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1. www.britishmuseum.orgBritish Museum

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   Visit the British Museum to see two million years of human history and culture from around the world. Book online for free entry, exhibitions, events, activities and more.

   • Exhibitions and Events

     Discover what's on at the British Museum from our special...

   • Collection Online

     Collection online allows access to almost four and a half...

   • Membership

     Browse the British Museum Magazine archive, watch special...

   • Visit

     See getting here. Book tickets. View Museum map. Immerse...

   • Learn

     The British Museum's learning team create and deliver...

   • Support us

     The British Museum relies on support from a wide range of...

   • Out-of-hours tours

     This tour visits displays that include human remains. The...

   • Tours and talks

     Travel around the world in 90 minutes on our guided...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › British_MuseumBritish Museum - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. www.britishmuseum.org › about-us › british-museumHistory | British Museum

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   Learn about the origins, growth and development of the British Museum, one of the world's best-known and most-visited museums. Explore how the museum's collections reflect global networks, imperial expansion and human history, and how the building reflects changing technologies and styles.

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     FBI agents are probing the sale in America of hundreds of treasures suspected of being stolen from the British Museum

     Last year, a senior curator in the museum's Greece and Rome department, Dr Peter Higgs, was sacked after an investigation found 1,500 items in its collection had been stolen or damaged.

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     I took my kids on a British Museum out-of-hours tour, it was even better than I expected

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     Museum Tour 🇬🇧- Inside the British Museum, a taster tour - Discover years of human history & culture

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7. www.britishmuseum.org › about-usAbout us | British Museum

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   Learn about the British Museum, the first national public museum of the world, and its eight million objects from diverse cultures and periods. Explore its history, architecture, research and governance, and how to visit or contact it.

8. www.britishmuseum.org › about-us › british-museum-storyThe British Museum Story

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   Learn how the British Museum became the first national public museum of the world in 1759, covering all fields of human knowledge. Discover its history, values, collections and research.

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   How much does the British Museum cost?

   • 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. Although today principally a museum of cultural art objects and antiquities, the British Museum was founded as a "universal museum".

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   Why should you visit the British Museum?

   • The British Museum is one of the world's best-known and most-visited museums – and it's free and open to all. The history of the Museum helps us understand how and why it looks like it does today, but also gives an insight into the way in which collectors of the past viewed their world and how their knowledge of the world grew.

   History | British Museum

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   How many objects are in the British Museum?

   • The original 1753 collection has grown to over 13 million objects at the British Museum, 70 million at the Natural History Museum and 150 million at the British Library. The Round Reading Room, which was designed by the architect Sydney Smirke, opened in 1857. For almost 150 years researchers came here to consult the museum's vast library.

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   What is the British Museum known for?

   • Nepal, 16th century AD The British Museum houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of ethnographic material from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, representing the cultures of indigenous peoples throughout the world.

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