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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  1. 81
    by Aristotle
    Published 1495
    Venetiis [Johannes et Gregorious de Gregoriis] impens. Octaviani Scoti, 1495-1496.
    1 v.
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  2. 82
    by Caccini, Giulio, ca. 1545-1618
    Published 1601
    Firenze, Mares Cotti, 1601.
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  3. 83
    by Merulo, Claudio, 1533-1604
    Published 1574
    Venetia, Appresso li Figliuoli di Antonio Gardano, 1574.
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  4. 84
    by Galilei, Vincenzo, d. 1591
    Published 1589
    Fiorenza, G. Marescotti, 1589.
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  5. 85
    by Maschera, Florentio
    Published 1596
    Milan, Appresso gli heredi di Francesco & Simon Tini, M.D.XCVI. [1596]
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  6. 86
    Published 1904
    [London] Printed by order of the Trustees, 1904.
    xii, 159, [1] p. illus., x pl. (incl. front.) 22 cm.
    “...British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography...”
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  7. 87
    by Hyginus, C. Julius
    Published 1513
    Papiae, impressuz; arte industria Iacob Pancidrapensis de Burgofranco: Sumtibq v[n]o heredum ... Octauiani Scoti [et] sociorum., Anno Dni M.D.XIII. [1513] Die XII Ianuarij.
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  8. 88
    Viterbij, cu[m] licetia[m] superioru[m] Anno Dn[n]i M.D.LXXXI. [1581]
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  9. 89
    by Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436
    Published 1518
    Milano, Giov. Giacomo de Rixi, per Gio. Giacomo e fratelli da Legnano, 8 March, 1518.
    1 v. 4to.
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  10. 90
    In Ferrara, Nella Stamperia di Vittorio Baldini, M.D.LXXXIII.
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  11. 91
    Napoli, Joseph ben Jacob de Gunzenhausen, 3 May, 1488.
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  12. 92
    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1497
    Venezia, Petrus de Quarengis, 11 October, 1497.
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  13. 93
    Venetia, Appresso di Angelo Gardano, 1577.
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  14. 94
    by Servius, 4th cent
    Published 1488
    Viterbii, 1488.
    1 v. 4to.
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  15. 95
    17uu-18uu.
    19 reels : ill.
    “...British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings...”
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  16. 96
    Published 1879
    [London : British Museum], 1879-1883.
    3 v. (1229 p.) ; 33 cm.
    “...British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts...”
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  17. 97
    Published 1986
    Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1986.
    256 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    “...British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. Thomason Collection...”
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  18. 98
    by Borgo, Pietro, d. 1491
    Published 1484
    [Venetia, 1484]
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  19. 99
    by Colón, Fernando, 1488-1539
    Published 1571
    In Venetia, Apresso Francesco de' Franceschi Sanese, 1571.
    19 p. leaves, 247 numbered leaves. 15 x 10 cm.
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  20. 100
    by Zinano, Gabriele
    Published 1590
    Reggio, H. Bartholdi [1590]
    192 p.
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