Dagbani Wikipedia dagwiki https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol%C9%94%C9%A3u MediaWiki 1.48.0-wmf.1 first-letter Miidiya Diŋ'gahim Yɛltɔɣa Ŋun su Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa Wikipedia Wikipedia yɛltɔɣa Lahabali kɔligu Lahabali kɔligu yɛltɔɣa MiidiyaWiki MiidiyaWiki yɛltɔɣa Tɛmplet Tɛmplet yɛltɔɣa Sɔŋsim Sɔŋsim yɛltɔɣa Pubu Pubu yɛltɔɣa Salima Salima yɛltɔɣa MOS MOS yɛltɔɣa TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk Marville 0 14367 148084 142496 2026-10-28T17:33:54Z Andre Engels 1475 Redirected page to [[Maryville]] 148084 wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[Maryville]] g6pmaiamqv37n83evhejihnskgqgj1g British Museum 0 32013 148085 146208 2026-10-29T04:03:37Z Sreejithk2000 9498 ([[c:GR|GR]]) [[File:Albrecht Dürer - Walrus - WGA07101.jpg]] → [[File:Dürer Kopf eines Walrosses.jpg]] File:Albrecht_Dürer_-_Walrus_-_WGA07101.jpg merged with File:Dürer Kopf eines Walrosses.jpg 148085 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Short description|National museum in London, England}} {{Other uses}} {{Use British English|date=June 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox museum | name = British Museum | logo = British Museum logo.svg | logo_upright = .8 | image = British Museum (aerial).jpg | image_upright = 1.15 | caption = Aerial view of the British Museum in 2015 | pushpin_map = Central London | established = {{Start date and age|1753|6|7|df=yes}} | collection = Approx. 8 million objects<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/about_us.aspx| title= Collection size| work= British Museum| access-date= 22 July 2016| archive-date= 12 August 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812061205/https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/about_us.aspx| url-status= live}}</ref> | location = [[Great Russell Street]], London, England | leader_type = Chair | leader = [[George Osborne]] | director = [[Nicholas Cullinan]] | visitors = 5,820,860 (2023;<ref name=ALVA>{{cite news |title=British Museum is the most-visited UK attraction again |work=BBC News |date=18 March 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68577122 |access-date=18 March 2024 |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318082106/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68577122 |url-status=live }}</ref> up 42% from 2022) * [[Most visited museums in the United Kingdom|Ranked first nationally]] | publictransit = {{rint|london|underground}} {{rint|london|crossrail}} {{lus|Tottenham Court Road}}<br/>{{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|Goodge Street}}; {{lus|Holborn}}; {{lus|Russell Square}} | website = {{Official URL}} | embedded = {{infobox |child=yes | label1 = Area | data1 = {{convert|807000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}} in<br /> 94 galleries}} }} '''British Museum''' nyɛla sokam zaa taarihi duu din jɛndi ninsalinima taarihi, nucheeni baŋsim n-ti pahi kaya ni taada ka nyɛ din be [[Bloomsbury]] yaɣili zaŋ n-ti London. Di nyɛla di ni tooi deegi tumanima kamani miliyɔŋ dibaa anii, di ni nyɛ bari dunia zaa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Riel |first=Cees |date=30 October 2017 |title=Ranking The World's Most Admired Art Museums, And What Big Business Can Learn From Them |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rsmdiscovery/2017/10/30/ranking-the-worlds-most-admired-art-museums-and-what-big-business-can-learn-from-them/?sh=1f0cee263b33 |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=Forbes |archive-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518003932/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rsmdiscovery/2017/10/30/ranking-the-worlds-most-admired-art-museums-and-what-big-business-can-learn-from-them/?sh=1f0cee263b33 |url-status=live }}</ref> Di nyɛla din mali taarihi zaŋ jɛndi ninsalinima kaya ni taada tum biɛhigu piligu zaŋ hali na ni zuŋɔ.<ref group="lower-alpha">Among the national museums in London, sculpture and [[Decorative art|decorative]] and [[applied art]] are in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]; the British Museum houses earlier art, non-Western art, prints and drawings. The [[National Gallery]] holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at [[Tate Modern]]. [[Tate Britain]] holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the [[British Library]]. There are significant overlaps between the coverage of the various collections.</ref> Bɛ daa miɛ li la yuuni 1753, the British Museum ŋɔ n daa nyɛ tuuli sokam dunia zaa national museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/the_museums_story/general_history.aspx|title=History of the British Museum|website=The British Museum|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-date=9 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009092417/http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/the_museums_story/general_history.