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scale, and tends to dwarf them with its bogus Doric features, including those columns, supporting almost nothing which would have made an ancient Greek artist architect wince. The source of daylight is too high above the sculptures, a fault that is only concealed by the amount of reflection from the pinkish marble walls. These are too similar in colour to the marbles... These half-dozen elementary errors were pointed out by everyone in the Museum, and by many scholars outside, when the building was projected.

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Munich crisis Forsdyke ordered 3,300 No-Nail Boxes and stored them in the basement of Duveen Gallery. At the same time he began identifying and securing suitable locations. As a result, the museum was able to quickly commence relocating selected items on 24 August 1939, (a mere day after the Home Secretary advised them to do so), to secure basements,

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its first application, a pure cold white, but which after a year's exposure had unfortunately yellowed. The small Elgin Room was painted with pure white tinted with prussian blue, and the Room of the metopes was painted with pure white tinted with cobalt blue and black; it was necessary, for practical reasons, to colour all the dadoes a darker colour

12174:, resigned because of the museum's inadequate response to the warnings of theft. The number of artefacts stolen was estimated to be about 2,000. As a consequence of the thefts, the museum announced a five-year plan to digitise the complete collection and make it available to view online. By May 2024, 626 of the missing items had been recovered. 1340:" in 1972, attracting 1,694,117 visitors, the most successful in British history. In the same year the Act of Parliament establishing the British Library was passed, separating the collection of manuscripts and printed books from the British Museum. This left the museum with antiquities; coins, medals and paper money; prints and drawings; and 5464:, including archaeological material, numbers about 40,000 objects, one of the largest of its kind in the world. As such, it contains a broad range of pottery, paintings, tiles, metalwork, glass, seals, and inscriptions from across the Islamic world, from Spain in the west to India in the east. It is particularly famous for its collection of 1797:. The Great Court opened in December 2000 and is the largest covered square in Europe. The roof is a glass and steel construction, built by an Austrian steelwork company, with 1,656 uniquely shaped panes of glass. At the centre of the Great Court is the Reading Room vacated by the British Library, its functions now moved to St Pancras. 11930:

object from leaving its collection once it has entered it. "The Museum owns its collections, but its Trustees are not empowered to dispose of them". Nevertheless, it has returned items such as Tasmanian Aboriginal burial remains when this was consistent with legislation regarding the disposal of items in the collections.

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The Cairo Museum has 200,000 artefacts, with leading collections reposited at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin (100,000), Musée du Louvre (60,000), Petrie Museum (80,000), The Metropolitan Museum of art (26,000), University of Pennsylvania (42,000), Ashmolean Museum (40,000), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Chairman's Advisory Group is an informal group of business leaders who provide advice to the chairman on various issues including the museum's relationship with the British government and policy on the museum's collections. Its existence was made public after a freedom of information request by a

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This department covers all levels of education, from casual visitors, schools, degree level and beyond. The museum's various libraries hold in excess of 350,000 books, journals and pamphlets covering all areas of the museum's collection. Also the general museum archives which date from its foundation

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The scope of the Department of Asia is extremely broad; its collections of over 75,000 objects cover the material culture of the whole Asian continent and from the Neolithic up to the present day. Until recently, this department concentrated on collecting Oriental antiquities from urban or semi-urban

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compiled between 1870 and 1954 is the definitive reference work for the study of British Satirical prints. Over 500,000 objects from the department are now on the online collection database, many with high-quality images. A 2011 donation of £1 million enabled the museum to acquire a complete set

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A representative selection from the Department of Middle East, including the most important pieces, are on display in 13 galleries throughout the museum and total some 4,500 objects. A whole suite of rooms on the ground floor display the sculptured reliefs from the Assyrian palaces at Nineveh, Nimrud

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bombing included: in September 1940 two unexploded bombs hit the Edward VII galleries, the King's Library received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb, incendiaries fell on the dome of the Round Reading Room but did little damage; on the night of 10 to 11 May 1941 several incendiaries fell on the

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As tensions with Nazi Germany developed and it appeared that war may be imminent Forsdyke came to the view that with the likelihood of far worse air-raids than that experienced in World War I that the museum had to make preparations to remove its most valuable items to secure locations. Following the

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The Nazis, in fact, went to great lengths in exploiting Jewish (as well as general) literature. For instance, they arranged for a German researcher to spend several years at the British Museum for the purpose of compiling an anti-Semitic history of Anglo-Jewry, which, at the time, with its 562 pages

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The old Elgin Gallery was painted a deep terracotta red, which, though in some ways satisfactory, diminished its apparent size, and was apt to produce a depressing effect on the visitor. It was decided to experiment with lighter colours, and the walls of the large room were painted with what was, at

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The British Museum has stated that the "restitutionist premise, that whatever was made in a country must return to an original geographical site, would empty both the British Museum and the other great museums of the world". The museum has also argued that the British Museum Act of 1963 prevents any

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has six specialist areas: ceramics & glass; metals; organic material (including textiles); stone, wall paintings and mosaics; Eastern pictorial art and Western pictorial art. The science department has and continues to develop techniques to date artefacts, analyse and identify the materials used

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and neolithic objects from other parts of the world; and the art and archaeology of Europe from the earliest times to the present day. Archeological excavation of prehistoric material took off and expanded considerably in the twentieth century and the department now has literally millions of objects

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Today, the British Museum has grown to become one of the largest museums in the world, covering an area of over 92,000 m (990,000 sq. ft). In addition to 21,600 m (232,000 sq. ft) of on-site storage space, and 9,400 m (101,000 sq. ft) of external storage space. Altogether, the British

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In 1895, Parliament gave the museum trustees a loan of £200,000 to purchase from the Duke of Bedford all 69 houses which backed onto the museum building in the five surrounding streets – Great Russell Street, Montague Street, Montague Place, Bedford Square and Bloomsbury Street. The trustees planned

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for scholars opened on 15 January 1759. At this time, the largest parts of collection were the library, which took up the majority of the rooms on the ground floor of Montagu House, and the natural history objects, which took up an entire wing on the second state storey of the building. In 1763, the

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The principal gallery devoted to Asian art in the museum is Gallery 33 with its comprehensive display of Chinese, Indian subcontinent and South-east Asian objects. An adjacent gallery showcases the Amaravati sculptures and monuments. Other galleries on the upper floors are devoted to its Japanese,

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Since its foundation in 1808, the prints and drawings collection has grown to international renown as one of the richest and most representative collections in the world. There are approximately 50,000 drawings and over two million prints. The collection of drawings covers the period from the 14th

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Active support by the museum for excavations in Egypt continued to result in important acquisitions throughout the 20th century until changes in antiquities laws in Egypt led to the suspension of policies allowing finds to be exported, although divisions still continue in Sudan. The British Museum

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was petitioned to put forward ambitious long-term plans to extend the building on all three sides. Most of the houses in Montague Place were knocked down a few years after the sale. Of this grand plan only the Edward VII galleries in the centre of the North Front were ever constructed, these were

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By the last years of the 19th century, The British Museum's collections had increased to the extent that its building was no longer large enough. In 1895 the trustees purchased the 69 houses surrounding the museum with the intention of demolishing them and building around the west, north and east

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The British Museum was the first of a new kind of museum – national, belonging to neither church nor king, freely open to the public and aiming to collect everything. Sloane's collection, while including a vast miscellany of objects, tended to reflect his scientific interests. The addition of the

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resigned from the British Museum's board of trustees in protest against the sponsorship. In February 2020, 1,500 demonstrators, including British Museum staff, took part in a day of protest over the issue. In December 2023, it was announced that the British Museum had agreed to a new £50 million

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In 2004, the ethnographic collections from Asia were transferred to the department. These reflect the diverse environment of the largest continent in the world and range from India to China, the Middle East to Japan. Much of the ethnographic material comes from objects originally owned by tribal

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There are nearly one hundred galleries open to the public, representing 2 miles (3.2 km) of exhibition space, although the less popular ones have restricted opening times. However, the lack of a large temporary exhibition space led to the £135 million World Conservation and Exhibitions

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could begin. The Great Court, opened in 2000, while undoubtedly improving circulation around the museum, was criticised for having a lack of exhibition space at a time when the museum was in serious financial difficulties and many galleries were closed to the public. At the same time the African

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It is, I suppose, not positively bad, but it could have been infinitely better. It is pretentious, in that it uses the ancient Marbles to decorate itself. This is a long outmoded idea, and the exact opposite of what a sculpture gallery should do. And, although it incorporates them, it is out of

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in 1939 be returned to the family. A UK High Court judge ruled in 2005 that it would be illegal for the British Museum to return artworks looted by the Nazis to a Jewish family, despite its willingness and moral obligation to do so. The law was changed in 2009, and again in 2022 giving museums

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The Sainsbury African Galleries display 600 objects from the greatest permanent collection of African arts and culture in the world. The three permanent galleries provide a substantial exhibition space for the museum's African collection comprising over 200,000 objects. A curatorial scope that

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throughout the world. Over 350,000 objects spanning thousands of years tells the history of mankind from three major continents and many rich and diverse cultures; the collecting of modern artefacts is ongoing. Many individuals have added to the department's collection over the years but those

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According to the British Museum Spoliation report published by the Collections Trust in 2017, "Around 30% of some 21,350 continental and British drawings acquired since 1933 have an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the 1933–1945 period". The museum lists these works on its website and

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assembled by George III, and Parliament gave the right to a copy of every book published in the country, thereby ensuring that the museum's library would expand indefinitely. During the few years after its foundation the British Museum received several further gifts, including the

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Library, which had become the central reference library of the British Museum and the only library there freely open to the general public, closed permanently in August 2011. The website and online database of the collection also provide increasing amounts of information.

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By the Act of Parliament it received a name – the British Museum. The origin of the name is not known; the word 'British' had some resonance nationally at this period, so soon after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745; it must be assumed that the museum was christened in this

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Objects from the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory are mostly found on the upper floor of the museum, with a suite of galleries numbered from 38 to 51. Most of the collection is stored in its archive facilities, where it is available for research and study.

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was acquired in the early twentieth century. In the second half of the twentieth century, the museum greatly benefited from the bequest of the philanthropist PT Brooke Sewell, which allowed the department to purchase many objects and fill in gaps in the collection.

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objects – the museum has by far the most extensive such collection in Britain and one of the most representative regional collections in Europe outside Italy. It is particularly famous for the large number of late Roman silver treasures, many of which were found in

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demolished in 1842 to make room for the final part of the West Wing, completed in 1846, and the South Wing with its great colonnade, initiated in 1843 and completed in 1847, when the Front Hall and Great Staircase were opened to the public. The museum is faced with

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The seven permanent Egyptian galleries at the British Museum, which include its largest exhibition space (Room 4, for monumental sculpture), can display only 4% of its Egyptian holdings. The second-floor galleries have a selection of the museum's collection of 140

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from every continent while adjacent galleries focus on North America and Mexico. A long suite of rooms (Gallery 25) on the lower floor display African art. There are plans in place to develop permanent galleries for showcasing art from Oceania and South America.

10675: 1467:. The museum nevertheless preserves its universality in its collections of artefacts representing the cultures of the world, ancient and modern. The original 1753 collection has grown to over 13 million objects at the British Museum, 70 million at the 1249:. The evacuation was timely, for in 1940 the Duveen Gallery was severely damaged by bombing. Meanwhile, prior to the war, the Nazis had sent a researcher to the British Museum for several years with the aim of "compiling an anti-Semitic history of Anglo-Jewry". 1422:

which demonstrated the richness of what had been considered an unimportant part of the Roman Empire. The museum turned increasingly towards private funds for buildings, acquisitions and other purposes. In 2000, the British Museum was awarded National Heritage

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area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was the first public national museum to cover all fields of knowledge.

1657:) in 1823–1828, followed by the North Wing in 1833–1838, which originally housed among other galleries a reading room, now the Wellcome Gallery. Work was also progressing on the northern half of the West Wing (The Egyptian Sculpture Gallery) 1826–1831, with 12383: 3115: 7304: 4673: 15530:, vol. 47, no. 3, (2002), pp. 145–146, Quote: "However, for a short time in the late 1930s copper scrapers were used to remove areas of discolouration from the surface of the Elgin Marbles. New information is presented about this lamentable episode." 6716: 14514: 5520:

and Khorsabad, while 8 galleries on the upper floor hold smaller material from ancient sites across the Middle East. The remainder form the study collection which ranges in size from beads to large sculptures. They include approximately 130,000

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The British Museum's Oceanic collections originate from the vast area of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from Papua New Guinea to Easter Island, from New Zealand to Hawaii. The three main anthropological groups represented in the collection are

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There were 5,820,860 visits to the museum in 2023, a 42% increase on 2022. The museum was the most visited tourist attraction in Britain in 2023. The number of visits, however, has not recovered to the level reached before the Covid pandemic.

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The Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory is responsible for collections that cover a vast expanse of time and geography. It includes some of the earliest objects made by humans in east Africa over 2 million years ago, as well as

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collections, comprising about a million objects, including coins, medals, tokens and paper money. The collection spans the entire history of coinage from its origins in the 7th century BC to the present day and is representative of both the

11952:– claimed by Nigeria; the Nigerian government has passed a resolution demanding the return of all 700 bronze pieces. 30 pieces of the bronzes were sold by the British Museum privately from the 1950s until 1972, mostly back to the Nigerians. 2098:. A high proportion of the collection comes from tombs or contexts associated with the cult of the dead, and it is these pieces, in particular the mummies, that remain among the most eagerly sought-after exhibits by visitors to the museum. 12274: 6763:. The holdings are easily accessible to the general public in the Study Room, unlike many such collections. The department also has its own exhibition gallery in Room 90, where the displays and exhibitions change several times a year. 12883: 12102:

additional powers to return looted art or provide compensation. The heirs of Dr Feldmann accepted a compensation payment for a looted drawing and stated that they were happy the drawing would remain in the British Museum collection.

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by the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932–1938. Archaeological digs are still taking place where permitted in the Middle East, and, depending on the country, the museum continues to receive a share of the finds from sites such as

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organisation was set up in 1968, an Education Service established in 1970 and publishing house in 1973. In 1963, a new Act of Parliament introduced administrative reforms. It became easier to lend objects, the constitution of the

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placed in a special room to be called the Waddesdon Bequest Room separate and apart from the other contents of the Museum and thenceforth for ever thereafter, keep the same in such room or in some other room to be substituted for

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monuments are to be found on the ground floor, with connecting galleries from Gallery 5 to Gallery 23. On the upper floor, there are galleries devoted to smaller material from ancient Italy, Greece, Cyprus and the Roman Empire.

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The Greek objects originate from across the Ancient Greek world, from the mainland of Greece and the Aegean Islands, to neighbouring lands in Asia Minor and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean and as far as the western lands of

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collections include some of the earliest works of art from Europe. Many Bronze Age objects from across Europe were added during the nineteenth century, often from large collections built up by excavators and scholars such as

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in 1914. They now house the museum's collections of Prints and Drawings and Oriental Antiquities. There was not enough money to put up more new buildings, and so the houses in the other streets are nearly all still standing.

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in Athens and transferred them to the UK. In 1816 these masterpieces of western art were acquired by the British Museum by Act of Parliament and deposited in the museum thereafter. The collections were supplemented by the

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in 1753 are overseen by this department; the individual departments have their own separate archives and libraries covering their various areas of responsibility, which can be consulted by the public on application. The

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This was perhaps rather unfortunate as the title to the house was complicated by the fact that part of the building had been erected on leasehold property (the Crown lease of which ran out in 1771); perhaps that is why

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had nearly 4,500,000 individual object entries in 2,000,000 records at the start of 2023. In 2022–23 there were 27 million visits to the website. This compares with 19.5 millions website visits in 2013.

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At that time, Sloane's collection consisted of around 71,000 objects of all kinds including some 40,000 printed books, 7,000 manuscripts, extensive natural history specimens including 337 volumes of dried plants,

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The museum again readjusted its collecting policies as interest in "modern" objects: prints, drawings, medals and the decorative arts reawakened. Ethnographical fieldwork was carried out in places as diverse as

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south-west corner of the museum, destroying the book stack and 150,000 books in the courtyard and the galleries around the top of the Great Staircase – this damage was not fully repaired until the early 1960s.

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The BMP publishes both popular and scholarly illustrated books to accompany the exhibition programme and explore aspects of the general collection. Profits from their sales goes to support the British Museum.

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with one of the most wide-ranging assemblage of clocks, watches and other timepieces in Europe, with masterpieces from every period in the development of time-keeping. Choice horological pieces came from the

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The British Museum Press (BMP) is the publishing business and a division of the British Museum Company Ltd., a company and a charity (established in 1973) wholly owned by the trustees of the British Museum.

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In 2023 the museum received 5,820,860 visitors, an increase of 42% from 2022. It was the most popular attraction in the United Kingdom according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA).

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In August 2023, a staff member was fired after it emerged that items including gold, jewellery and gems had been stolen over a "significant" period of time. The incident led to an investigation by the

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The first Synopsis of the British Museum was published in 1808. This described the contents of the museum, and the display of objects room by room, and updated editions were published every few years.

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In the early 19th century the foundations for the extensive collection of sculpture began to be laid and Greek, Roman and Egyptian artefacts dominated the antiquities displays. After the defeat of the

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The departure of the British Library to a new site at St Pancras, finally achieved in 1998, provided the space needed for the books. It also created the opportunity to redevelop the vacant space in

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The estimated footage of the various libraries as reported to the trustees has been summarised by Harris (1998), 3,6: Sloane 4,600, Harley 1,700, Cotton 384, Edwards 576, The Royal Library 1,890.

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at the centre of Smirke's design proved to be a waste of valuable space and was filled at Panizzi's request by a circular Reading Room of cast iron, designed by Smirke's brother, Sydney Smirke.

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The question of the use of the term 'British' at this period has recently received some attention, e.g. Colley (1992), 85ff. There never has been a serious attempt to change the museum's name.

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in 313 AD. Archaeology was in its infancy during the nineteenth century and many pioneering individuals began excavating sites across the Classical world, chief among them for the museum were

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group campaigning against the museum's links with the fossil fuel industry. The museum has declined to name the members of the advisory group as they are acting in their personal capacity.

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in West Kensington is used by the museum for off-site storage of small and medium-sized artefacts, and Franks House in East London is used for storage and work on the "Early Prehistory" –

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to demolish these houses and to build around the west, north and east sides of the museum new galleries that would completely fill the block on which the museum stands. The architect Sir

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By 1866 the collection consisted of some 10,000 objects. Antiquities from excavations started to come to the museum in the latter part of the 19th century as a result of the work of the

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in 1800 did much to raise the museum's reputation; but Montagu House became increasingly crowded and decrepit and it was apparent that it would be unable to cope with further expansion.

