The british museum story

Retrieved 18 February The Independent. The King's Library , on the ground floor of the East Wing, was handed over in , and was described as one of the finest rooms in London. The books remained here until the British Library moved to St Pancras in Many changes followed: the first full-time in-house designer and publications officer were appointed in , the Friends organisation was set up in , an Education Service established in and publishing house in Archived from the original on 5 August Governance [ edit ].

Retrieved 20 January Retrieved 27 April The Elgin Marbles , the Benin Bronzes , Ethiopian Tabots and the Rosetta Stone are among the most disputed objects in its collections, and organisations have been formed demanding the return of these artefacts to their native countries. George Osborne. New century, new building — [ edit ]. The Great Court emerges — [ edit ].

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. National museums.

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Wilson, Director of the British Museum from , is a leading authority on the Viking Age and has written a number of studies of the art and archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon period and the Viking Age in their Northern European context. Archived from the original on 20 November Aerial view of the British Museum in In , a new Act of Parliament introduced administrative reforms.

Report a problem with this page. Retrieved 18 June Raphael — Study of Heads, Mother and Child , c.

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It still is. B Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. ISBN In the heirs of Arthur Feldmann, an art collector murdered in the Holocaust , requested that four old master drawings stolen by the Gestapo in be returned to the family. Archived from the original on 3 November Other museums and galleries.

In the s and s the museum supported excavations in Assyria by A. The British Museum is home to one of the world's finest numismatic collections, comprising about a million objects, including coins, medals, tokens and paper money.