Our consortium Collective Cultures (OMMX, YAA Projects, MSOMA Architects and Atelier ANF) working with J&L Gibbons, were asked to rethink both entrances of the British Museum. 'The Garden of Curiosities' is one unifying concept for the pavilion and landscape. It reinstates the historic museum gardens as a landscape of artefact, archaeology and biodiversity. It creates an inspiring and inviting welcome for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures. 1. Garden An outside room of natural wonder and anticipation. The approach to the museum is staged as a garden of archaeology, a prelude to this temple of two million years of human history. It encourages visitors to think about objects outside of the museum context, and to see them in a new light with the changing seasons. 2. Courtyard Pavilion An ancient and universal device for tempering climate, the pavilion with its central courtyard offers comfort for staff and visitors. It provides a moment of orientation without causing the confusion of entering and exiting a building just to have bags searched. It can be flexibly programmed, and alongside the kiosks, provides designated interior spaces for consultations, workshops and storage. 3. Object Trail Objects in the garden guide and surprise visitors, introducing them to the collection in an immersive and tactile way. These could portray facsimiles of the Western Range whilst it is refurbished, foreground underserved, undertold and challenging stories from quiet corners of the museum, advertise the temporary programme, or feature contemporary commissions. It is the contents page to the collection.