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The British Museum vs Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Both Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and British Museum are praised by those who travel for a living. On balance, British Museum is the choice of most reviewers compared to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. British Museum scores 97 with recommendations from 12 reviewers like Time Out, Afar Magazine and Travel + Leisure.
The British Museum
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Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
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Fodor's
"This celebrated treasure house, filled with plunder of incalculable value and beauty from around the globe, occupies an immense, imposing neoclassical building in the heart of Bloomsbury."
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Concierge
"One of the single greatest museums in the world, the British Museum houses collections that date from the prehistoric to the modern—in sum, the works of mankind."
Frommer's
"If the museum has one central, unifying theme, it's to provide an overview of the development of human culture, illustrated with items from all of the world's major civilizations."
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Travel + Leisure
"Founded in 1753, it covers more than two million years of history from every continent, including the first known image of Christ, the oldest man-made tools on earth, and the Rosetta Stone."
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"In fact, it’s the top attraction in the country—6.8 million people a year. Put on your walking shoes because it’s huge."
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Kew Road, Richmond, Kew TW9 3AB
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Fodor's
"Enter the Royal Botanic Gardens, as Kew Gardens are officially known, and you are enveloped by blazes of color, extraordinary blooms, hidden trails, and lovely old follies."
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Frommer's
"It's essentially a vast scientific research center that also happens to be extraordinarily beautiful."
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Travel + Leisure
"Victorian-era greenhouses and the sprawling grounds overflow with 33,000 species of flowers, plants, and trees (the world’s largest living collection)."
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Time Out
"Kew Gardens is a magnificent World Heritage Site covering 300 acres with over 30,000 species of plants."
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Let's Go
"These botanical gardens host the largest collection of plants in the world, and visitors can eat up gorgeous assemblages of roses, orchids, and cacti (or be eaten up by the carnivorous plants)."
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