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from its beginnings in the 15th century up to the present, with near complete holdings of most of the great names before the 19th century. Key benefactors to the department have been

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encompasses both archaeological and contemporary material, including both unique masterpieces of artistry and objects of everyday life. A great addition was material amassed by Sir

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is complicated by the fact that there is no documented history of the institution. At first the National Gallery functioned effectively as part of the British Museum, to which the

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Classical and Near Eastern galleries. In 1962 the Duveen Gallery was finally restored and the Parthenon Sculptures were moved back into it, once again at the heart of the museum.

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is also well represented by ornate silver plates and cups, many representing ruling monarchs hunting lions and deer. Phoenician antiquities come from across the region, but the

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The British Museum and the Future of UK Numismatics. Proceedings of a conference held to mark the 150th anniversary of the British Museum's Department of Coins and Medals, 2011

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office suite, completely destroyed during the war, was rebuilt and re-opened, attention turned towards the gallery work with new tastes in design leading to the remodelling of

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In autumn 2001 the eight million objects forming the museum's permanent collection were further expanded by the addition of six million objects from the Wendorf Collection of

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appointments are governed by the regulatory framework set out in the code of practice on public appointments issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

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Beyond the new Lycian room is the READING ROOM: ; circular structure; original suggestion of Thomas Watts, improved by A. (Sir A.) Panizzi, carried out by Mr. Sidney Smirke;

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It is a point of controversy whether museums should possess artefacts illegally taken from other countries, and the British Museum is a notable target for criticism. The

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in their manufacture, to identify the place an artefact originated and the techniques used in their creation. The department also publishes its findings and discoveries.

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Roughly contemporary with the construction of the new building was the career of a man sometimes called the "second founder" of the British Museum, the Italian librarian

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In addition, the British Museum's collections covering the period AD 300 to 1100 are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world, extending from Spain to the

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in 1818, laid the foundations of the collection of Egyptian Monumental Sculpture. Many Greek sculptures followed, notably the first purpose-built exhibition space, the

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Ashmole, the Keeper of the Greek and Roman Antiquities appreciated the original top-lighting of these galleries and removed the Victorian colour scheme, commenting:

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The natural history collections were an integral part of the British Museum until their removal to the new British Museum of Natural History in 1887, nowadays the

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Since 2016, there have been a number of protests by activist groups, trade unions and the public against the British Museum's relationship with the oil company

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Centre to provide one and to concentrate all the museum's conservation facilities into one centre. This project was announced in July 2007, with the architects

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By the 1970s, the museum was again expanding. More services for the public were introduced; visitor numbers soared, with the temporary exhibition "Treasures of

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figurines and a fragment of a gold ring in 1991; fifteen Roman coins and jewellery worth £250,000 in 1993; and a Japanese chest and two Persian books in 1996.

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are among the most disputed objects in its collections, and organisations have been formed demanding the return of these artefacts to their native countries.

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in Egypt who amassed a huge collection of antiquities, some of which were assembled and transported with great ingenuity by the famous Italian explorer

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and the library could further expand. This was a time of innovation as electric lighting was introduced in the Reading Room and exhibition galleries.

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The British Museum is fortunate in having some of the earliest Oceanic and Pacific collections, many of which were put together by members of

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Gallery, sited to the west of the Egyptian, Greek & Assyrian sculpture galleries, was designed to house the Elgin Marbles by the American

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gallery. In 2004, 15 Chinese artefacts including jewels, ornate hairpins and fingernail guards were stolen. In 2017, it was revealed that a

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transferred most of their most important pictures (ex. portraits). Full control was handed over to the National Gallery in 1868, after the

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After the war, the museum continued to collect from all countries and all centuries: among the most spectacular additions were the 2600 BC

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princes of Europe. Baron Ferdinand's will was most specific, and failure to observe the terms would make it void, the collection should be

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In 1973, the British Library Act 1972 detached the library department from the British Museum, but it continued to host the now separated

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for the purposes of reporting to Government) is responsible for the general management and control of the museum, in accordance with the

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and the travels of other explorers fascinated visitors with a glimpse of previously unknown lands. The bequest of a collection of books,

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See the "Facilities and Services" tab on the home page for each department for details on each library; not all are kept at Bloomsbury.

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and in 1852–1854 he went on to discover the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh with many magnificent reliefs, including the famous

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collection of prehistoric mound relics from North America, two carved stone bowls in the form of a seated human figure made by ancient

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Until the mid-19th century, the museum's collections were relatively circumscribed but, in 1851, with the appointment to the staff of

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societies across the Asian continent. Many of those objects were collected by colonial officers and explorers in former parts of the

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The collection encompasses architectural, sculptural and epigraphic items from many other sites across the classical world including

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In 1802 a buildings committee was set up to plan for expansion of the museum, and further highlighted by the donation in 1822 of the

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for considerably less than their estimated value. The museum had been warned of the thefts as early as 2021. The museum's director,

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With a collection numbering some 330,000 works, the British Museum possesses the world's largest and most important collection of

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have formed part of the British Museum collection ever since its foundation in 1753 after receiving 160 Egyptian objects from Sir

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in the Burnt Palace. Between 1878 and 1882 Rassam greatly improved the museum's holdings with exquisite objects including the

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The next major addition was the White Wing 1882–1884 added behind the eastern end of the South Front, the architect being Sir

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collections that had been temporarily housed in 6 Burlington Gardens were given a new gallery in the North Wing funded by the

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Objects from this department are mostly on display in several galleries on the ground and lower floors. Gallery 24 displays

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In August 2023, the British Museum reached a settlement with the translator Yilin Wang over her translations of poetry by

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An outstanding collection of Chinese antiquities, paintings, and porcelain, lacquer, bronze, jade, and other applied arts

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population has lived for centuries, to the tip of South America where indigenous tribes have long thrived in Patagonia.

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between 1922 and 1934, discovering the Royal Cemeteries of the 3rd millennium BC. Some of the masterpieces include the

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floors were constructed and book stacks rebuilt in an attempt to cope with the flood of books. In 1931, the art dealer

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It was not until the 1980s that the installation of a lighting scheme removed his greatest criticism of the building.

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Handscroll silk painting called 'Fascination of Nature' by Xie Chufang depicting insects and plants, China, (1321 AD)

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to curate the collections, the museum began for the first time to collect British and European medieval antiquities,

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May/June 2005, in connection with a British Museum exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of the Townley purchase.

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Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum

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antiquities, the finest collection outside that country. Furthermore, the museum has a representative collection of

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The most comprehensive collection of sculpture from the Indian subcontinent in the world, including the celebrated

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Various objects including two small terracotta statues from the "Tomb of the five chairs" in Cerveteri (625–600 BC)

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years were taken up with the return of the collections from protection and the restoration of the museum after the

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Gallery began in 1823. The extension, the East Wing, was completed by 1831. However, following the founding of the

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in Marble". It was one of two antiquities of Hamilton's collection drawn for him by Francesco Progenie, a pupil of

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Letter to Charles Long (1823), BMCE115/3,10. Scrapbooks and illustrations of the Museum. Wilson, David M. (2002).

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Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything, rare album of drawings by the celebrated Japanese artist

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Following the retirement of George Francis Hill as Director and Principal Librarian in 1936, he was succeeded by

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grave objects with some of the greatest finds from the early Middle Ages in Europe, England, (6th–7th centuries)

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The museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist

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Permanent establishment of the Research Laboratory (now the oldest such establishment in continuous existence)

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and West. The Department of Coins and Medals was created in 1861 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011.

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Large impression of the Buddha's foot made of gilded stone (known as Shwesettaw Footprints) donated by Captain

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was bequeathed to the museum in 1881. In 1882, the museum was involved in the establishment of the independent

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Reported in the list of Sloane's collection given to his executors in 1753. Reproduced in MacGregor (1994a:29)

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Room 34 - Cylindrical lidded box with an Arabic inscription recording its manufacture for the ruler of Mosul,

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and an independent review by the museum. Some of the missing artefacts were later found to have been sold on

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The British Museum has one of the world's largest and most comprehensive collections of antiquities from the

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holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at

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antiquities are among the most comprehensive in the world with entire suites of rooms panelled in alabaster

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The museum's first notable addition towards its collection of antiquities, since its foundation, was by Sir

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BMCE1/5, 1175 (13 May 1820). Minutes of General Meeting of the Trustees, 1754–63. Wilson, David M. (2002).

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between 1963 and 1997. Other fieldwork collections have recently come from Dietrich and Rosemarie Klemm (

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Thefts from the museum include: several historic coins and medals in the 1970s; a 17th-century Japanese

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in England. There is also a large collection of medieval signet rings, prominent among them is the gold

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and early Iranian pottery. Artefacts from the Islamic world are on display in Gallery 34 of the museum.

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Although the collections centre on Mesopotamia, most of the surrounding areas are well represented. The

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Nugent, Maria (February 2018). "'A Shield Loaded With History; Encounters, Objects, and Exhibitions'".

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Objects from the Department of Greece and Rome are located throughout the museum, although many of the

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Museum showcases on public display less than 1% of its entire collection, approximately 50,000 items.

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Room 33 - Covered hanging jar with underglaze decoration, Si Satchanalai (Sawankalok), north-central

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century to the present, and includes many works of the highest quality by the leading artists of the

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for £20,000. The trustees rejected Buckingham House, which was later converted into the present day

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The museum has a collaboration with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the collection online.

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Room 90 - Courtesans of the Tamaya House, attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu, screen painting; Japan,

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in 1815. The Ancient Near Eastern collection also had its beginnings in 1825 with the purchase of

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bowl and ivory cosmetic box in the shape of a fish from Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan, (1250–1150 BC)

5871: 5836: 5763: 5696: 5547: 5509: 5454: 5125: 4970: 4938: 4088: 3173: 1754: 1725: 1191: 853: 821: 412: 388: 325:, the British Museum was founded as a "universal museum". Its foundations lie in the will of the 17095: 11037: 7995: 7589:

from across Europe and the Middle East. The department also includes the national collection of

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including gold cup, silver gilt belt fittings and dress accessories, Iran, (11th–12th centuries)

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temple, including life-sized lions and a panel featuring the lion-headed eagle Indugud found by

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in 1915. In 1918, because of the threat of wartime bombing, some objects were evacuated via the

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South from Ephesus – An Escape From The Tyranny of Western Art, pp. 33–34,(Brian Sewell, 2002,

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for the nation without actually owning them themselves, and now fulfil a mainly advisory role.

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sides of the museum. The first stage was the construction of the northern wing beginning 1906.

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in 1881. The right to ownership of some of its most well-known acquisitions, notably the Greek

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Great Court is a covered square at the centre of the British Museum designed by the engineers

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Aronsfeld, C. C. (April 1984). "Judaica and Hebraica in German libraries: a review article".

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with human shaped handles, a pan, jug, three brooches and at least four pottery vessels from

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Norman Foster and the British Museum, Norman Foster, Deyan Sudjic & Spencer de Grey 2001

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is an example of pre-contact ware. Another outstanding exemplar is the mourner's dress from

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in Europe. Stone Age material from Africa has been donated by famous archaeologists such as

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Room 62 – Detail from the mummy case of Artemidorus the Younger, a Greek who had settled in

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and a bibliography of some 600 items, was an effort more ambitious than hitherto attempted.

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paid such a modest price (nominally £28,000) for what was to become Buckingham Palace. See

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holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the

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Room 21 – Fragmentary horse from the colossal chariot group which topped the podium of the

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in 1856. These quickly formed the nucleus of the collection. The department also includes

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Hoard of gold jewellery with precious stones found under the Enlightenment Throne at the

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of copper headdresses, fibulae and silver votive plaques, central England, (3rd century)

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Searches on 8 January 2012, return totals of 700,000, but many are in other departments

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Bowl decorated with pearl shell and boars' tusks, used to serve the intoxicating drink

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from the same region in west Africa, pair of door panels and lintel from the palace at

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of buddhist gold and silver figures from west Borneo, Indonesia, (8th–9th centuries AD)

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in the 1930s. The large collection of some 1800 Japanese prints and paintings owned by

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Representative sample of artefacts (sherds, vessels, etc.) from the megalithic site of

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Rare Head of Human Headed 'Lamassu', recovered from the North-West Palace, (811–783 BC)

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Human Headed Lamassu Lion, sister piece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (883–859 BC)

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conducted its own excavations in Egypt where it received divisions of finds, including

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Empires of the Imagination: Politics, War and the Arts in the British World, 1750–1850

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Helen Wang, 2022. ‘Displays of money and medals at the British Museum, 1759 to 2022’,

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or god of war (one of three extant in the world) and the famous Easter Island statues

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treasures, remnants of two important hoards from northern England, (2nd–3rd centuries)

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Scholarly titles are published in the Research Publications series, all of which are

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collection is the finest outside New Zealand with many intricately carved wooden and

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including a large hoard of Iron Age soapstone figures, a rare divining bowl from the

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of enormous importance, approximately 22,000 inscribed clay tablets, (7th century BC)

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With the bookstacks in the central courtyard of the museum empty, the demolition for

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pp. 65–66, Building the British Museum, Marjorie Caygill & Christopher Date 1999

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which the protesters believe implicates the museum in global warming. In July 2019,

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is a controversial issue, and the British Museum has issued a policy on the subject.

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The Americas collection mainly consists of 19th and 20th century items although the

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Gallery of Roman Britain, opened in 1997, displayed a number of recently discovered

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Modernism and the Museum: Asian, African and Pacific Art and the London Avant Garde

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antler container with carved geometric interlace and zigzag decoration, found near

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and presented to the British Museum in 1803. These works, which included the famed

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The British Museum houses the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of

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which included exquisite examples of jewellery, plate, enamel, carvings, glass and

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Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest

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at Nineveh with 'no less than seventy-one halls'. As a result, a large numbers of

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Gold jewellery and other rich artefacts from the Castellani and Galeassi Tombs in

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Lid of the coffin of Soter and Cleopatra from Qurna, Thebes (early 2nd century AD)

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found, second largest collection in the world after the Vorderasiatisches Museum,

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Title deed of the 'perimeter properties' of The British Museum, BM Archives CA TD

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Inner and outer coffins of the priest Hor, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, 25th Dynasty (

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External view of the World Conservation and Exhibition Centre at the museum, 2015

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth

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with face of Christ in the centre, from Dorset, southern England, 4th century AD

6792: 4239:, Ornamental gold fibula reflecting Celtic and Greek influences (3rd century BC) 22505: 22465: 22410: 22314: 22299: 22258: 22242: 22067: 21883: 21698: 21643: 21613: 21593: 21475: 21435: 21425: 21379: 21333: 21308: 21161: 20962: 20906: 20876: 20836: 20776: 20508: 20264: 20240: 20122: 20107: 19820: 19754: 19474: 19373: 19242: 18512: 18363: 18358: 18343: 18298: 18236: 18166: 18156: 18058: 17921: 17821: 17801: 17699: 17614: 17571: 17541: 16769: 16256: 15804: 13859: 13090:"BBC – History – British History in depth: Slavery and the Building of Britain" 12661: 12610: 12152: 12056: 11923: 11556: 11388: 11384: 11293: 11226: 11095: 11091: 11045: 10933: 10897: 10889: 10803: 10795: 10753:

The British Museum houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of

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of Hokaidu in Japan (chief among them the collection of the Scottish zoologist

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and Edelmann in Germany. A representative selection of Iron Age artefacts from

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frieze – A long section of relief frieze showing the battle between Greeks and

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from 1970, were returned to new purpose-built galleries in the museum in 2000.

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for the new British Library but the books did not leave the museum until 1997.

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Buddha from Hancui on display in the museum's stairwell, China, 6th century AD

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in 1825. The collection was later dramatically enlarged by the excavations of

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miles (2.0 km) of shelving each year. The Government suggested a site at

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material from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, representing the cultures of

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treasure of jewellery, dress accessories and silver plate from the island of

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material from across Europe including a collection of Bulgarian costumes and

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to carry out further digs at Nimrud in the postwar period which secured many

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between 1845 and 1851. At Nimrud, Layard discovered the North-West Palace of

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1854–1857; at 140 feet (43 m) in diameter it was then the second widest

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from 1799 to 1803 removed the large collection of marble sculptures from the

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The Elgin Marbles or Parthenon Marbles claimed by Greece have been cited by

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basketry, a selection of pottery vessels found in prehistoric dwellings at

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Room 33 - An assistant to the Judge of Hell, figure from a judgement group,

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from across Europe, the most famous of which include those from the Town of

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Room 55 - Panel with striding lion made from glazed bricks, Neo-Babylonian,

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brass ewers with engraved decoration and inlaid with silver and copper from

5476:, mediaeval metalwork such as the Vaso Vescovali with its depictions of the 4347: 4084:, one of the most important inscriptions in the Oscan language, (300–100 BC) 2787:, trilingual stela that unlocked the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics (196 BC) 2711:, the vizier (prime minister) of the northern part of Egypt in the reign of 1705:

In 1846 Robert Smirke was replaced as the museum's architect by his brother

674:, in 1801, the British Museum acquired more Egyptian sculptures and in 1802 22586: 22566: 22217: 21623: 21578: 21465: 21430: 21116: 20718: 20693: 20578: 20573: 20468: 20458: 20152: 19835: 19830: 19650: 19469: 19436: 19212: 19176: 18856: 18833: 18559: 18539: 18395: 18086: 17961: 17926: 17916: 17791: 17766: 17659: 15541:"Greece in 'preliminary' talks with British Museum about Parthenon marbles" 14363:. Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan). Archived from 13981: 13353: 12681: 12285: 12243: 12119: 12075: 12014: 11803: 11640: 11411:

off Peru, ethnographic objects from across the Amazon region including the

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Ivory stand in the form of a seated lion, Chos-'khor-yan-rtse monastery in

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The Hull Grundy Gift of jewellery, Europe and North America, (19th century)

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that was purchased in 1920. More material followed from the excavations of

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Room 25 - Otobo masquerade in the Africa Gallery, Nigeria, 20th century AD

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excavated in Nimrud between 1850 and 1855 and found a remarkable hoard of

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With the acquisition of Montagu House, the first exhibition galleries and

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Building the British Museum, Marjorie Caygill & Christopher Date 1999

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Brooches with their complex, niello-inlaid design, England, (9th century)

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bead jewellery from Lannec-er-Ro'h, intact schist bracelet from Le Lizo,

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from Jericho, a very early form of portraiture, Palestine, (7000–6000 BC)

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having the longest Phoenician inscription discovered on the island), the

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Two colossal free-standing figures identified as Maussollos and his wife

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Room 4 – Green siltstone head of a Pharaoh, 26th–30th Dynasty, 600–340 BC

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collection of central African sculpture, textiles and weaponry from the

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Room 33 - Figure of seated Lama; of painted and varnished papier-mâché,

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Collection of 147 Chinese paintings from the Tang to the Qing dynasties.

