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The British Museum
Marjorie Caygill
其他書名
250 Years
出版British Museum Press, 2003
主題Art / Museum StudiesNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionReference / GeneralSocial Science / ArchaeologyTravel / Museums, Tours, Points of InterestTravel / Reference
ISBN07141278689780714127866
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZctGAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋It is visited by 4.5 million people from all over the world each year, it is free and it is currently celebrating its 250th anniversary. Back in 1753 the British Museum was founded following the bequest of Sir Hans Sloane's own collection of antiquities to the British nation. The inspired idea to bring together a collection of artefacts, paintings, books and curiosities for everybody to enjoy free of charge was `an extraordinary experiment in public education'. This pictorial history of 250 years of the British Museum takes a decade-by-decade look at its expansion and its acquisitions which included the Parthenon sculptures, the Sutton Hoo ship burial, Viking hoards, medieval manuscripts, Wedgwood pottery, Chinese paintings, Egyptian mummies and so much more.