and known ever since as the Lewis Chessmen. Sixty-seven are in the British Museum. Eleven are owned by the National Museums of Scotland. Between them, these much-loved pieces take us into the ...

Found on Lewis in 1831 ... 11 of the chessmen are at the National Museums Scotland and the remaining 82 reside at the British Museum. They were probably made in Norway late 12th and early 13th ...

and known ever since as the Lewis Chessmen. Sixty-seven are in the British Museum. Eleven are owned by the National Museums of Scotland. Between them, these much-loved pieces take us into the ...

The “iconic” Lewis chessmen have been redisplayed in a ... collection while the remaining 82 are in the British Museum’s collection, six of which are on loan to Museum nan Eilean in Lewis.

For the second year running, the British Museum has topped the list of the United Kingdom’s most-visited attractions, drawing ...