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from the treasury of Basel Munster, Switzerland and fragments of a rare

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Morel collection of La Tène material from eastern France, including the

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antiquities outside Italy, as well as extensive groups of material from

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In 2002 the heirs of Arthur Feldmann, an art collector murdered in the

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in the Western world, many of which originally belonged to the surgeon

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in decorated silver-plated bronze from Xanten, Germany (1st century AD)

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façade facing Great Russell Street is a characteristic building of Sir

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The British Museum – Assyrian Sculpture, pp. 6–7 (Julian Reade, 2004,

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found by accident in a peat bog in Cheshire, England, (1st century AD)

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material excavated from various burial mounds at the ancient sites of

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in 1861 and the museum received part of a pot-hoard of jewellery from

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Room 22 - Gold oak wreath with a bee and two cicadas, western Turkey,

3389:, the department also houses one of the widest-ranging collections of 35: 21713: 21668: 21603: 21323: 21075: 20841: 20331: 19964: 17674: 17417: 15667:"British Museum 'welcomes investigation with Chinese over artefacts'" 15469:"Where it is safe to do so, cultural artefacts should be repatriated" 14663:

Tony Kitto, "The celebrated connoisseur: Charles Townley, 1737–1805"

12145: 11861: 11783: 11520: 11337: 11288:, a very high quality Mayan collection that includes sculptures from 11281: 11068: 10970: 10966: 10858: 10842: 10462: 10282: 10271: 10181: 10177: 10067: 10016: 9989: 9981: 9970: 9912: 9773: 9672: 9657: 9651: 9578: 9282: 9234: 9115: 9093: 8863: 8781: 8776:

Set of 10 wooden door panels engraved with Christian scenes from the

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Seated statue of Kidudu or guardian spirit from the Assyrian city of

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45 ft (14 m) high, closely based on those of the temple of

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These terms are still observed, and the collection occupies room 2a.

940:. Under his supervision, the British Museum Library (now part of the 809:

building gradually arose, the museum became a construction site. The

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Berns, Steph (December 2012). "Hajj journey to the heart of islam".

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from Tamil Nadu, southern India, (8th century & 10th century AD)

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collections. The department is also responsible for the curation of

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in 1801, the Egyptian antiquities collected were confiscated by the

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The construction commenced around the courtyard with the East Wing (

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also added two other libraries to the Sloane collection, namely the

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In July 2002 a marble head, valued at £50,000, was stolen from the

12141: 11857: 11428: 11230: 11102:. A particularly important group of objects was purchased from the 11087: 10602: 10550: 10442: 10426: 10253: 10032: 10028: 10012: 9985: 9934: 9882: 9853: 9801: 9735: 9527: 9170: 8905: 8737: 8504: 8452: 8429: 8332: 8310: 8104: 7839: 7590: 7467: 7418: 6345: 6338: 6320: 6230: 6211:, the largest ancient Persian hoard of gold artefacts, (550–330 BC) 6155: 6091: 5493: 5382: 5378: 5362: 5334: 5330: 5314: 5009: 5005: 4680: 4612: 4604: 4331: 4282: 4264: 4186: 4071: 3940: 3822: 3612: 3550: 3453: 3347: 2666: 2618: 2599: 2592: 2476: 2406: 2395: 2391: 2199: 1985: 1938: 1647: 1635: 1281: 1069: 1030:, 153 drinking vessels, 512 pieces of continental porcelain, 1,500 876:. Of particular interest to curators was the eventual discovery of 833: 743: 716: 384: 16014:"Tajik president calls for return of treasure from British Museum" 13710:"Creating a Great Museum: Early Collectors and The British Museum" 13120:"Creating a Great Museum: Early Collectors and The British Museum" 11488: 10881:

from Lagos and other mediaeval bronze hoards from Allabia and the

10334:

Glazed terracotta tiles from the Shwegugyi Temple erected by king

9660:

architectural wood carvings, furniture and dress accessories from

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helmets once worn by Roman cavalry in Britain, (1st–2nd centuries)

7918: 6826:(a collection of 138 drawings is one of the finest in existence), 6137:, series of tablets recording major events in Babylonian history, 3912:

in Crete, including two serpentine libation tables, (1700–1450 BC)

2830: 1840: 1178:'s coin collection, which was later sold to the museum by his son 784: 682:– key to the deciphering of hieroglyphs. Gifts and purchases from 514:

The body of trustees decided on a converted 17th-century mansion,

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from an Orphic sanctuary in southern Italy (3rd–2nd centuries BC)

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Limestone statue and stelae from the offering chapel of Inyotef,

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Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti, 5th to 6th Dynasty (c. 2345–2181 BC)

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granite from Dartmoor in South Devon, transported via the unique

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donated a substantial number of objects to the museum, including

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Museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Library is especially large, with 120,000 volumes. However, the

11623:

Room 25 - Part of the famous collection of Benin brass plaques,

11181:

and Native American objects from North America collected by the

10649:

Room 33 - Statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze.

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metal weapons excavated at the Wurreegaon barrow near

9141:, Iron Age shield boss in La Tène style, England, 2nd century BC 5135:

of enormous importance that today number around 130,000 pieces.

2728:

Sarcophagus of Hapmen, Cairo, 26th Dynasty or later (600–300 BC)

2531:, the longest surviving papyrus from antiquity, Thebes (1200 BC) 2257:, some of the oldest papyri from ancient Egypt, Abusir (2400 BC) 1890:. Together, they illustrate every aspect of the cultures of the 1858: 550:, to reclassify the natural history collection according to the 526:, on the grounds of cost and the unsuitability of its location. 321:

Although today principally a museum of cultural art objects and

22777:

Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government

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Razell, Katie; Graham, Darin; Kennelly, Larissa (17 May 2024).

14085:"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Filming Locations" 13491:

The British Museum – The Elgin Marbles, p. 85 (B.F.Cook, 2005,

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Room 4 – Egyptian Sculpture, view towards the Assyrian Transept

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Ceiling of the Great Court and the black siltstone obelisks of

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There are several rare pre-Columbian manuscripts including the

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royal grave, generously donated to the nation by the landowner

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statue of a standing female figure, Yemen, 1st-2nd centuries AD

6548: 6502: 6274: 6163: 6148: 6095: 6075: 6068: 6048: 5658: 5534: 5477: 5370: 5342: 5231: 5160: 5156: 5095: 5056: 4974: 4832: 4816: 4620: 4600: 4441: 4419: 4278: 4243: 4164: 4140: 4125: 4094: 4045: 3876: 3754: 3659: 3652: 3623: 3565: 3505: 2900: 2889: 2843: 2798: 2614: 2545: 2469: 2399: 1981: 1667: 1627: 1623: 1265: 1042:

and miscellaneous items of jewellery and plate, among them the

869: 720: 712: 619: 615: 435:. They were joined in 1757 by the "Old Royal Library", now the 340: 236: 16520:"Campaigners protest against BP sponsorship of British Museum" 11992:

Aboriginal shield – claimed by Aboriginal people of Australia.

11249:

from Mexico (the largest in Europe), important artefacts from

10813:

Highlights of the African collection include objects found at

8908:

silver from the Peter Wilding bequest, England, (18th century)

8433: 6803:, as well as various other books about the museum in general. 6674:

Great Court - Decorated column base from Hundred Column Hall,

5880:

with ten faces, that describes the military campaigns of king

4247: 4174:

Large terracotta sarcophagus and lid with painted scenes from

1844:

Room 61 – The famous false fresco 'Pond in a Garden' from the

1166:. Around this time, the American collector and philanthropist 909:

The opening of the forecourt in 1852 marked the completion of

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The British Museum Trust Ltd., registered charity no. 1140844

14357:"British Museum feels privileged to put exhibition in Taiwan" 12456: 12030: 12010: 11962: 11910:

in Beijing by an Anglo-French expeditionary force during the

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Stone figure representing the upper part of an eleven-headed

10246: 9977: 9752: 9738:, western China, collected by the British-Hungarian explorer 8756: 8606: 8530: 8500: 8363:

at Lullingstone, Kent, south east England, 1st–4th centuries)

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from Greece and Turkey. A particular highlight are the three

6751:

prints and drawings. It ranks as one of the largest and best

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with both cuneiform and Phoenician inscriptions, (800–700 BC)

5508:

by Peter Willey. The collection was augmented in 1983 by the

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Fluted columns, column bases and ionic capitals, (399–301 BC)

3433: 3406: 3402: 2904: 2435: 2091: 2071: 2025: 2005: 1923:), and up to the present day, a time-span over 11,000 years. 1895: 1879: 1681:

The Enlightenment Gallery at museum, which formerly held the

1419: 1128: 860:. In the 1840s and 1850s the museum supported excavations in 837: 638: 17230: 16644:"Revealed: Secretive corporate group guiding British Museum" 11119: 10441:

Room 33 - Stone sculpture of the death of Buddha, Gandhara,

10077:

of bronze images from southern India, (6th–8th centuries AD)

9471:), Sri Lanka (especially through the colonial administrator 8862:

Two luxurious silver brooches set with precious stones from

7388:

Gallery 2a – Display case of Renaissance metalware from the

6323:

inscriptions from Jordan/Syria, one of which was donated by

6065:

from the ancient city of Alalakh, southern Turkey, (1600 BC)

5167:

including a copper figurine of a winged, human-headed bull.

4397:

A hoard of silver votive plaques dedicated to the Roman God

4026:

Statuette of a bronze votive figure from Pizzidimonte, near

3981:

with granulated parade of animals from the Bernardini Tomb,

1486:. Today it has been transformed into the Walter and Leonore 1197: 836:, whence came remains of the tombs of the rulers of ancient 197: 19916: 19645:

Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism

18825: 16371:"New British Law Lets Museums Return Works Stolen by Nazis" 15825: 13810:

National Treasures: Saving the Nation's Art in World War II

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Room 2 - Stone tomb guardian, part human part jaguar, from

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pieces, especially the ivory model of a summer festival at

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Treasures, two silver Celtic hoards from Spain, (100–20 BC)

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from County Offaly, Ireland, (1050–900 BC & 900–600 BC)

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from Scotland, Ireland and northern England, (3200–2500 BC)

7746: 7578: 7529:. The late mediaeval collection includes a large number of 7071: 6540: 6034: 5706: 5611: 5238:

or boundary stones from different locations across ancient

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Part of a large wooden wheel for draining a copper mine in

4357:, the most famous glass vessel from ancient Rome, (1–25 AD) 3546:

A surviving column and architectural fittings, (420–415 BC)

3424:(many from graves in southern Italy that were once part of 2625: 2287:

Block statue and stela of Sahathor, 12th Dynasty, reign of

1891: 1714: 1288:. Work also began on restoring the damaged Duveen Gallery. 1035: 963:, branching out into Asia and diversifying its holdings of 490:

element, and meant that the British Museum now became both

22202:

Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide

17174:

Greek Architecture and its Sculpture in The British Museum

13812:(Hardback). London: John Murray. pp. 60–64, 233–238. 13452:

Wondrous Curiosities – Ancient Egypt at the British Museum

11902:

There is also controversy over artefacts taken during the

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Room 33 - Western Zhou bronze ritual vessel known as the "

9173:, from Rendham in Suffolk, eastern England, 1st century AD 8403:, late Roman jewellery from eastern England, (4th century) 6427:', a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace, from 5170:

In the early 20th century excavations were carried out at

4149:

of a rider and horse from Armento, southern Italy (550 BC)

3939:

hoard of bronze artefacts found at Santa Maria in Paulis,

3894:

including a huge pottery storage jar, some donated by Sir

2277:

Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu, 12th Dynasty (1985–1795 BC)

1737:

built 1906–14 to the design by J.J. Burnet, and opened by

820:

In 1840, the museum became involved in its first overseas

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Entrance ticket to the British Museum, London 3 March 1790

19992: 19958: 17194:

Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at The British Museum

17104:

Chronology of Temporary Exhibitions at the British Museum

16584:"British Museum staff join outcry against BP sponsorship" 16107:"Kells's request for loan of its treasures strikes snags" 14324: 14322: 14320: 12540:

Chronology of Temporary Exhibitions at the British Museum

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stone relief from northeast Scotland, (7th–8th centuries)

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ceramics (the largest in the world), its large number of

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is also considerable, and include artefacts found at the

2244:

Statue of Nenkheftka from Deshasha, 4th Dynasty (2500 BC)

2157:, two cosmetic palettes with complex decorative schemes ( 1866:, key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, 196 BC 1638:

over the main entrance is decorated by sculptures by Sir

595:

brought back from the round-the-world voyages of Captain

518:, as a location for the museum, which it bought from the 22722:

Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden

16861:"British Museum to digitise collection following thefts" 14060:"British Museum is the most-visited UK attraction again" 13839: 12845:"British Museum is the most-visited UK attraction again" 12097:, requested that four old master drawings stolen by the 11771:

The British Museum is home to one of the world's finest

11371:

human mummies from sites across South America including

11245:

of unknown origin, a collection of nine turquoise Aztec

11118:. Other highlights include the huge Hawaiian statue of 10837:, Asante goldwork and regalia from Ghana including the 10513:

from Yixian made of glazed stoneware, China, 907-1125 AD

9748:

collection of Chinese ceramics, (10th–18th centuries AD)

8492:, a unique figurative glass cage cup, and the Byzantine 7987:

found near Ballymoney, Northern Ireland and part of the

7631:

from northern Sweden of which only about 70 are extant.

7247:- Drawing of mules, including one full-length, 1630–1640 6771:. The collection of prints covers the tradition of fine 5593:

South-East Palace ('Burnt Palace'), (8th–7th century BC)

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wearing a metal crown (now lost), from a cult statue on

4663:

Room 18 – Parthenon statuary from the east pediment and

1546:

through a three-year funding agreement. Its head is the

1102: 16614:"British Museum strikes £50mn sponsorship deal with BP" 15767:"Request for repatriation of human remains to Tasmania" 15339:"British Museum – Conservation and Scientific Research" 13237: 13235: 12115: 11079:, one of the last ever to be built in the archipelago. 8773:, an early form of guitar, central England, (1280–1330) 6428: 6402: 5951: 5203: 4571:

found near Düsseldorf in Germany (2nd–3rd centuries AD)

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with homoerotic scenes, found near Jerusalem, (5–15 AD)

4304:

sitting on the back of a bull from the amphitheatre at

3835:

Prehistoric Greece and Italy (3300 BC – 8th century BC)

1506:

family – with the donation valued at £25 million.

1257: 1057:, the glittering contents from his New Smoking Room at 990: 975:

discovered the remains of the 4th century BC

534:

trustees of the British Museum, under the influence of

290:

and building as the museum until 1997. The museum is a

17156:

The British Museum Library: a Short History and Survey

14332:. Museums Association. 26 January 2011. Archived from 14317: 13736:"British Museum – Collection search: You searched for" 11965:, Pre-Axumite Civilisation Coins – claimed by Ethiopia 11399:

from the Siguas culture in Peru, unique collection of

11098:, including two very early bark etchings collected by 8830:

Magnificent cups made from precious metal such as the

8612:

A number of luxurious penannular brooches such as the

8284:

marker with inscription from the reign of the emperor

5385:(that included a Roman ribbed glass bowl) in Bahrain. 4957:. A collection of immense importance, the holdings of 1365: 686:, British consul general in Egypt, beginning with the 339:(1660–1753), a London-based doctor and scientist from 22807:

Physical museums with virtual catalogues and exhibits

22717:

Georgian architecture in the London Borough of Camden

16770:"British Museum worker sacked over missing treasures" 14388:"British Museum plans £100m complex for blockbusters" 9878:

in southern India, (10th century BC – 2nd century AD)

9483:), Siberia (with artefacts collected by the explorer 8951:

Oak clock with mother-of-pearl engraving designed by

8817:

from Canterbury, southeastern England, (14th century)

8800:

bequeathed by Ferdinand de Rothschild as part of the

8719:

found in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, (12th century)

7642:

Stone Age (c. 3.4 million years BC – c. 2000 BC)

4291:

of the statue of Aphrodite of Satala (1st century BC)

4019:

Decorated silver panels from Castel San Marino, near

3868:

Hoard of wood working metal tools from the island of

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling:

16889: 16830:"British Museum recovers some of 2,000 stolen items" 15634:"China to study British Museum for looted artefacts" 13232: 12660:

Among the national museums in London, sculpture and

11856:(also known as the Parthenon Marbles) from the East 10292:

figure of a rampant lion, Vietnam, (11th century AD)

10230:

Pottery vessels and sherds from the ancient site of

10094:

Earliest known figure of the dancing four-armed god

9734:

A fine assemblage of Buddhist scroll paintings from

8794:

Court in the late 19th century, England, (1390–1400)

7742:, Morbihan, Brittany, western France, (5000–4300 BC) 6738: 5265:

in 1897 and objects excavated by the German scholar

4063:

set of bronze vessels from the tomb of Larth Metie,

2976:

Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the goddess

2954:

Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the pharaoh

2882:

found near the ancient site of Meroë in Sudan, 24 BC

2167:

Ivory statuette of a king, from the early temple at

1586:. The board was formed on the museum's inception to 18658: 18564: 17090:Volume 18, Number 1, January 2011, pp. 27–42. 15976:

Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, Policy and Practice

14029:"British Museum gets record 6.7m visitors for 2013" 13597: 11166:, which was made in the late nineteenth century on 11162:and other early cultures are well represented. The 10331:, eastern Java, Indonesia, (13th–14th centuries AD) 10324:

Municipality, Philippines, (12th–13th centuries AD)

10091:

hoard, Bihar, eastern India, (7th–8th centuries AD)

