The British Museum houses over 8 million historical objects but visitors only ever see 1 percent of them. Behind the museums grand marble facades and beyond its crowded exhibition halls an astonishing 99 percent of the collection remains hidden from public view. Only about 80000 artifacts are displayed at any given time while the remaining 7.9 million items are stored in specialized facilities both on site and in purpose built warehouses near Reading England. This vast hidden collection spans th