The British Museum Greeting Card

The British Museum Greeting Card

The British Museum greeting card is from North East artist Emily Ward's beautiful range of blank art cards. This greeting card has been created from original artwork by Emily.

Emily’s art greeting card of the British Museum presents the grand neoclassical façade in a dreamlike atmosphere. The sky above is a luminous wash of soft blues and lilacs, layered with gentle, swirling clouds that seem to dissolve into one another.

Flecks of pastel colour, yellows, pinks, and pale purples, are scattered across the scene like drifting petals or stardust. The stone columns and courtyard are rendered in warm creams and muted greys.

In the foreground, a meadow of delicate flowers bursts into life, painted in dots and slender strokes of pink, violet, blue, and fresh green. The blossoms appear light and joyful, their colours echoing the sky above, as if embracing the historic architecture.

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The British Museum

The British Museum is located in Bloomsbury, central London, and stands as one of the world’s most important cultural institutions. It was founded in 1753 following an Act of Parliament, based largely on the vast collections of physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane, and became the world’s first national public museum when it opened to visitors in 1759.

The original home was Montagu House, but the iconic building seen today was constructed between 1823 and 1852 and designed by architect Sir Robert Smirke in a grand Greek Revival style. With its monumental columns and expansive galleries, the museum has grown over time to house objects spanning thousands of years of human history, offering free public access and a powerful sense of shared global heritage.