10048:Three sandstone carved sculptures of the Buddha in 9393:, southern India, 1st century BC and 3rd century AD 9185:Room 49 – Romano-British crown and diadem found in 7767:finds including a necklace of flat bone beads from 6690:Room 53 - Stela said to come from Tamma' cemetery, 6154:Group of 4 bronze shields with inscription of king 4988:The collections represent the civilisations of the 4835:

in the Enlightenment Gallery, Italy, 1st century AD

578: 22762:Museums of Ancient Near East in the United Kingdom 15665: 15632: 14885: 14330:"Cross calls for new debate on stored collections" 11784:Department of Conservation and Scientific Research 11643:brass plaques in the museum, Nigeria, 1500-1600 AD 10187:Foundation inscription with Arabic inscription in 10141:Monastery, Bihar, eastern India, (10th century AD) 8436:, Serbia and a hexagonal gold coin-set pendant of 8335:, found in London and Suffolk, (1st–2nd centuries) 7951:, County Galway, Ireland, (12th–10th centuries BC) 7409:periods throughout the world, as well as from the 6074:Group of 16 stone reliefs from the palace of King 4454:Hoard of jewellery from a tomb in the vicinity of 3949:, highly decorated pottery vase attributed to the 3844:from islands in the Aegean Sea, many collected by 3420:The collections of ancient jewellery and bronzes, 2888:Mummy of a youth with a portrait of the deceased, 22122:British Library of Political and Economic Science 19745:Advisory Council on National Records and Archives 17567:Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa 16892:"British Museum finds 268 more missing artefacts" 14355:Huang, Jennifer; Kuo, Deborah (31 January 2007). 14277: 13294:"The British Museum opened on January 15th, 1759" 12623:, the first major exhibition on the topic of the 11760: 11387:, a number of prestigious pre-Columbian gold and 11094:collection is distinguished by its wide range of 10920:and other ecclesiastical and royal material from 10589:Khasarpana Avalokiteśvara, India, 12th century AD 10130:caves, northern Pakistan, (9th–10th centuries AD) 8685:A number of mediaeval ivory panels including the 8034:Gold bowl with embossed ornament and fluted wire 6247:inscription, key to the decipherment of the 5289:as the division of finds in 1963 and part of the 5261:collection was enhanced with the addition of the 4405:, near Frankfurt, Germany, (1st–2nd centuries AD) 4033:Bronze helmet with inscription commemorating the 3922:Segments of the columns and architraves from the 3750:frieze situated above the colonnade, (330–300 BC) 3362:collection includes important sculpture from the 2595:, and priestess of Amen-Ra at Thebes (950–930 BC) 1459:Today the museum no longer houses collections of 1451:was developed in 2001 and surrounds the original 22732:Greek Revival architecture in the United Kingdom 22653: 15107:"Department of Asia – Related Highlight Objects" 13848:Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 12617:From January to April 2012 the museum presented 11719:Room 25 - Mask (wood and pigment); Punu people, 11707:, Haida, British Columbia, Canada, about 1850 AD 11455:Room 26 - Stone pipe representing an otter from 11114:from the isle of Mangareva and the Cook Islands 10256:clay votive plaques found in a cave in Patania, 8157:of gold jewellery from southern England and the 7834:, Ireland, one of twelve from Ireland, England, 7380:Gallery 50 – View down the Roman Britain gallery 5297:at Persepolis was acquired in exchange from the 4928: 4440:, wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius from 4112:Ancient Greece (8th century BC – 4th century AD) 3743:One of the sculptured column bases, (340–320 BC) 3152: 3054:Room 63 - Gilded outer coffins from the tomb of 2598:Pair of gold bracelets that belonged to General 2489:with 61 medical and magical treatments (1300 BC) 1835: 1291: 694:, much of it Roman sculpture, in 1805. In 1806, 633: 22752:Museums of ancient Greece in the United Kingdom 18970: 18939: 13267:. London: The British Museum Press. p. 25. 12790:(40,000), Museo Egizio, Turin (32,500 objects). 12749:established the gallery as an independent body. 12389:Room 7 – Reliefs from the North-west palace of 12354:The British Museum, Room 6 – Assyrian Sculpture 11217:, the headdress of Chief Yellow Calf from the 10665:Portrait of Ibrâhîm 'Âdil Shâh II (1580–1626), 10133:Hoard of Buddhist terracotta sealings from the 9948:from one of the gateways to the Great Stupa at 9731:, the largest collection in the West, (1100 AD) 9613:, an identical pair of bronze vessels from the 8627:Three of the twenty extant Carolingian crystal 8115:, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, (300–200 BC) 8100:from Lincolnshire, eastern England, (350–50 BC) 8027:, Denmark, one of only about 40 extant and the 7981:, Lower Saxony, northern Germany, (1100–800 BC) 7553:, one of the Barons who led the revolt against 6475:Room 56 - Statue of Kurlil, from the Temple of 6286:One of the pottery storage jars containing the 4667:from the south wall, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BC 3480:as well as residual sculptures from the famous 3409:on Asia Minor. There is some material from the 2910:Bronze lamp and patera from the X-group tombs, 2562:with painted offering-vignettes and columns of 2233:Several of the original casing stones from the 2135:Flint knife with an ivory handle (known as the 1574:. Prior to the 1963 Act, it was chaired by the 785:The largest building site in Europe (1825–1850) 17186:. London: Thames & Hudson (rev. ed., 1975) 16399: 15734:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. Archived from 15501:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. Archived from 14418:"British Museum unveils new £135 million wing" 14143:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. Archived from 14117:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. Archived from 12643:– involved a plan to attack the British Museum 11933: 11838: 11535:Room 24 - Bird pectoral made from gold alloy, 11391:objects from Colombia, three axe-shaped gold 10727:Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas 10062:with important record of the genealogy of the 8006:from Sintra, Portugal, (10th–8th centuries BC) 7749:axe produced in the Italian Alps and found in 7721:in Yorkshire, northern England, (8770–8460 BC) 6747:and Drawings holds the national collection of 6587:Room 55 – Cuneiform Collection, including the 6527:, Phoenician, Nimrud, Iraq, 9th–8th century BC 5727:Large sculpture of a male bearded head from a 5705:Pair of statues of attendant god dedicated to 5112:Layard's work was continued by his assistant, 4811:Room 22 – Bronze head and hand of an ancient 4313:Ancient Rome (1st century BC – 4th century AD) 4270:Bronze sculpture of a Greek poet known as the 2811:Fragment of a basalt Egyptian-style statue of 2676:in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqo, 1026:, was followed by an immense bequest of 3,300 887:, which helped to make the museum a focus for 22757:Museums of ancient Rome in the United Kingdom 22346: 22177:Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum 21740: 20049: 19567: 18644: 17349: 16707: 16558:"Trustee resigns from British Museum over BP" 15935: 14994:"British Museum - Ain Sakhri lovers figurine" 14629: 14627: 13703: 13701: 12455:Room 20a – Tomb of Merehi & Greek Vases, 12190:which ran between May 2023 and October 2023. 11998:– claimed by Chile on behalf of Easter Island 11767:British Museum Department of Coins and Medals 11575:turquoise mosaic, Aztec, Mexico, 1400-1500 AD 10825:in Sierra Leone and Liberia, hoard of bronze 10299:holding a rosary, Cambodia, (11th century AD) 10126:Several wooden architectural panels from the 9603:Intricately designed gold dagger handle from 9467:(much assembled by the British naval officer 9237:Hoard, Northern Ireland, 4th-5th centuries AD 8984:The many hoards of treasure include those of 8536:Three Viking hoards from Norway known as the 8309:Elaborate gold bracelets and ring found near 8248:and two pairs of massive bronze armlets from 7677:, France and estimated to be 16,000 years old 7134:Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea 6658:, the most important surviving collection of 6337:figure of eagle with outstretched wings from 6029:Pair of inscribed stone objects known as the 4374:, depicting Roman emperors in triumph (15 AD) 4224:Dedicatory inscription by Alexander the Great 4074:with female head pendant, one of a pair from 3633:from the interior of the temple, (420–400 BC) 3618:Head from the statue of Nemesis, (430–420 BC) 3366:in Athens, as well as elements of two of the 3086:Room 4 – Ancient Egyptian bronze statue of a 1471:and 150 million at the British Library. 1142:All the while, the collections kept growing. 1076:, probably created in the 1390s in Paris for 20118:Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges 19187:Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret 16679:"British Museum thefts: What we know so far" 16284:"The British Museum policy on human remains" 15966: 15572:"The palace of shame that makes China angry" 15411: 15409: 13277:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 12993: 12991: 12958: 12773:Ashmole had never liked the Duveen Gallery: 12126: 10270:Three stone Buddha heads from the temple at 9776:made of gilded bronze, China, (1403–1424 AD) 9475:), Northern Thailand, south-west China, the 9253:, Anglo-Saxon, England, early 7th century AD 8664:inscription, London, England, (10th century) 8292:, Gwynedd in North Wales, (120–121 AD) 8228:Hoard of horse and chariot fittings and the 7771:, Orkneys, northern Scotland, (3180–2500 BC) 7372:Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory 6914:. The collection contains the unique set of 5874:, hexagonal clay foundation record, (691 BC) 3346:that include Sicily and southern Italy. The 2537:with the Tale of Two Brothers (1200–1194 BC) 2017:Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III 1276:(1939) and late Roman silver tableware from 259:. It first opened to the public in 1759, in 16673: 16671: 16669: 14887:"City fund manager in £1m Picasso giveaway" 14021: 13910:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 327. 13888:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 270. 13203:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 346. 11989:– claimed by the People's Republic of China 10320:ceramic vessels excavated at Pinagbayanan, 10202:Large standing gilded copper figure of the 9787:Imperial Court, paired with another in the 8507:, County Cork, Ireland, (5th–7th centuries) 8111:engraved decoration, found at Lisnacrogher 8031:Horn from County Cork, Ireland (900–750 BC) 7349:View of the Battersea side of Chelsea Reach 7283:- Drawing of a woman with a rose, 1763–1765 7211:Study for the figure of Christ on the Cross 5964:with depictions of war and peace, (2600 BC) 5640:Human Headed Lamassu Bull, sister piece in 4885:Room 22 – Roman marble copy of the famous ' 4413:Bronze Head of Hypnos from Civitella d'Arna 4285:, south west Anatolia, Turkey, (200–150 BC) 4097:bronze figure from the Sanctuary of Diana, 2998:Room 4 – Colossal statue of Amenhotep III, 2226:Granite statue of Ankhwa, the shipbuilder, 1430: 1080:. The collection was in the tradition of a 905:Collecting from the wider world (1850–1875) 22697:Buildings and structures completed in 2000 22692:Buildings and structures completed in 1847 22353: 22339: 21747: 21733: 20056: 20042: 19574: 19560: 18916:Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture 18878: 18651: 18637: 17502:Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III 17356: 17342: 17235: 17196:. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 17114:London: British Museum Research Paper 189. 16310:"Art stolen by Nazis 'cannot be returned'" 14877: 14624: 14507:"Development since World War II (1945 – )" 14448: 13836:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 92. 13803: 13801: 13698: 13655:"The Electric Light in the British Museum" 13588:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 16. 13334:British Journal for the History of Science 12082:Repatriation and reburial of human remains 11914:in 1860, an event which drew protest from 11352:ornamentation from Costa Rica, a group of 10245:and iron socketed axe (tulang mawas) from 9624:excavated by the pioneering archaeologist 9355:Room 38 – Carillon clock with automata by 8352:, Gloucestershire and limestone head from 7939:Eight bronze shields including those from 7650:material from across Africa, particularly 7366:- Man Digging in the Orchard (print), 1883 6283:found near Sana'a, Yemen, (1st century BC) 5337:in Tunisia are outstanding. The number of 5273:. Reliefs and sculptures from the site of 5036:and include objects from the 7th century. 4479:guard dog, central Italy, (2nd century AD) 4461:Inscribed marble base of the Roman Consul 4383:Pair of carved fluorite cups known as the 4008:Painted terracotta plaques (the so-called 3965:Etruscan (8th century BC – 1st century BC) 3018:Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III 2339:Stela of Nebipusenwosret, Abydos (1800 BC) 2125:and five other individuals from Gebelein ( 1523:films have been shot at the British Museum 650:'s west wing under construction, July 1828 411:which established the British Museum. The 219:807,000 sq ft (75,000 m) in 203: 43: 34: 22737:Horological museums in the United Kingdom 19031:Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art 18197:Kition Necropolis Phoenician inscriptions 16252:"News – Getting the Nazi stolen art back" 16141: 15979:. Cambridge University Press. p. 5. 15913:"Egypt calls for return of Rosetta Stone" 15406: 13845: 13695:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 5. 13554:. London: The British Museum Press, p. 79 13393: 13291: 12988: 11796: 10869:of a Yoruba ruler and quartz throne from 10821:, a series of soapstone figures from the 10345:Inscribed bronze figure of a Buddha from 10281:figure in the shape of a bird from Candi 9929:, with important Kharoshthi inscription, 9487:and Bassett Digby and is notable for its 9169:Room 49 - Bronze head of a Roman emperor 8568:hoards from Britain, (7th–10th centuries) 7753:, Kent, southeast England, (4500–4000 BC) 6759:in Vienna, the Paris collections and the 6123:Basalt bowl with engraved inscription in 5921:Alabaster bas-reliefs from the Palace of 5440:material was strengthened by the work of 3994:from Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Sicily, (600 BC) 3905:, northern Aegean, Greece, (1850–1550 BC) 3444:(the second largest collection after the 3247:Learn how and when to remove this message 2329:Statue of Rehuankh, Abydos (1850–1830 BC) 1374:19th-century central quadrangle into the 1264:'s 1922–34 excavations. Gold, silver and 1210:offered funds to build a gallery for the 1198:Disruption and reconstruction (1925–1950) 1061:. This consisted of almost 300 pieces of 591:From 1778, a display of objects from the 20316:All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club 17685:Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art 17635:Dhaneswar Khera Buddha image inscription 17268:Charity Commission for England and Wales 16858: 16666: 16400:Lawson-Tancred, Jo (27 September 2022). 15022: 14821: 14819: 14764:"History of the Collection: Middle East" 14354: 12873: 12268:capital on a pilaster in the Great Court 11847: 11607:Room 2 - Miniature gold llama figurine, 10789: 10730: 10481:, Dhaneswar Khera, India, 5th century AD 10176:dragon cup that once belonged to Sultan 10084:, Bihar, eastern India, (7th century AD) 9687:Tang dynasty tomb figures of Liu Tingxun 9396: 9384: 9343:clock, Augsburg, Germany, around 1585 AD 9233:Room 41 – Silver objects from the Roman 8393:Gold jewellery deposited at the site of 8164:Eight out of about thirty extant intact 7383: 7375: 7265:The Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross 6862:. More than 30,000 British drawings and 5365:. Another often overlooked highlight is 5244: 5202:in 1919–24. Woolley went on to excavate 5085: 4932: 4447:Marble throne from the prohedria of the 4422:, southern Spain, (1st–2nd centuries AD) 4274:, western Turkey, (2nd–1st centuries BC) 3286: 3270: 3258: 2010: 1857: 1839: 1768: 1696: 1688: 1676: 1601: 1442: 1434: 1295: 1118: 1106: 788: 653: 637: 582: 510:on display in the British Museum in 1874 501: 459: 351:, for the nation, for a sum of £20,000. 