British Museum
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. The British Museum was the first public national museum to cover all fields of knowledge.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 ALVA, the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.
The museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first 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. The right to ownership of some of its most well-known acquisitions, notably the Greek Elgin Marbles and the Egyptian Rosetta Stone, is 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and as with all national museums in the UK it charges no admission fee, except for loan exhibitions. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Published 1992### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1992.240 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., port.s ; 29 cm.“...British Museum...”
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2Published 1961### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1961.42 p. : ill., plans ; 21 cm.“...British Museum...”
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3by Taylor, John H., 1958-### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>
Published 2010London : British Museum Press, 2010.128 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.“...British Museum...”
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4by Rose, Jerome Carl### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>
Published 1996London : British Museum, 1996.v, 110 p. ; 30 cm.“...British Museum...”
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5Published 2002### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London : British Museum Press, 2002.224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm.“...British Museum...”
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6Published 1976### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London : British Museum Publications, c1976.276 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.“...British Museum...”
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7by Taylor, John H.### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>
Published 1991Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.“...British Museum...”
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8Published 1971### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>Göteborg, P. Aströms förlag, 1971.41, xxxii p. illus. 31 cm.“...British Museum...”
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9by Whitfield, Roderick### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>
Published 1982[Tokyo] : Kodansha, 1982.3 v : plates (some col.), maps ; 38 cm.“...British Museum...”
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10Published 1976### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>[London, British museum, 1976]298 p. ill. 28 cm.“...British Museum...”
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11Published 1971### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>Göteborg : Aströms, 1971.41 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.“...British Museum...”
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12by Mack, John### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>
Published 2003London : British Museum Press, 2003.160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.“...British Museum...”
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13Published 1877### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>[London] Printed by order of the Trustees, 1877.xii, 156 p. 2 fold. plans. 22 cm.Also issued online.“...British Museum...”
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14Published 1843### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London, 1843.1 v. (various paging)“...British Museum...”
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15London : British Museum Photographic Service, [19--]5 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.“...British Museum...”
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16by Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>
Published 1975Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell international, 1975-78.2 v. ; 24 cm.“...British Museum...”
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17London, British Museum.v.“...British Museum...”
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18Published 1924### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by W. Clowes and sons, Limited] 1924.iv, [5]-58 p. , 1. 1., fold. front. (plan) 22 cm.“...British Museum...”
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19Published 1864### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London, H.G. Clarke and Co. [1864]39, [49] p. illus.“...British Museum...”
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20Published 1827### CRL customization ### ?> ### Add publisher and desc details ### ?>London : Printed by G. Woodfall, 1827.188 p. ; 22 cm.“...British Museum...”