Visitors to the British Museum were evacuated on Friday after a fire alarm.
Footage showed large crowds amassed outside the world-famous attraction in Bloomsbury on Friday afternoon after the alert.
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One museum-goer said: “The hell’s with this fire alarm going off at the British Museum???”
Another told the News Shopper: “It seems that the issue was quickly resolved, so it didn’t become a major problem.
"The business is operating as usual now."
Announcements played over the tannoy told tourists and visitors: “Please evacuate by the nearest exit and follow instructions of museum staff."
A spokesperson for the museum confirmed the evacuation was sparked by a fire alarm. The institution is now open as normal.
The British Museum is the UK’s most visited attraction, recording around 5.8 million visits in 2023.
This was despite a difficult year in which the museum was engulfed in scandal after it was revealed around 2,000 objects were missing, stolen or damaged from its collection and a member of staff sacked.