310: 22747:Museums in the London Borough of Camden 22682:Asian art museums in the United Kingdom 19590:Department for Culture, Media and Sport 18039:Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa 16971: 16430: 16011: 15972: 15941: 15850: 15227: 15225: 14385: 13807: 13798: 12997: 12936:"The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane" 12737:Understanding of the foundation of the 12177: 11814: 11659:of Queen Idia, Nigeria, 16th century AD 10545:Sculpture of the two Jain tirthankaras 10056:, eastern India, (5th–6th centuries AD) 9863:celts, plaques and disc from Gungeria, 9707:, Xinjiang, China, (7th–8th century AD) 9522:Highlights of the collections include: 8838:, western Europe, (14th–15th centuries) 8359:Wall-paintings and sculptures from the 7702:Ice Age art from Britain including the 7638:Highlights of the collections include: 6755:collections in existence alongside the 6523:Room 57 - Carved ivory object from the 6352:seated on a lion, Kazakhstan, (658 AD) 5991:, an ancient game board, (2600–2400 BC) 5650:Colossal Statue of a Lion, (883–859 BC) 5530:Highlights of the collections include: 5488:and precious artwork including a large 5424:in the years just before and after the 5293:in 1971. A large column base from the 4250:, southeastern France, (3rd century BC) 4105:Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa 3974:, central Italy, (8th–6th centuries BC) 3460:in North Africa that were excavated by 3147:, Egypt, during Roman times, 100–200 AD 2822:(inner coffin), Thebes (3rd century BC) 2721:Bronze figure of Isis and Horus, North 2571:Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) 2270:Inner and outer coffin of Sebekhetepi, 2105:Predynastic and Early Dynastic period ( 2101:Highlights of the collections include: 1874:(with over 100,000 pieces) outside the 1693:Proposed British Museum Extension, 1906 1544:Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1188:National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth) 561:Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts 296:Department for Culture, Media and Sport 275:, is subject to long-term disputes and 22792:Buildings and structures in Bloomsbury 22654: 21157:Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain ("Eros") 19941:Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal 18593:Royal Commission on the British Museum 17044:The Great Court and the British Museum 16042: 15853:"British Museum sold precious bronzes" 15826:Linda Theodorou; Dana Facaros (2003). 15726: 15724: 15696: 15663: 15630: 15569: 15272:– via Taylor and Francis Online. 15231: 15213: 15139:from the original on 25 September 2007 14858:Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 14461:from the original on 22 September 2022 13992:from the original on 24 September 2015 13615:from the original on 27 September 2007 13262: 13241: 13179:Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum 12839: 12837: 12424:Room 10 – Nineveh, The Royal Lion Hunt 11843: 11503:Room 24 - Gold Lime Flasks (poporos), 10877:head from Iwinrin Grove near Ife, the 10309:Bronze figure of a seated Buddha from 9791:, Zürich, Beijing, China, (1426–35 AD) 8356:, Northamptonshire (2nd–4th centuries) 8273:Ribbed glass bowl found in a grave at 8143:Other gold neck collars including the 7928:Large ceremonial swords or dirks from 7898:including a gold cup, and the related 7887:, unique cape made of gold sheet from 7680:Ice Age art from France including the 7330:London from Hampstead Heath in a Storm 6866:include important examples of work by 5392:come almost forty funerary busts from 5083:, were brought to the British Museum. 4847:Room 69 - Roman gladiator helmet from 4117:Orientalising gold jewellery from the 3058:, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC 2934:Room 64 – Egyptian grave containing a 2921:of saints, Wadi Sarga (6th century AD) 2638:Mummy case and coffin of Nesperennub, 1478:, which was designed by the architect 1325:became fully independent. By 1959 the 67: 22334: 21728: 20327:Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 20037: 19555: 18969: 18926:Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology 18877: 18670: 18632: 18519:A History of the World in 100 Objects 17337: 17002: 16984:from the original on 15 December 2022 16750:from the original on 16 November 2023 16720:from the original on 20 November 2023 16654:from the original on 17 February 2022 16624:from the original on 19 December 2023 16517: 16443:from the original on 10 February 2023 16338: 16087:from the original on 13 November 2018 16024:from the original on 16 February 2008 15709:from the original on 15 February 2021 14926:from the original on 16 December 2014 14883: 14816: 14804:from the original on 15 December 2010 14774:from the original on 15 December 2010 14295:from the original on 13 December 2011 14057: 13777:from the original on 28 November 2011 13399: 12946:from the original on 19 November 2018 12524: 12298:Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan 12159:diamond had been missing since 2011. 12106:investigates claims for restitution. 11788:This department was founded in 1920. 11671:Room 24 - Hawaiian feather helmet or 11229:and the earliest historic example of 11177:Highlights of the collection include 11044:. An artefact is a wooden Aboriginal 10896:, several ancestral screens from the 9772:Ornate Sino-Tibetan figure of Buddha 9758:Copy of a hanging scroll painting of 9727:Seventeen examples of extremely rare 9550:The most comprehensive collection of 9380: 9285:, the oldest dated in Europe, 1326 AD 7611:, the most important of which is the 7298:- Watercolour of Newport Castle, 1796 6820:his only surviving full-scale cartoon 6662:metalwork, c. 5th to 4th centuries BC 6539:Room 6 – Depiction of the hypocrite, 6109:from Kurkh, southern Turkey, (850 BC) 4863:Room 23 - The famous version of the ' 4229:Head from the colossal statue of the 3926:, Peloponnese, Greece, (1350–1250 BC) 3919:from Rethymnon, Crete, (1600–1450 BC) 3662:from the temple ceiling, (350–325 BC) 3629:Twenty-three surviving blocks of the 3536:Capital and column drum, (437–432 BC) 1214:. Designed by the American architect 1103:New century, new building (1900–1925) 451:and the sole surviving manuscript of 22636: 22192:Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum 21147:Monument to the Great Fire of London 20063: 18671: 18498:Conservation and Scientific Research 16939: 16871:from the original on 18 October 2023 16780:from the original on 20 October 2023 16499:from the original on 18 January 2023 16469:from the original on 18 January 2023 16463:"British Museum – Collections Trust" 16412:from the original on 18 January 2023 16381:from the original on 18 January 2023 16351:from the original on 18 January 2023 16320:from the original on 18 January 2023 16232:from the original on 16 January 2023 16202:from the original on 15 January 2023 16172:from the original on 15 January 2023 15944:"Ethiopia demands stolen crown back" 15942:Johnson, Andrew (23 November 2008). 15923:from the original on 11 January 2009 15777:from the original on 2 December 2020 15678:from the original on 11 January 2022 15645:from the original on 11 January 2022 15551:from the original on 3 December 2022 15491: 15394:from the original on 14 October 2011 15290:from the original on 16 January 2021 15264:from the original on 9 December 2021 15222: 15113:from the original on 5 February 2010 15004:from the original on 21 October 2015 14900:from the original on 11 January 2022 14855: 14688:from the original on 16 January 2024 14582:from the original on 28 October 2019 14517:from the original on 3 February 2012 14487:from the original on 3 February 2012 14251: 13746:from the original on 5 February 2016 13454:, pp. 66–72 (Stephanie Moser, 2006, 13375:"Collection Guides – King's Library" 13363:from the original on 9 October 2022. 13324: 13306:from the original on 17 January 2016 13100:from the original on 5 December 2019 12627:, the pilgrimage that is one of the 11487:Room 1 - Maya maize god statue from 10940:figure) and satellite towns such as 10285:in Java, Indonesia, (9th century AD) 10274:in Java, Indonesia, (9th century AD) 9937:), (1st century BC – 1st century AD) 9519:, and Chinese ceramics collections. 8624:, British Isles, (8th–9th centuries) 8313:, central Wales, (1st–2nd centuries) 8232:, northern England, (1st century AD) 7813:Jet beaded necklace from Melfort in 7070:– Studies of a reclining male nude: 6094:lion head from the monument to King 5903: 5757: 5541: 4992:and its adjacent areas. These cover 3185:adding citations to reliable sources 3156: 2284:, Egypt, 12th Dynasty (1990–1750 BC) 991:Scholarship and legacies (1875–1900) 394: 124:5,820,860 (2023) (up 42% from 2022) 22787:Neoclassical architecture in London 22782:Robert Smirke (architect) buildings 22702:Egyptological collections in London 22677:Art museums and galleries in London 21127:Crystal Palace transmitting station 19973:Channel Four Television Corporation 19510:Ranger's House (Wernher Collection) 19101:Museum of Immigration and Diversity 17208:The British Museum: Visitor's Guide 16974:"Hajj exhibition at British Museum" 16927:from the original on 28 August 2023 16859:McIntosh, Steve (18 October 2023). 16840:from the original on 26 August 2023 16810:from the original on 25 August 2023 16689:from the original on 23 August 2023 16636: 15954:from the original on 16 August 2016 15721: 15697:Bailey, Martin (15 February 2021). 15165:from the original on 14 August 2007 14449:Wainwright, Oliver (19 July 2017). 14398:from the original on 25 August 2007 14173:from the original on 4 January 2014 13707: 13673:from the original on 9 October 2022 13532:from the original on 13 August 2018 13292:Cavendish, Richard (January 2009). 12916:from the original on 9 October 2016 12834: 12822:from the original on 12 August 2017 12620:Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam 12471:Room 85 – Portrait Sculpture, Roman 11747:Room 25 - Modern interpretation of 11268:and post-colonial ones such as the 10936:(that includes a unique soapstone, 10401:from Huixian, China, 5th century BC 10364:, Myanmar, (18th–19th centuries AD) 10260:, Malaysia, (6th–11th centuries AD) 10249:, western Malaysia, (200 BC–200 AD) 10234:, Thailand, (10th–1st centuries BC) 9305:, made in Paris, France, 1370–80 AD 8327:Bronze heads of the Roman emperors 7581:, most of which originate from the 6102:, southern Turkey, (9th century BC) 6082:, northern Syria, (10th century BC) 5269:and the Hungarian-British explorer 5043:objects was from the collection of 4200:Rider, southern Italy, (480–460 BC) 2718:Sarcophagus lid of Sasobek (630 BC) 2655:from Memphis, Egypt, 25th Dynasty ( 2040:(1980s) and sites in Sudan such as 1366:The Great Court emerges (1975–2000) 1308:In 1953, the museum celebrated its 852:was to discover the 4th-century BC 614:(1730–1803), British Ambassador to 13: 22802:Museum of the Year (UK) recipients 19081:London Museum of Water & Steam 17363: 17293:Virtual tour of the British Museum 17217:. London: The British Museum Press 17210:. London: The British Museum Press 17203:. London: The British Museum Press 17176:. London: The British Museum Press 17150:. London: The British Museum Press 17128:. London: The British Museum Press 17121:. London: The British Museum Press 17035: 16740:"British Museum struck by robbery" 16518:Busby, Mattha (16 February 2019). 16431:Buganim, Eitan (17 October 2013). 16341:"Britain stuck on Nazi-looted art" 15993:from the original on 15 March 2023 15893:from the original on 5 August 2017 15863:from the original on 15 March 2023 15664:Foster, Peter (15 November 2010). 15159:"Africa, Oceania and the Americas" 14718:from the original on 20 March 2012 14645:from the original on 26 March 2019 14547:from the original on 26 March 2019 14386:Higgins, Charlotte (5 July 2007). 14039:from the original on 30 March 2014 14014:The British Museum Review: 2022-23 13962:from the original on 30 March 2010 13420:from the original on 15 March 2023 13381:from the original on 7 August 2019 13156:from the original on 12 April 2012 13040:from the original on 8 August 2022 12976:from the original on 11 March 2018 12874:van Riel, Cees (30 October 2017). 12855:from the original on 18 March 2024 12088: 11942:– claimed by Greece and backed by 11833:British Museum Research Repository 11523:, Late Classic, Mexico, 600-900 AD 11284:excavated by the British Mayanist 11106:in 1911, that includes the unique 10808:Wellcome Historical Medical Museum 10794:Room 25 – A collection of African 10739:Gallery of Living and Dying, with 10585:Room 33 - A crowned figure of the 10327:Statue of the Goddess Mamaki from 10227:, northern Vietnam, (2000–1500 BC) 10199:, Bengal, eastern India, (1477 AD) 9581:or disc with inscription from the 8639:engraved gem with crucifixion and 8609:, Switzerland, (8th–9th centuries) 8208:find of ornately decorated bronze 8122:from northwest Spain, (300–150 BC) 7585:and Russia, and over 40 mediaeval 6479:in Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq, 6190:written in alphabetic Hebrew from 5436:for the museum. The collection of 5428:. Mallowan returned with his wife 5039:The first significant addition of 4777:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 4733:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 4647:Room 12 – A gold earring from the 4518:Various silver treasures found at 4496:inscription from the Vardar Gate, 4209:Statue of recumbent bull from the 3953:, Athens, Greece, (8th century BC) 3368:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 3358:cultures are represented, and the 3297:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2308:Stela of Samontu, Abydos (1910 BC) 2239:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2062:. These were donated by Professor 1410:and there were excavations in the 858:Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 498:Cabinet of curiosities (1753–1778) 306: 16:National museum in London, England 14: 22818: 18508:Portable Antiquities and Treasure 17222: 17135:London: The British Museum Press 16972:Kennedy, Maev (25 January 2012). 16594:from the original on 8 March 2020 16564:from the original on 17 July 2019 16538:from the original on 17 July 2019 16290:from the original on 27 July 2020 16142:MacCarthy, Dan (26 August 2022). 15631:Foster, Peter (19 October 2009). 15582:from the original on 24 June 2018 15570:Bowlby, Chris (2 February 2015). 15449:from the original on 2 March 2014 15423:from the original on 2 March 2014 14884:Singh, Anita (29 November 2011). 14430:from the original on 13 July 2014 14095:from the original on 25 June 2022 13937:from the original on 28 June 2019 13474:, p. 24 (Marjorie Caygill, 2003, 13010:from the original on 10 June 2020 12998:Tharoor, Kanishk (29 June 2015). 12641:2016–17 all-female UK terror plot 12374:& reliefs from the palace of 12109: 11587:Room 27 - Turquoise Mosaic Mask, 11225:, a lidded rivercane basket from 10861:bronze sculptures, the beautiful 10817:in The Gambia, a dozen exquisite 10313:, Burma, (12th–13th centuries AD) 10209:, Nepal, (15th–16th centuries AD) 9973:, eastern India, (2nd century AD) 9952:, central India, (1st century AD) 9893:, India, (7th – 1st centuries BC) 8316:Hoard of gold jewellery found at 8268:Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus 8161:in Norfolk, East Anglia, (100 BC) 8042:, Budapest, Hungary, (800–600 BC) 7994:Late Bronze Age gold hoards from 7478:were acquired as a result of the 7458:and de la Grancière in Brittany, 6739:Department of Prints and Drawings 6497:Room 56 – The famous Babylonian ' 6312:depicting a lion's head from the 6131:, southern Iraq, (8th century BC) 5970:and gold drinking cup from Queen 5420:in 1935–1938 and from Woolley at 5194:came the bronze furnishings of a 3704:group adorning the summit of the 3524:Parthenon Marbles (Elgin Marbles) 3495:The current collection includes: 2230:, Egypt, 3rd Dynasty (c. 2650 BC) 2094:and coffins, the largest outside 1807:Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners 931:British Museum of Natural History 542:, employed the former student of 243:, art and culture located in the 49:Aerial view of the British Museum 22672:Archaeological museums in London 22635: 22626: 22625: 22449: 21816:Dana Research Centre and Library 21755:Libraries and archives in London 20018: 20017: 19583: 19536: 19535: 19086:Markfield Beam Engine and Museum 18613: 18612: 18555:Films shot at the British Museum 18192:Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III 17907:Herculean Sarcophagus of Genzano 17595:Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena 17284:Works by or about British Museum 17017:10.2752/175183412X13522006995213 16996: 16965: 16909: 16883: 16852: 16822: 16792: 16762: 16732: 16708:Martin Bailey (1 October 2000). 16701: 16606: 16576: 16550: 16511: 16481: 16455: 16424: 16393: 16363: 16332: 16302: 16276: 16244: 16214: 16184: 16154: 16135: 16117: 16099: 16069: 16036: 16005: 15905: 15875: 15844: 15819: 15789: 15759: 15750: 15690: 15657: 15624: 15594: 15563: 15559:– via www.theguardian.com. 15533: 15517: 15479:from the original on 1 July 2017 15461: 15435: 15380: 15361: 15331: 15302: 15276: 15207: 15177: 15161:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. 15151: 15135:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. 15125: 15109:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. 15099: 15087:from the original on 6 July 2010 14744:from the original on 10 May 2011 13958:. British Museum. 14 June 2010. 13220:from the original on 11 May 2011 13070:from the original on 8 July 2016 12886:from the original on 18 May 2023 12602: 12590: 12574: 12562: 12508: 12492: 12476: 12464: 12448: 12436: 12417: 12401: 12382: 12359: 12347: 12328: 12316: 12304: 12273: 12257: 12235: 12221: 12205: 11740: 11728: 11712: 11703:Great Court - Two house frontal 11696: 11680: 11664: 11648: 11632: 11616: 11600: 11580: 11564: 11544: 11528: 11512: 11496: 11480: 11464: 11448: 11360:from the Dominican Republic and 11276:, a spectacular series of Mayan 10710: 10705:from Burma, 18th-19th century AD 10690: 10674: 10658: 10642: 10626: 10610: 10594: 10578: 10562: 10538: 10518: 10502: 10486: 10470: 10450: 10434: 10406: 10390: 10377:Room 33 - Cubic weights made of 10370: 10123:, Bihar, India, (9th century AD) 10087:Stone statue of Buddha from the 10060:Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena 9908:, Uttar Pradesh, India, (238 BC) 9724:, China, (9th–10th centuries AD) 9364: 9348: 9332: 9310: 9290: 9274: 9258: 9242: 9226: 9210: 9194: 9178: 9162: 9146: 9130: 9107: 9077: 9055: 9049: 1.2 million years BC 9025: 8697:Triptychs, (10th–14th centuries) 8544:and Villa Farm barrow burial in 8277:, Buckinghamshire, (1st century) 8172:decoration including those from 8118:Pair of gold collars called the 7936:, western Europe, (1450–1300 BC) 7881:in central Europe (2280–1500 BC) 7356: 7337: 7318: 7303: 7288: 7273: 7252: 7237: 7218: 7199: 7176: 7157: 7142: 7121: 7107:Study of Heads, Mother and Child 7095: 7060: 7018: 6999: 6977: 6950: 6806:There are groups of drawings by 6715: 6699: 6683: 6667: 6647: 6631: 6603: 6580: 6556: 6545:Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III 6532: 6516: 6490: 6468: 6442: 6416: 6390: 6151:near Jerusalem, (7th century BC) 5827:White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I 5249:Room 52 – Ancient Iran with the 5222:. The department also has three 5081:Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III 4900: 4878: 4856: 4840: 4824: 4804: 4784: 4764: 4746: 4720: 4700: 4672: 4656: 4640: 4297:from Paramythia (2nd century AD) 4121:cemetery in Rhodes, (700–600 BC) 3862:, southern Italy, (2800–2400 BC) 3665:Ionic capitals, architraves and 3603:Fluted column base, (444–440 BC) 3263:Room 17 – Reconstruction of the 3161: 3136: 3114: 3102: 3079: 3074:, sheet 5, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC 3063: 3047: 3031: 3009: 2991: 2969: 2947: 2927: 2219:Artefacts from the tomb of King 1813:for excellence in architecture. 