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Yuuni 2023, salo ban kalinli yiɣisi 5,820,860 nyɛla ban daa chaŋ museum ŋɔ ni, ka di kalinli ŋɔ nyɛla din gari yuun shɛŋa din gari maa kalinli kamani kɔbigi puuni vaabu 42%. Laɣingu shɛli nyɛla ban yɛlli ni di ni gaŋdu United Kingdom.<ref name=ALVA /> Di piligu, museum ŋɔ nyɛla din daa na mali Anglo-Irish physician mini tabibi baŋda [[Sir Hans Sloane]]<nowiki/>lahabaya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/events/the-life-and-curiosity-of-hans-sloane|title=The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane|website=The British Library|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=19 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119150309/https://www.bl.uk/events/the-life-and-curiosity-of-hans-sloane|url-status=live}}</ref> Di nyɛla bɛ ni daa yoogi shɛli n-ti lahabali kam deebu yuuni 1759, [[Montagu House, Bloomsbury|Montagu House]]. Museum ŋɔ nyɛla din daa yɛligi pam yuun kɔbishii ni pihinu din daa doli na maa.<ref name="rosetta stone">{{cite web |title=The Big Question: What is the Rosetta Stone, and should Britain return |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-big-question-what-is-the-rosetta-stone-and-should-britain-return-it-to-egypt-1836610.html |website=The Independent |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=9 December 2009 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311015133/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-big-question-what-is-the-rosetta-stone-and-should-britain-return-it-to-egypt-1836610.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="looted art">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/29/museums-looting-art-artefacts-world-culture|title=Museums and looted art: the ethical dilemma of preserving world cultures|last=Tharoor|first=Kanishk|date=29 June 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610134203/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/29/museums-looting-art-artefacts-world-culture|url-status=live}}</ref> Yuuni 1973, British Library Act 1972<ref>{{Cite web |date=1972 |title=British Library Act 1972 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/54/contents |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808215058/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/54/contents |url-status=live }}</ref> nyɛla bɛ ni daa waligi shɛli ka che British Museum amaa ka leei na kuli mali [[British Library]] din be lala karimbu shee ŋɔ hali ni yuuni 1997. Kamani UK national museums zaa, di ni bi deeri kpɛbu na liɣiri zaŋ n-ti "loan exhibitions".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/admission_and_opening_times.aspx|title=Admission and opening times|work=British Museum|date=14 June 2010|access-date=4 July 2010|archive-date=8 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708182945/http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/admission_and_opening_times.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Taarihi== === Sir Hans Sloane === [[Lahabali_kɔligu:Sir_Hans_Sloane,_an_engraving_from_a_portrait_by_T._Murray.jpg|thumb|[[Hans Sloane|Sir Hans Sloane]]]] Di mini di malila kaya ni taɣada maa zaa yoli, British Museum daa nyɛla di kpa ka di nyɛla binshɛɣu kam ni tooi be din ni "universal museum". Di kpami doli [[Anglo-Irish]] [[physician]] mini [[Natural history|naturalist]] [[Hans Sloane|Sir Hans Sloane]] (1660–1753) suhuyurilim, London dɔɣitɛ mini tabiibi-baŋda ŋun yina [[Ulster]]. O ni daa be o nyɛvuli ni, ni o ni daa bo Jamaica pakoli naai,<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC – History – British History in depth: Slavery and the Building of Britain|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/building_britain_gallery_05.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205004223/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/building_britain_gallery_05.shtml|archive-date=5 December 2019|access-date=12 November 2019|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref> Sloane daa laɣim "[[Cabinet of curiosities|collection of curiosities]]" pam, ka daa bi yu ni o zali shɛli maa ti lahi kani o kalinsi nyaaŋa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Creating a Great Museum: Early Collectors and The British Museum|url=http://www.fathom.com/course/21701728/session1.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102202555/http://www.fathom.com/course/21701728/session1.html|archive-date=2 January 2010|access-date=4 July 2010|publisher=Fathom|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="sloaneletters.com2">{{Cite web|title=Introducing Sir Hans Sloane – the Sloane Letters Project|url=http://sloaneletters.com/about-sir-hans-sloane/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Hans Sloane's Will of 1739 – The Sloane Letters Project|url=http://sloaneletters.com/will-sloane/|website=sloaneletters.