Tunisia's president has vowed not to give in to terrorism after the shootings in the country which left 21 people dead.
Seventeen tourists were killed when gunmen stormed the national museum in Tunis on Wednesday.
Two Tunisians, a policeman and a cleaner, and two gunmen also died, Prime Minister Habib Essid said.
The nationality of one of the tourists is still unknown, but the others are said to be from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Australia, Poland and France.
Video shows gunmen in military uniform storm the Bardo Museum, mainly attacking foreigners who were viewing its world-renowned collection of Roman mosaics.
Eyewitnesses told how the killers, wearing military uniforms and armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, picked off visitors one by one, while others hid behind pillars or fled in terror.
Security forces surrounded the building and later took it back, killing two militants. Several others are believed to have escaped.
"These monstrous minorities do not frighten us," President Beji Caid Essebsi said on national TV. "We will resist them until the deepest end without mercy. Democracy will win and it will survive."
The Foreign Office said two Britons were "caught up in" the shootings and were receiving consular assistance.
A spokesman said: "We are working with the Tunisian authorities as well as with contacts in the tourist industry to establish if any further British nationals have been affected."
David Cameron said on Twitter he was "appalled" by the attack, adding: "My thoughts are with those affected. UK stands ready to support Tunisia."
Forty-four people were injured in the violence, including 13 Italians, seven French and four Japanese.
One of the wounded Japanese, Noriko Yuki, 35, was visiting the museum with her 68-year-old mother.
"I was crouching down with my arms over my head, but I was shot in the ear, hand and neck," she said from her hospital bed.
"My mother beside me was shot in the neck. Mother couldn't move by herself when the police came over ..."
So far no-one has claimed responsibility for the atrocity.
Tunisia has struggled with Islamist extremism since its authoritarian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in January 2011.
Dozens of police officers and military personnel have been killed or wounded in violence blamed on militants including Islamic State.
The latest attack came a day after security officials confirmed the death in neighbouring Libya of a leading suspect in Tunisian terror attacks and the killings of two opposition figures
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