1280:, Suffolk (1946). The immediate 603:, coins, prints and drawings by 579:Indolence and energy (1778–1800) 359:and drawings including those by 173: 164: 159: 66: 59: 22727:Grade I listed museum buildings 19816:Sports Grounds Safety Authority 19806:National Lottery Community Fund 19801:National Heritage Memorial Fund 18660:Museums and galleries in London 17184:Treasures of the British Museum 17133:Treasures of the British Museum 17126:The Story of the British Museum 16260:. 27 March 2007. Archived from 16012:Harding, Luke (10 April 2007). 15883:"Benin bronzes sold to Nigeria" 15851:Kennedy, Maev (28 March 2002). 15828:Greece (Cadogan Country Guides) 15612:from the original on 5 May 2016 15349:from the original on 2 May 2007 15195:from the original on 1 May 2021 15069: 15053:. Japan Embassy. Archived from 15043: 15027:. Untold London. Archived from 15016: 14986: 14938: 14912: 14868: 14849: 14827:"Prints and Drawings galleries" 14786: 14756: 14730: 14700: 14674: 14657: 14635:"Department of Greece and Rome" 14594: 14568: 14559: 14537:"Department of Egypt and Sudan" 14529: 14499: 14473: 14442: 14410: 14379: 14348: 14307: 14242: 14233: 14224: 14194: 14185: 14159: 14133: 14107: 14077: 14051: 14004: 13974: 13948: 13913: 13900: 13891: 13878: 13826: 13789: 13758: 13728: 13685: 13647: 13630: 13591: 13578: 13565:The Story of the British Museum 13557: 13544: 13518: 13501: 13485: 13472:The Story of the British Museum 13465: 13445: 13432: 13367: 13318: 13285: 13256: 13206: 13193: 13184: 13168: 13138: 13112: 13082: 13052: 12906:"History of the British Museum" 12783: 12767: 12752: 12731: 12710: 12701: 12691: 11639:Room 25 - Detail of one of the 11354:Zemi Figures from Vere, Jamaica 11316:), an ornate calcite vase with 10948:peoples and cave paintings and 10930:British Expedition to Abyssinia 9607:, China, (6th–5th centuries BC) 9371:Room 39 – Ornate clock made by 8870:, Scotland (early 16th century) 8841:Complete church altar set from 8827:, Greece, (14th–15th centuries) 8804:, Paris, France, (14th century) 8643:, central Europe, (9th century) 8261:Romano-British (43 AD – 410 AD) 7682:Wolverine pendant of Les Eyzies 7666:, (1.8 million BC onwards) 7433:. Paleolithic objects from the 6384:, Iraq (12th–13th centuries AD) 5981:, one of pair, the other is in 5341:inscriptions from sites across 4490:, Rome, Italy, (2nd century AD) 4415:, Italy, (1st–2nd centuries AD) 4344:from Corinth, Greece (30–10 BC) 4206:Head, Tamassos, Cyprus (460 BC) 4139:statues from the Sacred Way at 3898:, Crete, Greece, (1900–1100 BC) 3573:Choragic Monument of Thrasyllos 3568:slabs and capital, (427–424 BC) 3172:needs additional citations for 2555:, Valley of the Kings (1140 BC) 2315:, Deir-el-Bersha (1878–1855 BC) 1709:, whose major addition was the 1584:Speaker of the House of Commons 1414:, Egypt, Sudan and the UK. The 929:, which would later become the 766:was demolished and work on the 696:Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 21:British Museum (disambiguation) 22667:1753 establishments in England 22360: 21972:Islington Local History Centre 21878:The Library at Willesden Green 19495:Kenwood House (Iveagh Bequest) 19182:Museum of the Order of St John 19071:Institute of Contemporary Arts 19056:Handel & Hendrix in London 18469:The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 17507:Colossal head of Amenhotep III 15830:. Cadogan Guides. p. 55. 14833:. 14 June 2010. Archived from 14608:. 14 June 2010. Archived from 14261:. Waagner Biro. Archived from 13608:Dickens's Dictionary of London 13406:. Profile Books. p. 207. 13022: 12928: 12898: 12867: 12804: 12654: 12557:(October 2005 – January 2006) 12532: 11761:Department of Money and Medals 10685:, late 1770s or early 1780s AD 10158:Foundation inscription of the 9720:silverware from Beihuangshan, 9620:Japanese antiquities from the 9507:musical set, was assembled by 9499:collection put together by Dr 8922:Jaspar ware vase known as the 8894:, presented to Thomas Lyte of 8571:Irish reliquaries such as the 8486:Treasures, (4th–7th centuries) 8459:, Belgium, (4th–6th centuries) 8266:Tombstone of Roman procurator 8140:, Yorkshire, (300 BC – 100 BC) 6401:' figure, one of a pair, from 6341:, Iran, (1st–3rd centuries AD) 6333:gold belt-buckle with central 6305:in Jerusalem, (1st century AD) 6200:, foundation cylinder of King 6141:, Iraq, (8th–3rd centuries BC) 5862:, relating part of the famous 5819:, the earliest known Assyrian 5731:with inscription dedicated to 5642:The Metropolitan Museum of Art 4779:, Turkey, early 4th century BC 4482:Segment of a decorated marble 4350:from Meroë in Sudan (27–25 BC) 4226:from Priene in Turkey (330 BC) 4192:Fragments from a large bronze 4189:, central Greece, (500–475 BC) 4178:, western Turkey, (510–480 BC) 4143:, western Turkey, (600–580 BC) 4091:, southern Italy, (340–330 BC) 3901:The Minoan gold treasure from 3121:Great Court – Black siltstone 2566:text, Deir el-Bahari (1070 BC) 2223:from the 2nd Dynasty (2690 BC) 2188:from Abydos, mid-1st Dynasty ( 1830: 1827:– and some other collections. 1721:in Rome being slightly wider. 1572:Museums and Galleries Act 1992 1548:Director of the British Museum 1376:Queen Elizabeth II Great Court 731:antiquities from the widow of 75:Location within Central London 1: 22797:Foster and Partners buildings 22223:London Action Resource Centre 22136:University of the Arts London 21906:Westminster Reference Library 21009:Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace 20742:BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir 19116:Royal Academy of Music Museum 18019:Priene dedicatory inscription 17215:The British Museum: a history 17119:The British Museum: 250 Years 15756:British Museum Act 1963, s 5. 15732:"Greek and Roman Antiquities" 15499:"Greek and Roman Antiquities" 15250:10.1080/1031461X.2017.1414862 15238:Australian Historical Studies 15216:Australian Historical Studies 14058:Nanji, Noor (18 March 2024). 13908:The British Museum: A History 13886:The British Museum: A History 13693:The British Museum: 250 Years 13552:The British Museum: A History 13440:The British Museum: A History 13265:The British Museum: A History 13201:The British Museum: A History 13060:"Admission and opening times" 12797: 12569:Room 5 – Exhibitions Panorama 12430:Department of Greece and Rome 12341:Department of the Middle East 12247: 11918:. The British Museum and the 10306:, Cambodia, (12th century AD) 10041:with hunting scenes from the 9798:from Japan, (17th century AD) 9783:jar with dragon made for the 9690: 9552:Japanese pre-20th century art 9322: 9153:Room 50 – Gold torc found in 9119: 9097: 9067: 9045: 8881:from Mantua, Italy, (1554 AD) 8851: 8763:and shoe, (late 12th century) 8670: 8428:silver dishes of the emperor 8409: 8192:in England, (100 BC – 100 AD) 8048: 7845:Early Bronze Age hoards from 7818: 7798: 7693: 7110: 7085: 7049: 6988: 6967: 6727: 6654:Room 52 – A chariot from the 6621: 6592: 6506: 6480: 6458: 6432: 6406: 5783: 5615: 5584: 5570: 5126:Royal Library of Ashurbanipal 5103: 4929:Department of the Middle East 4916: 4890: 4868: 4754: 4736: 4370:(or "Sword of Tiberius") and 4267:, central Italy, (221–205 BC) 4216:Hoard of gold jewellery from 4087:Hoard of gold jewellery from 3727: 3709: 3691: 3153:Department of Greece and Rome 3126: 3125:of Egypt, Thirtieth dynasty, 3091: 3021: 2999: 2981: 2959: 2862:Roman Period (30 BC – 641 AD) 2851: 2834: 2778:Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC) 2684: 2656: 2643: 2629: 2551:Face from the sarcophagus of 2441:Hoard of silver bullion from 2423:Fragment of the beard of the 2299: 2265:Middle Kingdom (2134–1690 BC) 2203: 2189: 2172: 2158: 2140: 2126: 2106: 2068:Southern Methodist University 1906: 1849: 1836:Department of Egypt and Sudan 1588:hold its collections in trust 1528: 1292:A new public face (1950–1975) 1146:collected in Central Africa, 1051:Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild 634:Growth and change (1800–1825) 468: 22431:St George the Martyr Holborn 22406:Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel 21896:London Metropolitan Archives 20338:Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 19796:Horserace Betting Levy Board 19760:Treasure Valuation Committee 18996:Ben Uri Gallery & Museum 18981:Arsenal Football Club Museum 18207:Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir 18182:Tell al-'Ubaid Copper Lintel 17650:Jade terrapin from Allahabad 17517:Gebelein predynastic mummies 17512:El-Amra clay model of cattle 17143:(1st ed. 1985; 2nd ed. 1992) 17073:Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard. 17052:Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard. 15973:Hoffman, Barbara T. (2006). 15051:"Embassy of Japan in the UK" 13302:. Vol. 59, no. 1. 12412:& Nineveh Palace Reliefs 12280:African Garden – created by 12193: 11946:among others for restitution 11459:, Ohio, USA, 200 BC - 400 AD 11419:collections and part of the 11055:cabinet of curiosities from 10417:sacred goose vessel made of 10184:, Uzbekistan, (1420–1449 AD) 9699:Silk Princess painting from 9664:, Xinjiang, (4th century AD) 8845:near Burgos, Spain (1455 AD) 8790:, mysteriously found at the 8749:Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor 8348:from Roman-Celtic Temple at 8324:, Wales, (1st–2nd centuries) 7738:and triangular pendant from 7351:, London, (lithograph), 1878 7046:The Burlington House Cartoon 6451:Sculpture of the god Imdugud 6308:Fragment of a carved basalt 6233:, found in the ruins of the 6204:, Sippar, Iraq, (555–540 BC) 6174:East India House Inscription 6047:gold jewellery found at the 5928:Pair of Human Headed Winged 5628:Sculptures and inscriptions: 4773:Temple of Artemis in Ephesus 3796:Tomb of Merehi, (390–350 BC) 3738:Temple of Artemis in Ephesus 3578:Statue of Dionysos, (270 BC) 3123:obelisk of King Nectanebo II 3040:statue of a husband and wife 2917:Coptic wall painting of the 2867:Schist head of a young man, 2825:Wall from a chapel of Queen 2363:Ancient Egyptian mathematics 1650:figures, installed in 1852. 1644:The Progress of Civilisation 1562:(with the director as their 1540:non-departmental public body 1439:Wide view of the Great Court 1086:such as those formed by the 868:and others at sites such as 688:Colossal bust of Ramesses II 292:non-departmental public body 7: 22767:Museums established in 1753 22182:Library for Iranian Studies 20229:Brentford Community Stadium 20207:Odeon Luxe Leicester Square 19978:Churches Conservation Trust 19344:Banqueting House, Whitehall 19167:Florence Nightingale Museum 18971:Other museums and galleries 18222:Babylonian Map of the World 17777:Barber Cup and Crawford Cup 17706:The Great Wave off Kanagawa 17690:Seated Buddha from Gandhara 17610:Amitābha Buddha from Hancui 17169:. Stroud: The History Press 16043:Larmer, Brook (June 2010). 14920:"British Museum Highlights" 14708:"British Museum – Research" 14682:"British Museum collection" 14017:. The British Museum. 2023. 13248:. Silver, Burdett. p. 13214:"The British Museum Images" 12634: 12597:Room 5 – Exhibitions Relics 12555:Forgotten Empire Exhibition 12229:British Museum Reading Room 12003:Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin 11934:List of contested artefacts 11839:Controversies and criticism 11020:, Frederick Meinertzhagen, 10806:, which was donated by the 10155:in central India, (1034 AD) 9836:Excavated objects from the 9817:The Great Wave off Kanagawa 9766:of Japan, (14th century AD) 9680:Amitābha Buddha from Hancui 9465:Andaman and Nicobar Islands 9118:, North Wales, Bronze Age, 8969:art school, Germany, (1924) 8577:Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin 8503:stones from the Roofs More 7717:artefacts from the site of 7152:- Drawing of a walrus, 1521 6930:.. The great eleven volume 6918:by the pioneering colonist 6910:, as well as all the great 6777:Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode 6642:, Southern Iraq, 604–562 BC 6316:, Armenia, (1st century AD) 5569:The Sharrat-Niphi Temple, ( 5460:The museum's collection of 5159:, and a fine collection of 5028:settlements in the western 4409:Discus-thrower (Discobolos) 4385:Barber Cup and Crawford Cup 3960:at Sparta, (8th century BC) 3958:Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia 3933:, Cyprus, (12th century BC) 2762:and sarcophagus of Pharaoh 2621:, 22nd Dynasty (922–887 BC) 2613:Colossal column capital of 2495:, one of the finest extant 2454:Colossal limestone bust of 2449:Colossal head from a statue 2280:Limestone stela of Heqaib, 1597: 1553: 1533: 1235:Aldwych Underground station 1111:Opening of The North Wing, 985:Wonder of the Ancient World 692:Charles Towneley collection 605:Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode 10: 22823: 22582:Street names of Bloomsbury 22118:London School of Economics 21982:Kensington Central Library 21827:Victoria and Albert Museum 20767:St Margaret's, Westminster 20709:Victoria and Albert Museum 19922:Victoria and Albert Museum 19882:National Museums Liverpool 19253:Headstone Manor and Museum 19036:Fashion and Textile Museum 18849:Victoria and Albert Museum 18765:Imperial War Museum London 17552:Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 17124:Caygill, Marjorie (2002). 17117:Caygill, Marjorie (2006). 17062:, 2011, pp. 103–164. 16228:(in Welsh). 3 April 2016. 14738:"Museum With No Frontiers" 13860:10.1177/096100068401600204 13808:Shenton, Caroline (2021). 13795:Quoted Ashmole (1994), 125 13691:Caygill, Marjorie (2006). 13563:Caygill, Marjorie (2003). 13550:Wilson, David, M. (2002). 13325:Rose, ED (15 April 2018). 13263:Wilson, David, M. (2002). 13030:"British Library Act 1972" 12670:Victoria and Albert Museum 12123:sponsorship deal with BP. 11975:gold and silver artefacts. 11920:Victoria and Albert Museum 11764: 11551:Room 24 – Rapa Nui statue 11367:There are a collection of 11312:(including the celebrated 10697:Room 33 - Large statue of 10457:Room 91a - Section of the 10170:, eastern India, (1278 AD) 9915:found near a monastery in 9815:Japanese prints including 9812:, Korea, (18th century AD) 9639:, Japan, (200 BC – 200 AD) 9265:Room 40 – Ivory statue of 9020:, (4th–10th centuries AD) 8496:panel, (4th–6th centuries) 8270:from London, (1st century) 8238:silver hinged brooch from 8159:Great Torc from Snettisham 8132:in the Lady's Barrow near 7925:in Hungary, (1600–1000 BC) 7842:, Cornwall, (2400–2000 BC) 7686:Montastruc decorated stone 7192:Allegory on Life and Death 6987:- A comical barber scene, 6801:Handbook to the Department 6571:, companion pieces in the 6235:Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 6170:, eastern Turkey, (650 BC) 5234:and a series of limestone 5230:from the ancient state of 4771:Room 22 – Column from the 4729:Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 4515:, Turkey, (2nd century AD) 4500:, Greece, (2nd century AD) 4463:Tiberius Claudius Candidus 4444:, western Turkey, (140 AD) 4425:Capitals from some of the 4181:Two bronze tablets in the 4160:, southern Italy, (520 BC) 3956:Votive offerings from the 3929:Ivory game board found at 3681:Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 3508:frame and coffer from the 3401:and non-Greek colonies in 3372:Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 3293:Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 2936:Gebelein predynastic mummy 2451:of Amenhotep III (1350 BC) 2409:, Western Thebes (1430 BC) 2374:New Kingdom (1549–1069 BC) 2359:Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 2344:Second Intermediate Period 2214:Old Kingdom (2690–2181 BC) 1933:. After the defeat of the 1606:The museum's main entrance 1184:London Post Office Railway 854:Mausoleum of Halikarnassos 660:Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 486:introduced a literary and 301: 108:, London WC1B 3DG, England 18: 22687:Charities based in London 22621: 22595: 22529: 22458: 22447: 22391:Church of Christ the King 22368: 22305:Grosvenor Gallery Library 22285: 22231: 22210: 22159: 22090: 22081: 22064:Battersea Central Library 21886:(Artizan Street Library, 21840: 21769: 21760: 21564: 21513: 21418: 21360: 21351: 21339:St Bartholomew's Hospital 21276: 21175: 21094: 21061:Citigroup Centre (London) 21021: 20981: 20948: 20939: 20865: 20812: 20805: 20727: 20669:National Portrait Gallery 20587: 20496: 20441: 20423:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 20358: 20304: 20295:Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 20215: 20187: 20176: 20083: 20072: 20015: 19951: 19935: 19887:National Portrait Gallery 19844: 19768: 19737: 19726: 19701: 19659: 19633: 19615: 19606: 19596: 19531: 19460: 19372: 19334: 19311: 19233:Greenwich Heritage Centre 19200: 19154: 18976: 18965: 18886: 18873: 18847: 18824: 18806: 18773: 18742: 18714:National Portrait Gallery 18679: 18666: 18608: 18532: 18485: 18414: 18312: 18258:Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal 18122: 18034:Sant'Angelo Muxaro Patera 17725: 17580: 17485: 17406: 17397: 17371: 17297:Google Arts & Culture 17213:Wilson, David M. (2002). 