British Museum

Aerial view of the British Museum in 2015 The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury 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. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public national museum. In 2023, the museum received 5,820,860 visitors, 42% more than the previous year. At least one group rated it the most popular attraction in the United Kingdom.

At its beginning, the museum was largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. The museum's expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of British colonisation and resulted in the creation of several branch institutions, or independent spin-offs, the first being the Natural History Museum in 1881. Some of its best-known acquisitions, such as the Greek Elgin Marbles and the Egyptian Rosetta Stone, are subject to long-term disputes and repatriation claims.

In 1973, the British Library Act 1972 detached the library department from the British Museum, but it continued to host the now separated British Library in the same Reading Room and building as the museum until 1997. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like all UK national museums, it charges no admission fee except for loan exhibitions. Provided by Wikipedia
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    London, British Museum.
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    by McCrimmon, Barbara
    Published 1963
    [Urbana] 1963.
    15 p.
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    by Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753
    Published 1697
    [1697-1753?]
    34 volumes.
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    by Chanda, Ramaprasad
    Published 1936
    London : Kegal Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1936.
    xiv, 77 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    Published 1881
    Halle, E. Karras, Printer, 1881.
    31 p. 23 cm.
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    Published 1926
    London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1926-1973.
    37 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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    Published 1926
    London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1926-1973.
    37 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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    Published 1926
    London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1926-1973.
    37 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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    Published 1926
    London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1926-1973.
    37 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
    Issued also on microfilm by the Preservation Dept. of the New York University Libraries.
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  10. 30
    by Weiss, Theodor
    Published 1933
    Stuttgart : W. Kohlhammer, 1933.
    93, v p., [25] p. of plates : facsims. ; 26 cm.
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    London, by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1938.
    148-166 p. illus. 32 cm.
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  12. 32
    Published 1904
    London : Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1904-1912.
    2 v. in 3 ; 23 cm.
    Also issued online.
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  13. 33
    Published 1973
    Stockholm : Stockholm University, 1973.
    lxxvii, 146 leaves ; 30 cm.
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  14. 34
    by Schmale, Franz Josef
    Published 1950
    [S.l. : s.n., 1950]
    128 p. ; 21 cm.
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    Published 1862
    London : Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis], 1862.
    iv, 399 p., 58 [i.e. 59] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
    Also issued online.
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  16. 36
    Published 1928
    London, Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1928.
    xiii, 75 p. illus., plates. 32 cm.
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    by Giliomee, J. H.
    Published 1966
    Stellenbosch : [University of Stellenbosch], 1966.
    p. 414-428 ; 25 cm.
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  18. 38
    by Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
    Published 2000
    London : British Library Reference Division, Reprographic Section, [200-]
    microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    “...British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts...”
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  19. 39
    Published 1914
    Wien : In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder, 1914.
    1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations, tables, 18 plates, facsimiles.
    “...British Museum. Department of Manuscripts...”
    LLMC Digital
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    Published 1973
    Stockholm : Stockholm University, 1973.
    1 online resource (lxxvii, 146 leaves)
    “...British Museum...”
    Center for Research Libraries
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