshot of Museum Tavern as of today From what we know about the 49 Great Russell Street, or the Alpha Inn, (now known as the Museum Tavern because of the popularity from museum goers) from the Blue Carbuncle is that Henry Baker had purchased the goose, unknowing of the precious gem inside, from the Alpha Inn near the British Museum.
According to an article on the British History website, a very wealthy and talented artist and scientist Benjamin Wilson lived on Great Russell Street for the ending of his life in the 1700s, giving us insight that significant people who can afford to live on this street have been doing so for a hundred years (Nos. 55 and 56, Great Queen Street).
From a court preceding in Old Bailey’s Archive made in 1811, John Jones was a poulterer on Great Russell Street who had some product stolen from him (“John Jones, theft”).
This is very interesting information because in the original Holmes story, a piece of poultry was sold on that street, giving the readers information that Great Russell Street is a popular market, and one good enough to steal from.
‘Nos. 55 and 56, Great Queen Street.’
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However when the British Museum was built in the 1760s, the owners decided to change the name to the British Museum Tavern in 1762 and in 1858 after a refit it became the Museum Tavern.
It’s position at the entrance to the British Museum means it has for centuries been a favourite port of call for the many visitors, academics and workers in the area.
When the British Library was inside of the British Museum it attracted the great minds and thinkers, a regular user was Karl Marx and it has been said that the Museum Tavern was his ‘local’ whilst he was rewriting history.
Other famous visitors to the Tavern have included Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and J. B. Priestley.
There is no doubt even up to the present day a wide range of people have frequented the Museum Tavern which is part of its charm, it is a traditional London pub owned by Taylor Walker Brewery with real ales on tap and traditional food being served.
Museum Tavern, Bloomsbury
"I was with my friend for dinner tonight, everything was fine until the waitress dropped the oil on the floor.
All oli spilled over my new shirt and my hair.
"I was with my friend for dinner tonight, everything was fine until the waitress dropped the oil on the floor.
All oli spilled over my new shirt and my hair.
I didn’t even hear a word, I'm sorry.
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Museum Tavern | Bars and pubs in Bloomsbury, London
Inevitably pandering to tourists who flock to the British Museum opposite – note the £5 T-shirts behind the bar – this attractive, traditional hostelry also appeals to Londoners with a taste for decent ales.
Harvey’s Sussex Best, Timothy Taylor Landlord, Theakston Old Peculiar, Daleside Spring Frenzy, Young’s Gold, Hobgoblin and Fuller’s London Pride line a bar counter also stocked with Hendrick’s gin, Cockburn’s port, Pimm’s, and Glenmorangie, Laphroaig and Talisker whiskies – British or what?
These bottles beckon before a beautiful gilt-mirrored back bar, evidence of the major mid-1800s refurb of this tavern, then the Dog & Duck, which has been operating from the 1700s (when this area was surrounded by marshes, and not crocodiles of cagouled Italians and the stench of over-priced hot dogs).
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The redesigned Great Court Restaurant at the British Museum reopens in January 2014, serving traditional European dishes at lunch and tea, with dinner on Friday evenings.
The set menu will change according to the exhibitions at the museum.
It's the latest venture from Benugo, which operates restaurants in various cultural venues including the V&A and Natural History Museum.