Ten Essential Objects to See at the British Museum
The British Museum, London Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images. The British Museum, the world’s first free-to-the-public national museum, opened its doors in 1759. Founded in 1753 by an act of Parliament, after the physician and collector Hans Sloane bequeathed his collection to the nation, the museum immediately had a base of 71,000 items to …
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