17153:Esdaile, Arundell (1946) 17042:Anderson, Robert (2005). 16345:Jewish Telegraphic Agency 16053:: 136–138. Archived from 15232:Thomas, Nicholas (2018). 15185:"shield | British Museum" 14602:"Ancient Egypt and Sudan" 14206:University College London 13906:Wilson, David M. (2002). 13884:Wilson, David M. (2002). 13346:10.1017/S0007087418000249 12747:National Gallery Act 1856 12135: 12127:Chairman's Advisory Group 12045:, religious plaques, and 11519:Room 27 - Lintel 25 from 11475:, Colombia, c. 300-600 AD 11435:and important items from 11108:statue of A'a from Rurutu 11104:London Missionary Society 10932:, excavated objects from 10928:, Ethiopia following the 10863:Bronze Head of Queen Idia 10573:", China, 11th century BC 10102:, southern India (800 AD) 9742:, (5th–11th centuries AD) 9711:Seated Luohan from Yixian 9617:, China, (5th century BC) 9403:Percival David collection 8953:Charles Rennie Mackintosh 8919:, London, England, (1763) 8917:Chelsea porcelain factory 8733:, England, (12th century) 8390:in Norfolk, (4th century) 8080:Important finds from the 8002:, Spain and an intricate 7973:Gold bowl with intricate 7970:in Ireland, (1150–750 BC) 7902:, England, (1700–1500 BC) 7724:Terracotta figurine from 7505:and from North Africa to 6963:Portrait of a Young Woman 6613:Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal 6565:Human Headed Winged Bulls 6499:Queen of the Night relief 5792:Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal 5555:The North-West Palace of 5388:From the modern state of 5325:from Nimrud and the many 5317:, the hoard of about 150 5182:, the latter assisted by 5155:, important objects from 5124:. He also discovered the 5118:Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal 5092:Human Headed Winged Lions 4887:Spinario (Boy with Thorn) 4507:bronze parade masks from 4213:, Athens (4th century BC) 4107:from Chiusi, (150–140 BC) 3943:, Sardinia, (1100–900 BC) 3464:, and silver hoards from 3385:Beginning from the early 2773:, Alexandria (360–343 BC) 2318:Three Granite statues of 2311:Reliefs from the tomb of 2139:), Sheikh Hamada, Egypt ( 1618:, with 44 columns in the 1239:National Library of Wales 1190:and a country house near 957:Augustus Wollaston Franks 946:National Library of Paris 571:'s "first" collection of 345:collection of curiosities 225: 215: 211: 192: 155: 145: 135: 120: 116:Approx. 8 million objects 112: 101: 83: 54: 42: 33: 22742:Mesoamerican art museums 22268:House of Commons Library 21228:Liverpool Street station 21218:Fenchurch Street station 21208:Clapham Junction station 20927:Westfield Stratford City 20737:All Hallows-by-the-Tower 20664:National Maritime Museum 20202:Empire, Leicester Square 19988:National Citizen Service 19006:Bow Street Police Museum 18788:National Maritime Museum 18565:Repatriation controversy 18242:Flood tablet (Gilgamesh) 18024:Priene edict inscription 17857:Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo 17625:Mogao Christian painting 17254:British Museum elevation 17109:19 November 2018 at the 17101:Bowring, Joanna (2012). 17048:The British Museum Press 14740:. Discover Islamic Art. 14259:"British Museum Project" 13982:"Explore the collection" 13712:. Fathom. Archived from 13245:The World and Its People 13122:. Fathom. Archived from 12647: 12443:Room 18 – Ancient Greece 11211:North West Coast peoples 10900:in the Niger Delta, the 10829:currency rings from the 10721:, India, 19th century AD 10637:, China, 16th century AD 10605:, 14th-16th centuries AD 10477:Room 33 - Gilded bronze 10385:, Pakistan, 2600-1900 BC 10295:Gilded bronze figure of 10070:, Bihar, India, (675 AD) 10045:, Pakistan, (460–479 AD) 10035:, (1st–3rd centuries AD) 10000:, (1st–3rd centuries AD) 9940:Indo-Scythian sandstone 9896:Sandstone fragment of a 9808:collected by the potter 9628:, (3rd–6th centuries AD) 9189:, England 1st century AD 9157:, central England, 75 BC 8755:, Sicily, including his 8736:Armenian stone-cross or 8723:Reliquary of St. Eustace 8538:Lilleberge Viking Burial 8440:, (Early 4th century AD) 8397:, Ireland, (4th century) 7728:, Serbia, (5200–4900 BC) 7165:Hans Holbein the Younger 6543:, King of Israel on the 6327:, (1st–2nd centuries AD) 6294:, Jordan, (4 BC – 68 AD) 6259:Punic-Libyan Inscription 5897:Other Mesopotamian sites 5400:from the excavations of 5305:in the world. The later 5151:, the bronze gates from 5128:, a large collection of 4565:, Libya (2nd century AD) 4436:Colossal marble head of 3872:, Greece, (2700–2200 BC) 3848:, Greece, (3300–2000 BC) 2702:Late Period (664–332 BC) 2416:from the Temple of Mut, 2247:Limestone false door of 2044:, Kawa and the Northern 1646:, consisting of fifteen 1576:Archbishop of Canterbury 1538:The British Museum is a 1431:The British Museum today 431:, the collection of the 22140:Stanley Kubrick Archive 21930:Croydon Central Library 21797:National Poetry Library 21659:Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow 21289:Battersea Power Station 20772:St Martin-in-the-Fields 20564:Royal Courts of Justice 20428:Theatre Royal Haymarket 20321:The Championship Course 19912:Sir John Soane's Museum 19902:Royal Museums Greenwich 19001:Benjamin Franklin House 18949:London Museum Docklands 18911:London Transport Museum 18896:Dulwich Picture Gallery 18775:Royal Museums Greenwich 18729:Sir John Soane's Museum 18550:Dingwall Beloe Lectures 18252:Library of Ashurbanipal 17640:Hephthalite silver bowl 17605:Ambika Statue from Dhar 17275:Works by British Museum 17060:Oxford University Press 16947:"British Museum Online" 15528:Studies in Conservation 15443:"Research Publications" 15374:2 February 2012 at the 14862:Oxford University Press 13242:Dunton, Larkin (1896). 11691:, Hawaii, late 1700s AD 11539:, Colombia, 900-1600 AD 11507:, Colombia, 600-1100 AD 11241:, one of the enigmatic 10819:Afro-Portuguese ivories 10108:from Sri Lanka and the 10080:Small bronze figure of 10066:up to king Ādityasena, 10039:Hephthalite silver bowl 9867:, India, (2000–1000 BC) 9600:, China, (1200–1050 BC) 9545:Frau Olga-Julia Wegener 9530:limestone reliefs from 8873:Intricately decorated 8850:Renaissance to Modern ( 8747:Items from the tomb of 8712:, (11th–12th centuries) 8660:, iron sword with long 8581:St Conall Cael's Shrine 8256:, Scotland, (50–200 AD) 8216:, Kent, (75 BC – 25 BC) 8073:chariot burial and the 8015:Part of a copper alloy 7966:in Buckinghamshire and 7905:Bronze Age hoards from 7778:, Malta, (3150–2500 BC) 7431:Gertrude Caton–Thompson 7169:Portrait of Anne Boleyn 6319:Group of boulders with 5764:Assyrian palace reliefs 5697:Stela of Shamshi-Adad V 5548:Assyrian palace reliefs 5472:including one from the 5359:two bilingual pedestals 5295:One Hundred Column Hall 4971:Assyrian palace reliefs 4939:Assyrian palace reliefs 4851:, Italy, 1st century AD 4348:Bronze head of Augustus 4124:Foot from the colossal 3887:, Greece (2300–2000 BC) 3781:Lion Tomb, (550–500 BC) 3700:Part of horse from the 3649:Temple of Athena Polias 3315:under the reign of the 2624:Statue of the Nile god 2472:(203 tablets) (1350 BC) 2379:Schist head of Pharaoh 439:, assembled by various 413:British Museum Act 1753 128:Ranked first nationally 89:; 271 years ago 22272:House of Lords Library 22243:Lambeth Palace Library 22150:Senate House Libraries 21978:Kensington and Chelsea 21807:Parliamentary Archives 21802:Natural History Museum 21639:Kensington High Street 21268:Victoria Coach Station 20752:Methodist Central Hall 20674:Natural History Museum 20408:Royal National Theatre 19983:Historic Royal Palaces 19892:Natural History Museum 19781:British Film Institute 19336:Historic Royal Palaces 19313:Royal Collection Trust 19146:William Morris Gallery 19131:Sherlock Holmes Museum 19011:Charles Dickens Museum 18986:Bank of England Museum 18880:Designated collections 18724:Royal Air Force Museum 18719:Natural History Museum 18503:Libraries and Archives 18304:Phoenician metal bowls 18232:Cylinders of Nabonidus 17695:Stamp seal (BM 119999) 17199:Reade, Julian (2004). 17165:Jacobs, Norman (2010) 16339:admin (14 July 2005). 15343:thebritishmuseum.ac.uk 15316:31 August 2019 at the 14394:. London. p. 10. 13584:Reade, Julian (2004). 13400:Hoock, Holger (2010). 12779: 12764: 12188:China's Hidden Century 12074:Four stolen drawings ( 12001:Irish artefacts — the 11865: 11797:Libraries and archives 11755:, late 20th century AD 11595:, Mexico, 1400-1500 AD 11491:, Honduras, 600-800 AD 10798: 10750: 10557:, 11th-12th century AD 10445:, 1st-3rd centuries AD 10360:, from Ponoodang near 10191:in the name of Sultan 10160:Ananta Vasudeva Temple 10119:statue of Buddha from 9703:Buddhist sanctuary in 9573:Chinese ritual bronzes 9571:A large collection of 9416:James Wilkinson Breeks 9406: 9394: 9359:, Switzerland, 1589 AD 9071: 13,000 years BC 8941:used on the voyage of 8587:, (7th–11th centuries) 8151:, England, (200–50 BC) 7891:, Wales (1900–1600 BC) 7569:, as well as those of 7454:and Cooke in Ireland, 7392: 7381: 7345:James McNeill Whistler 6620:, Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, 6423:Room 56 – The famous ' 6237:, Turkey, (486–465 BC) 6037:, Iraq, (3100–2700 BC) 5848:A large collection of 5480:, a fine selection of 5254: 5218:, and two bull-headed 5109: 4946: 4651:, Greece, 1700-1500 BC 4458:, Turkey, (175–180 AD) 4451:, Athens, (140–143 AD) 4318:Pair of engraved oval 4233:, Greece, (325–300 BC) 4220:, Sicily, (370–300 BC) 4101:, Latium, (200–100 BC) 3300: 3284: 3268: 3090:from the Late Period, 2914:(1st–6th centuries AD) 2693:Granite statue of the 2487:London Medical Papyrus 2361:, an early example of 2084:University of Kentucky 2020: 1974:Egypt Exploration Fund 1867: 1855: 1782: 1702: 1694: 1686: 1672:Haytor Granite Tramway 1607: 1469:Natural History Museum 1456: 1440: 1323:Natural History Museum 1305: 1135: 1127:holding the excavated 1116: 1097: 1020:Egypt Exploration Fund 997:Natural History Museum 798: 748:topographical drawings 663: 651: 646:, Townley Gallery and 588: 511: 474: 318: 265:Natural History Museum 22562:Lamb's Conduit Street 22249:Dr Williams's Library 22187:Marx Memorial Library 22108:King's College London 22016:Upper Norwood Library 21942:Upper Norwood Library 21938:South Norwood Library 21934:New Addington Library 21916:Swiss Cottage Library 21864:East Finchley Library 21822:The National Archives 21233:London Bridge station 21203:Charing Cross station 21198:Cannon Street station 21081:St George Wharf Tower 21051:122 Leadenhall Street 20912:Petticoat Lane Market 20797:Westminster Cathedral 20747:Bevis Marks Synagogue 20679:Royal Academy of Arts 20631:Guildhall Art Gallery 20559:Palace of Westminster 20549:The National Archives 20519:City Hall (Southwark) 20261:(Queens Park Rangers) 19689:The Baroness Twycross 19600:100 Parliament Street 19201:Local history museums 19158:Health & Medicine 19156:The London Museums of 19106:Orleans House Gallery 19076:Leighton House Museum 19046:Guildhall Art Gallery 18931:Royal Academy of Arts 18921:Museum of Freemasonry 18279:Babylonian Chronicles 18137:Assyrian lion weights 18114:Xanten Horse-Phalerae 18049:Stony Stratford Hoard 17967:Papyri of Oxyrhynchus 17867:Dionysus Sardanapalus 17812:Bronze head of Hypnos 17448:Double-headed serpent 17172:Jenkins, Ian (2006). 16198:. 25 September 2021. 16129:www.limerickleader.ie 15388:"Paul Hamlyn Library" 15133:"Room 33a: Amaravati" 12774: 12759: 12629:five pillars of Islam 12023:Dunaverney flesh-hook 11851: 11611:, Peru, about 1500 AD 11573:Double-headed serpent 11439:donated by Commander 11431:pottery vessels from 11427:collection, two rare 11063:given to Cook on his 10981:and a group of stone 10885:in southern Nigeria. 10841:collection, the rare 10793: 10734: 10397:Room 33 - One of the 10353:, Thailand, (1540 AD) 10318:Southern Song dynasty 9642:Gilded and inscribed 9515:Korean, painting and 9400: 9388: 9203:Hinton St Mary Mosaic 8744:in Armenia, (1225 AD) 8438:Constantine the Great 8413: 4th century AD 8377:Stony Stratford Hoard 8242:, Hungary, (1–100 AD) 8056: 1st century AD 7985:Dunaverney flesh-hook 7708:Robin Hood Cave Horse 7496:Swiss National Museum 7486:excavations and from 7387: 7379: 7332:, (watercolour), 1831 7226:Francisco de Zurbarán 7040:and the Infant Saint 7011:Allegory of Abundance 6958:Rogier van der Weyden 6797:Louis Alexander Fagan 6290:found in a cave near 6198:Cylinder of Nabonidus 6135:Babylonian Chronicles 6012:Plastered human skull 5771:South-West Palace of 5722:Assyrian lion weights 5653:Foundation tablet of 5633:Pair of Human Headed 5619: 7th century BC 5603:South-West Palace of 5588: 9th century BC 5574: 9th century BC 5492:made for the emperor 5396:and a group of stone 5248: 5226:statues of the ruler 5089: 4936: 4920: 2nd century AD 4894: 1st century AD 4872: 1st century AD 4259:Marble relief of the 4067:, Italy, (400–300 BC) 4005:, Vulci, (570–560 BC) 3549:One of six remaining 3440:Portland Vase, Roman 3436:including the famous 3290: 3274: 3262: 2897:Fayum mummy portraits 2804:Giant sculpture of a 2707:Saite Sarcophagus of 2511:Temple of Ramesses II 2235:Great Pyramid of Giza 2082:) and William Adams ( 2014: 1976:under the efforts of 1861: 1843: 1772: 1700: 1692: 1680: 1605: 1446: 1438: 1299: 1268:grave goods from the 1122: 1110: 1092: 792: 657: 641: 586: 505: 463: 363:and antiquities from 314: 156:Public transit access 22547:Great Russell Street 22146:University of London 22040:John Harvard Library 21952:Muswell Hill Library 21898:, Shoe Lane Library) 21854:Valence House Museum 21850:Barking and Dagenham 21831:National Art Library 21704:Tottenham Court Road 21223:King's Cross station 20994:Hampton Court Palace 20757:Regent's Park Mosque 19907:Science Museum Group 19872:Imperial War Museums 19776:Arts Council England 19402:Eastbury Manor House 19349:Hampton Court Palace 19288:Valence House Museum 19126:Serpentine Galleries 19016:Dennis Severs' House 18991:Barbican Art Gallery 18808:Science Museum Group 18744:Imperial War Museums 18704:National Army Museum 18462:The Disasters of War 18384:Sutton Hoo purse-lid 18334:Holy Thorn Reliquary 17680:Mathura lion capital 17438:Bronze Head from Ife 17320:51.51944°N 0.12694°W 17248:The Survey of London 17206:Reeve, John (2003). 17167:Behind the Colonnade 17146:Cook, B. F. (2005). 17080:4 March 2016 at the 16650:. 17 February 2022. 16590:. 10 February 2020. 16489:"1933–45 provenance" 15475:. 23 February 2016. 15369:Anthropology Library 15077:"Department of Asia" 15031:on 21 September 2009 14367:on 28 September 2007 14167:"Becoming a Trustee" 13921:"Awards and Winners" 13897:Ashmole (1994), 126. 13832:Cook, B. F. (2005). 13666:. 18 December 1879. 12548:Numismatic Chronicle 12216:(the Discus-Thrower) 12178:Copyright settlement 12144:figure in 1990; two 12019:Mooghaun North Hoard 12007:Londesborough Brooch 11979:Dunhuang manuscripts 11815:British Museum Press 11328:collection from the 11266:Codex Waecker-Gotter 11262:Codex Zouche-Nuttall 11183:5th Earl of Lonsdale 11038:Bronisław Malinowski 10918:processional crosses 10479:statue of the Buddha 10342:, Myanmar, (1476 AD) 10225:Phùng Nguyên culture 9976:Relic deposits from 9942:Mathura Lion Capital 9861:Copper Hoard Culture 9760:Minamoto no Yoritomo 9631:Three ornate bronze 9509:Sir Stamford Raffles 9448:George Eumorfopoulos 9420:Alexander Cunningham 9391:Amaravati Sculptures 9319:Holy Thorn Reliquary 8808:Dunstable Swan Jewel 8798:Holy Thorn Reliquary 8708:, Clephane Horn and 8702:elephant ivory horns 8614:Londesborough Brooch 8168:bronze mirrors with 7996:Abia de la Obispalía 7763:Small collection of 7710:, (11,500–10,000 BC) 7575:Richard I of England 7571:Mary, Queen of Scots 7543:Notre Dame Cathedral 7539:Isabella of Hainault 7080:on the vault of the 6854:and most of his 346 6795:. Writer and author 6789:César Mange de Hauke 6781:Richard Payne Knight 6243:, bilingual Cypriot- 6180:, Iraq, (604–562 BC) 5989:The Royal Game of Ur 5766:and sculptures from: 5283:5th Earl of Aberdeen 5277:were donated by Sir 4953:antiquities outside 4819:, Turkey, 200-100 BC 4799:, Greece, 325-300 BC 4695:, Greece, 420-415 BC 4558:(1st–3rd century AD) 4469:, Spain (195–199 AD) 4289:Bronze head and hand 4089:Sant'Eufemia Lamezia 4048:statuettes from the 4030:, Italy (500–480 BC) 3821:Marble capital with 3805:Bilingual Decree of 3499:Temple of Hephaestus 3474:Robert Hamilton Lang 3470:Richard Payne Knight 3426:Sir William Hamilton 3332:Robert Murdoch Smith 3299:, mid-4th century BC 3181:improve this article 3070:Book of the Dead of 2793:or temple shrine of 2558:Book of the Dead of 2529:Great Harris Papyrus 2425:Great Sphinx of Giza 2336:, Bubastis (1800 BC) 2080:University of Munich 1998:University of Oxford 1927:Egyptian antiquities 1919:times (12th century 1872:Egyptian antiquities 1384:6 Burlington Gardens 1260:, discovered during 1212:Parthenon sculptures 1074:Holy Thorn Reliquary 895:Sir Thomas Grenville 880:'s great library of 848:monuments. In 1857, 815:The Great Exhibition 698:, ambassador to the 569:Sir William Hamilton 170:Tottenham Court Road 106:Great Russell Street 19:For other uses, see 22496:Mecklenburgh Square 22295:British War Library 22254:Evangelical Library 22167:Bishopsgate Library 22102:Abdus Salam Library 21970:(Finsbury Library, 21902:City of Westminster 21874:Kensal Rise Library 21787:Imperial War Museum 21709:Victoria Embankment 21531:Horse Guards Parade 21193:Blackfriars station 21107:ArcelorMittal Orbit 21046:20 Fenchurch Street 21036:One Churchill Place 21004:The Queen's Gallery 20822:Fortnum & Mason 20787:Southwark Cathedral 20782:St Paul's Cathedral 20644:Imperial War Museum 20607:Churchill War Rooms 20479:Royal Festival Hall 20418:Shakespeare's Globe 20297:(Tottenham Hotspur) 20291:(Charlton Athletic) 19786:Gambling Commission 19387:575 Wandsworth Road 19293:Vestry House Museum 19278:Museum of Wimbledon 19192:Wellcome Collection 19141:Whitechapel Gallery 18752:Churchill War Rooms 18545:British Museum Acts 18455:The Ancient of Days 18354:Mildenhall Treasure 18132:Ain Sakhri figurine 18063:Townley collection 18004:Petelia Gold Tablet 17932:Macmillan aryballos 17852:Chatuzange Treasure 17797:Boscoreale Treasure 17497:Battlefield Palette 17477:Yaxchilan Lintel 24 17316: / 17087:Modernism/modernity 16264:on 6 September 2009 16083:. 23 October 2018. 16057:on 21 December 2014 16050:National Geographic 15547:. 3 December 2022. 15284:"Museum Collection" 14893:The Daily Telegraph 14141:"Museum governance" 14035:. 14 January 2014. 13708:Caygill, Marjorie. 13599:Dickens Charles Jr. 12972:. 9 December 2009. 12940:The British Library 12519:, Roman, 140–160 AD 12376:Tiglath-Pileser III 12214:Discobolus of Myron 12164:Metropolitan Police 12035:crucifixion plaques 11844:Contested artefacts 11441:Phillip Parker King 11403:wooden figures and 11255:Isla de Sacrificios 11179:Aboriginal Canadian 11071:from the island of 11042:Katherine Routledge 10064:Later Gupta dynasty 9874:artefacts from the 9755:, (13th century AD) 9646:wine-cup made from 9615:Eastern Zhou period 9605:Eastern Zhou period 9592:that were used for 9405:of Chinese ceramics 9187:Hockwold cum Wilton 9088:, from the cave of 8641:Saint-Denis Crystal 8620:and those from the 7617:Charles Roach Smith 7613:Mildenhall Treasure 7563:Jean III de Grailly 7281:Thomas Gainsborough 7077:The Creation of Man 6277:, Tunisia, (146 BC) 6263:Mausoleum of Ateban 6158:from the temple of 6125:Hieroglyphic Luwian 5932:Bulls, (710–705 BC) 5823:, (11th century BC) 5812:, (11th century BC) 5657:from the Temple of 5637:Lions, (883–859 BC) 5598:Tiglath-Pileser III 5596:Central- Palace of 5434:important artefacts 5355:Idalion temple site 5045:Claudius James Rich 4791:Room 22 - Colossal 4693:Acropolis of Athens 4449:Panathenaic Stadium 4261:Apotheosis of Homer 4165:nude standing youth 4135:Group of life-size 3908:Artefacts from the 3846:James Theodore Bent 3638:Sanctuary of Apollo 3281:Acropolis of Athens 3038:Room 4 - Limestone 2903:and other sites in 2731:Kneeling statue of 2669:, Giza (700–600 BC) 2438:in Sudan, (1370 BC) 2251:, Saqqara (2440 BC) 2207: 2720–2710 BC 2151:Battlefield Palette 1795:Foster and Partners 1793:and the architects 1078:John, Duke of Berry 746:, maps, charts and 733:Claudius James Rich 449:Lindisfarne Gospels 30: 22712:History of museums 22603:The Bedford Estate 22537:Cartwright Gardens 22481:Cartwright Gardens 22401:Goodenough College 21689:Shaftesbury Avenue 21599:Charing Cross Road 21395:Kensington Gardens 21385:Hampton Court Park 21243:St Pancras station 21238:Paddington station 21122:Cleopatra's Needle 20949:Partly occupied by 20714:Wallace Collection 20524:City Hall (Newham) 20464:Hammersmith Apollo 20349:Twickenham Stadium 20225:(national stadium) 20168:Westminster Bridge 20113:Hammersmith Bridge 20103:Blackfriars Bridge 19927:Wallace Collection 19867:Museum of the Home 19713:Charity Commission 19617:Secretary of State 19273:Museum of Richmond 19026:Dr Johnson's House 18734:Wallace Collection 18699:Museum of the Home 18427:Dürer's Rhinoceros 18406:Lampsacus Treasure 18401:Vindolanda Tablets 18294:Antiochus cylinder 18284:Ur Box inscription 18029:San Sosti Axe-Head 17952:Minoan Bull-leaper 17892:Farnese Diadumenos 17882:Esquiline Treasure 17827:Campo Iemini Venus 17787:Beaurains Treasure 17772:Asclepius of Milos 17712:Vishnu Nicolo Seal 17655:Kakiemon elephants 17590:Admonitions Scroll 17443:Codex Kingsborough 17389:Round Reading Room 17325:51.51944; -0.12694 17243:The British Museum 17201:Assyrian Sculpture 16953:on 3 November 2017 16836:. 26 August 2023. 16806:. 25 August 2023. 16776:. 16 August 2023. 16685:. 18 August 2023. 16493:The British Museum 16286:. 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British Museum. 14089:Find that Location 13663:The New York Times 13586:Assyrian Sculpture 13034:legislation.gov.uk 12910:The British Museum 12525:Digital and online 11958:– claimed by Egypt 11866: 11274:Codex Kingsborough 11199:Mayor of St. Louis 10815:megalithic circles 10799: 10759:indigenous peoples 10751: 10465:, China, c. 380 AD 10461:by Chinese artist 10459:Admonitions Scroll 9796:Kakiemon elephants 9671:by Chinese artist 9669:Admonitions Scroll 9635:or bells from the 9560:Ernest Mason Satow 9407: 9395: 9381:Department of Asia 9375:, England, 1690 AD 9341:Mechanical Galleon 9281:Room 40 – Chaucer 9038:Lower Palaeolithic 8959:Silver tea-infuser 8911:Pair of so-called 8902:of England, (1610) 8890:Early Renaissance 8885:The Armada Service 8815:astrolabe quadrant 8618:Breadalbane Brooch 8590:Early Anglo Saxon 8339:Vindolanda Tablets 8064:Basse Yutz Flagons 7836:LLanllyfini, Wales 7783:carved stone balls 7706:from Kendrick and 7673:found near Volgu, 7671:leaf-shaped points 7567:Hundred Years' War 7565:who fought in the 7393: 7382: 6743:The Department of 6724:Badr al-Din Lu'lu' 6660:Achaemenid Persian 6575:, Iraq, 710–705 BC 6380:, Afghanistan and 6350:four-armed goddess 6255:, Cyprus, (388 BC) 6194:, Israel, (586 BC) 6145:Shebna Inscription 5974:'s tomb, (2600 BC) 5868:, (7th century BC) 5815:Broken Obelisk of 5664:Rassam Obelisk of 5527:from Mesopotamia. 5512:bequest of Iznik, 5299:Oriental Institute 5255: 5110: 5075:, palace reliefs, 5034:prehistoric period 4959:Assyrian sculpture 4947: 4813:Hellenistic statue 4438:Faustina the Elder 4399:Jupiter Dolichenus 4338:, (Rome, 30–25 BC) 4322:plaques depicting 4231:Asclepius of Milos 4152:Bronze head of an 4041:, Greece, (480 BC) 3992:Gold libation bowl 3924:Treasury of Atreus 3917:Minoan Bull-leaper 3890:Material from the 3672:Marble torso of a 3597:Temple of Poseidon 3583:Tower of the Winds 3482:Farnese collection 3478:Townley collection 3301: 3285: 3269: 2577:Greenfield papyrus 2524:, Abydos (1250 BC) 2509:of Egypt from the 2354:, Thebes (1570 BC) 2021: 1943:Battle of the Nile 1917:Coptic (Christian) 1868: 1856: 1787:Queen Elizabeth II 1783: 1717:in the world, the 1711:Round Reading Room 1703: 1695: 1687: 1655:The King's Library 1640:Richard Westmacott 1608: 1568:British Museum Act 1564:accounting officer 1476:Round Reading Room 1457: 1441: 1425:Museum of the Year 1306: 1168:J. Pierpont Morgan 1136: 1117: 923:Round Reading Room 799: 672:Battle of the Nile 664: 652: 589: 512: 484:Harley manuscripts 475: 319: 28: 22649: 22648: 22516:Torrington Square 22471:Bloomsbury Square 22459:Squares and parks 22441:UCL Main Building 22436:St Pancras Church 22328: 22327: 22310:Limehouse Library 22281: 22280: 22239:Church of England 22077: 22076: 22012:Streatham Library 21926:Ashburton Library 21892:Guildhall Library 21722: 21721: 21546:Piccadilly Circus 21541:Parliament Square 21509: 21508: 21496:Wandsworth Common 21347: 21346: 21329:Smithfield Market 21248:Stratford station 21031:One Canada Square 21017: 21016: 20973:St James's Palace 20968:Kensington Palace 20958:Buckingham Palace 20935: 20934: 20902:Leadenhall Market 20897:Kensington Arcade 20887:Burlington Arcade 20792:Westminster Abbey 20729:Places of worship 20684:Royal Observatory 20612:Courtauld Gallery 20504:10 Downing Street 20492: 20491: 20474:Royal Albert Hall 20413:Royal Opera House 20267:(West Ham United) 20133:Millennium Bridge 20031: 20030: 20001: 19967: 19947: 19946: 19718:National Archives 19697: 19696: 19679:Stephanie Peacock 19661:Under-Secretaries 19635:Minister of State 19549: 19548: 19527: 19526: 19523: 19522: 19515:Winchester Palace 19505:Marble Hill House 19354:Kensington Palace 19298:Wandsworth Museum 19283:Twickenham Museum 19268:Museum of Croydon 18961: 18960: 18957: 18956: 18891:Courtauld Gallery 18869: 18868: 18865: 18864: 18798:Royal Observatory 18626: 18625: 18528: 18527: 18390:Swimming Reindeer 18379:Sutton Hoo helmet 18212:Tablet of Shamash 18104:Vaison Diadumenos 18054:Strangford Apollo 17862:Demeter of Knidos 17842:Chaourse Treasure 17832:Carthage Treasure 17757:Arcisate Treasure 17645:Huixian Bronze Hu 17600:Amaravati Marbles 17562:Sphinx of Taharqo 17465:Kayung totem pole 17459:Throne of Weapons 17279:Project Gutenberg 17161:Allen & Unwin 17148:The Elgin Marbles 17068:978-0-19-959369-9 17005:Material Religion 16923:. 9 August 2023. 16714:The Art Newspaper 16314:www.lootedart.com 16168:. 18 April 2022. 15889:. 27 March 2002. 15773:. 24 March 2006. 15703:The Art Newspaper 15025:"Collection page" 14837:on 3 January 2012 14794:"Study room page" 14712:britishmuseum.org 14265:on 21 August 2011 14202:"Building London" 14147:on 23 August 2007 13956:"Room 25: Africa" 13928:National Heritage 13834:The Elgin Marbles 13819:978-1-529-38743-8 13716:on 6 October 2007 13603:"Museum, British" 13175:de Beer, Gavin R. 13146:"General history" 13126:on 2 January 2010 12851:. 18 March 2024. 12812:"Collection size" 12550:182, pp. 313-338. 12515:Main Staircase – 12499:Main Staircase – 12366:Room 8 – Pair of 12069:Llanllyfni lunula 12065:Moel Hebog shield 11973:Achaemenid Empire 11908:Old Summer Palace 11723:, 19th century AD 11324:in Honduras, the 11320:handles from the 11191:David Haig-Thomas 11164:Kayung totem pole 11110:Island, the rare 11014:Robert Christison 10894:Cross River State 10774:are outstanding. 10669:of India, 1615 AD 10653:, 16th century AD 10358:Frederick Marryat 10082:Buddha Shakyamuni 9904:inscription from 9856:), (2500–2000 BC) 9685:A set of ceramic 9682:, China, (585 AD) 9611:Huixian Bronze Hu 9534:excavated by Sir 9428:Sir Walter Elliot 9321:, made in Paris, 9251:Sutton Hoo helmet 9139:Wandsworth Shield 9086:Ain Sakhri lovers 9066:carving, France, 9064:Swimming Reindeer 8930:, England, (1786) 8802:Waddesdon Bequest 8753:Palermo Cathedral 8662:Anglo-Saxon Runic 8447:dredged from the 8408:Early Mediaeval ( 8096:, as well as the 8077:Vase, (450-300BC) 8023:on the island of 7954:Gold hoards from 7551:Robert Fitzwalter 7541:from her tomb in 7390:Waddesdon Bequest 7207:Peter Paul Rubens 7026:Leonardo da Vinci 7007:Sandro Botticelli 6858:), Rembrandt and 6828:Peter Paul Rubens 6808:Leonardo da Vinci 6640:Nebuchadnezzar II 6589:Epic of Gilgamesh 6501:' of the goddess 6405:, Southern Iraq, 6344:Silver bowl from 6271:Numidian language 6249:Cypriot syllabary 6241:Idalion Bilingual 6086:Tablet of Shamash 6005:Wider collection: 6000: 5999: 5893: 5892: 5865:Epic of Gilgamesh 5789:), including the 5744: 5743: 5614:Temple (Ezida), ( 5455:Tell es Sa'idiyeh 5402:Max von Oppenheim 5347:Kition necropolis 5094:and reliefs from 5090:Room 6 – Pair of 5002:Arabian Peninsula 4990:ancient Near East 4831:Room 1 - Farnese 4793:head of Asclepius 4758: 350-300 BC 4561:Votive statue of 4392:Vaison Diadumenos 4390:Athlete statue, " 4308:, Crete, (100 BC) 4295:Bronze statuettes 4204:Chatsworth Apollo 4050:Lake of the Idols 4012:) from a tomb in 4010:Boccanera Plaques 3892:Palace of Knossos 3762:Demeter of Knidos 3432:'s collections), 3376:Temple of Artemis 3279:marbles from the 3257: 3256: 3249: 3231: 2695:Sphinx of Taharqo 2672:One of the three 2544:, Temple of Mut, 2540:Seated statue of 2535:D'Orbiney Papyrus 2507:List of the kings 2479:from his tomb at 2427:(14th century BC) 2383:or her successor 2352:Nubkheperre Intef 2332:Colossal head of 2274:(c. 2125–1795 BC) 1978:E.A. Wallis Budge 1759:John Russell Pope 1734:John James Burnet 1542:sponsored by the 1380:Museum of Mankind 1319:board of trustees 1216:John Russell Pope 1208:Sir Joseph Duveen 1172:William Greenwell 1150:in Central Asia, 1113:King Edward VII's 1072:, among them the 1055:Waddesdon Bequest 977:Temple of Artemis 840:, among them the 828:'s expedition to 803:Sir Robert Smirke 756:Sir Robert Smirke 648:Sir Robert Smirke 524:Buckingham Palace 437:Royal manuscripts 423:, dating back to 421:Sir Robert Cotton 417:Cottonian Library 409:Act of Parliament 395:Foundation (1753) 294:sponsored by the 271:and the Egyptian 229: 228: 150:Nicholas Cullinan 22814: 22707:Exempt charities 22639: 22638: 22629: 22628: 22613:Bloomsbury Group 22511:Tavistock Square 22476:Brunswick Square 22453: 22386:Brunswick Centre 22355: 22348: 22341: 22332: 22331: 22286:Former libraries 22197:Wellcome Library 22172:Feminist Library 22098:Imperial College 22088: 22087: 22004:Lambeth Archives 21996:Carnegie Library 21888:Barbican Library 21792:National Gallery 21767: 21766: 21761:Public libraries 21749: 21742: 21735: 21726: 21725: 21619:Fenchurch Street 21556:Trafalgar Square 21536:Leicester Square 21501:Wimbledon Common 21456:Gunnersbury Park 21358: 21357: 21314:Lloyd's building 21263:London Cable Car 21258:Waterloo station 21253:Victoria station 21188:Heathrow Airport 20989:Banqueting House 20951:the royal family 20946: 20945: 20922:Westfield London 20867:Shopping centres 20810: 20809: 20762:St Clement Danes 20659:National Gallery 20654:Museum of London 20449:Alexandra Palace 20279:(Crystal Palace) 20253:Emirates Stadium 20185: 20184: 20148:Southwark Bridge 20098:Battersea Bridge 20081: 20080: 20058: 20051: 20044: 20035: 20034: 20021: 20020: 19997: 19963: 19877:National Gallery 19791:Historic England 19735: 19734: 19728:Non-departmental 19613: 19612: 19588: 19587: 19586: 19576: 19569: 19562: 19553: 19552: 19539: 19538: 19462:English Heritage 19427:Morden Hall Park 19303:Whitehall Museum 19258:Islington Museum 19238:Gunnersbury Park 19172:Foundling Museum 19152: 19151: 19136:Two Temple Place 19096:Museum of Brands 19091:Migration Museum 18967: 18966: 18941:Museum of London 18937: 18936: 18901:Hunterian Museum 18875: 18874: 18740: 18739: 18709:National Gallery 18673:National museums 18668: 18667: 18653: 18646: 18639: 18630: 18629: 18616: 18615: 18493:Coins and Medals 18369:Seax of Beagnoth 18217:Statue of Idrimi 18172:Ram in a Thicket 18044:Satala Aphrodite 17994:Paramythia Hoard 17837:Caubiac Treasure 17747:Apollo of Cyrene 17742:Aineta aryballos 17532:MacGregor plaque 17404: 17403: 17358: 17351: 17344: 17335: 17334: 17331: 17330: 17328: 17327: 17326: 17321: 17317: 17314: 17313: 17312: 17309: 17288:Internet Archive 17271: 17239: 17234: 17233: 17231:Official website 17190:Moser, Stephanie 17029: 17028: 17000: 16994: 16993: 16991: 16989: 16969: 16963: 16962: 16960: 16958: 16949:. 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9294: 9278: 9267:Virgin and Child 9262: 9246: 9230: 9214: 9198: 9182: 9166: 9150: 9134: 9124: 9121: 9111: 9102: 9099: 9081: 9072: 9069: 9059: 9050: 9047: 9029: 8856: 8853: 8742:Noratus cemetery 8679: 8675: 8672: 8658:Seax of Beagnoth 8443:Two wooden ship 8418: 8414: 8411: 8246:Lochar Moss Torc 8155:Winchester Hoard 8057: 8053: 8050: 8010:Shropshire bulla 7977:decoration from 7894:Contents of the 7823: 7820: 7807: 7803: 7800: 7698: 7695: 7583:Byzantine Empire 7549:in Scotland and 7547:Inchaffray Abbey 7519:Johann Karl Bähr 7364:Vincent van Gogh 7360: 7341: 7322: 7311:Isaac Cruikshank 7307: 7292: 7277: 7256: 7241: 7222: 7203: 7180: 7161: 7146: 7125: 7115: 7112: 7099: 7090: 7087: 7064: 7054: 7051: 7042:John the Baptist 7022: 7003: 6993: 6990: 6985:Hieronymus Bosch 6981: 6972: 6969: 6954: 6785:Campbell Dodgson 6783:, John Malcolm, 6769:European schools 6732: 6729: 6719: 6703: 6694:, 1st century AD 6687: 6671: 6651: 6635: 6626: 6623: 6607: 6597: 6594: 6584: 6560: 6536: 6520: 6511: 6508: 6494: 6485: 6482: 6472: 6463: 6460: 6446: 6437: 6434: 6420: 6411: 6408: 6399:Ram in a Thicket 6394: 6355:One of the rare 6331:Parthian dynasty 6288:Dead Sea Scrolls 6120:, Iraq, (835 BC) 6063:Statue of Idrimi 6059:, (1750–1550 BC) 5985:, (2600–2400 BC) 5979:Ram in a Thicket 5904: 5829:, (1050–1031 BC) 5805:Relief, (645 BC) 5788: 5785: 5778:North-Palace of 5758: 5680:Ashurnasirpal II 5666:Ashurnasirpal II 5655:Ashurnasirpal II 5620: 5617: 5589: 5586: 5575: 5572: 5557:Ashurnasirpal II 5542: 5514:Hispano-Moresque 5502:David Whitehouse 5486:Mughal paintings 5474:Dome of the Rock 5426:Second World War 5321:and hundreds of 5313:collection from 5281:in 1825 and the 5216:Royal Game of Ur 5212:Ram in a Thicket 5108: 5105: 5079:, including the 5065:Ashurnasirpal II 4921: 4918: 4909:Apollo of Cyrene 4904: 4895: 4892: 4882: 4873: 4870: 4860: 4844: 4828: 4808: 4788: 4768: 4759: 4756: 4750: 4741: 4738: 4724: 4715:, Turkey, 360 BC 4704: 4687:column from the 4676: 4660: 4644: 4563:Apollo of Cyrene 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6297:Two limestone 6295: 6284: 6278: 6256: 6238: 6212: 6205: 6195: 6181: 6171: 6152: 6142: 6132: 6121: 6110: 6103: 6089: 6083: 6072: 6066: 6060: 6038: 6031:Blau Monuments 6027: 6021: 6018:Tell Brak Head 6015: 6008: 6007: 5998: 5997: 5993: 5992: 5986: 5975: 5965: 5962:Standard of Ur 5957: 5956: 5946: 5945: 5944: 5933: 5926: 5925:, (710–705 BC) 5902: 5901: 5900: 5898: 5891: 5890: 5887: 5886: 5885: 5875: 5869: 5856: 5832: 5831: 5830: 5824: 5817:Ashur-bel-kala 5813: 5806: 5799: 5797:Lachish relief 5776: 5775:, (705–681 BC) 5756: 5755: 5754: 5742: 5741: 5737: 5736: 5725: 5718: 5717:, (810–800 BC) 5703: 5700: 5699:, (824–811 BC) 5694: 5693:, (858–824 BC) 5683: 5682:, (883–859 BC) 5669: 5668:, (873–859 BC) 5662: 5661:, (875–865 BC) 5651: 5648: 5645: 5644:, (883–859 BC) 5638: 5624: 5623: 5622: 5608: 5607:, (681–669 BC) 5601: 5600:, (745–727 BC) 5594: 5591: 5577: 5567: 5566:, (811–783 BC) 5560: 5559:, (883–859 BC) 5540: 5446:Tell es-Sultan 5351:Kition Tariffs 5349:(with the two 5267:Ernst 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