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=14 June 2010|title=General history|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412162528/http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx|archive-date=12 April 2012|access-date=4 July 2010|work=British Museum}}</ref><ref>[[Gavin de Beer|de Beer, Gavin R.]] (1953). ''Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum''. London.</ref> [[Lahabali_kɔligu:The_North_Prospect_of_Mountague_House_JamesSimonc1715.jpg|right|thumb|[[Montagu House, Bloomsbury|Montagu House]], {{circa|1715}}]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:Entrance_ticket_to_the_British_Museum,_London_March_3,_1790.jpg|left|thumb|Entrance ticket to the British Museum, London 3 March 1790]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:P8282318.1.JPG|right|thumb|Left to Right: [[Montagu House, Bloomsbury|Montagu House]], Townley Gallery and [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Sir Robert Smirke]]'s west wing under construction, July 1828]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:Mauso03.JPG|thumb|The [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus|Mausoleum of Halicarnassus]] Room, 1920s]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:England;_London_-_The_British_Museum,_Archive_King_Edward_VII's_Galleries_~_North_Wing_(1914).2.jpg|thumb|Opening of The North Wing, [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII's]] Galleries, 1914]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:Woolley_holding_the_hardened_plaster_mold_of_a_lyre.jpg|thumb|Sir [[Leonard Woolley]] holding an excavated plaster cast of the [[Sumer|Sumerian]] [[Queen's Lyre]], 1922.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology|year=1998|editor-last=Zettler|editor-first=Richard L.|pages=31|editor-last2=Horne|editor-first2=Lee}}</ref>]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:The_Duveen_Gallery_(1980s).jpg|thumb|The re-opened [[Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen|Duveen]] Gallery, 1980]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:British_Museum_Great_Court,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg|thumb|The [[Queen Elizabeth II Great Court|Great Court]] was developed in 2001 and surrounds the original [[British Museum Reading Room|Reading Room]].]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:TombofNebamun-2.jpg|thumb|Room 61 – The famous false fresco 'Pond in a Garden' from the [[Tomb of Nebamun]], {{circa|1350 BC}}]] [[Lahabali_kɔligu:Rosetta_Stone.JPG|thumb|Room 4 – The [[Rosetta Stone]], key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, 196 BC]] * '''Roman saha (30 BC – 641 AD)''' "Schist" zuɣu din nyɛ bi'polli dini, [[Alexandria]] ( 30 BC nyaaŋa) * "Meriotic [[Hamadab Stela]]" din yina [[Kingdom of Kush]] din kpa m-miri Meroë din be Sudan, 24 BC * Soter mini Cleopatra kum adaka yɔrigu din yina Qurna, Thebes ( 2nd century AD piligu) * [[Hawara]] ma anfooni(100–200 AD) * [[Fayum mummy portraits]] din gari kalinli pihita ka yina [[Hawara]] ni [[Fayum]] yaɣ'shɛŋa (40–250 AD) * Bronzefurila mini patera din yina X-group gbala ni, [[Qasr Ibrim]] (1st–6th centuries AD) * "Coptic wall" peentibu zaŋti [[martyrdom]] din nyɛ saints, Wadi Sarga dini (6th century AD) ==Departments== ===Department of Egypt and Sudan=== [[File:TombofNebamun-2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Room 61 – The famous false fresco 'Pond in a Garden' from the [[Tomb of Nebamun]], {{circa|1350 BC}}]] [[File:Rosetta Stone.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|Room 4 – The [[Rosetta Stone]], key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, 196 BC]] British Museum nyɛ din mali taarihi binyɛra pam dunia zaa<ref group="lower-alpha">The Cairo Museum has 200,000 artefacts, with leading collections reposited at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin (100,000), Musée du Louvre (60,000), Petrie Museum (80,000), The Metropolitan Museum of art (26,000), University of Pennsylvania (42,000), Ashmolean Museum (40,000), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (40,000), Museo Egizio, Turin (32,500 objects).</ref> ka lahi mali [[Art of Ancient Egypt|Egyptian antiquities]] pam (kamani kalinli din gari 100,000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/history_of_the_collection/development_of_the_collection/development_since_world_war_ii.aspx |title=Development since World War II (1945 – ) |work=British Museum |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-date=3 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203000546/http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/history_of_the_collection/development_of_the_collection/development_since_world_war_ii.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> ) [[Egyptian Museum]] din be [[Cairo]]. Di nyɛla din lahi mali kaya ni taada binyɛra zaŋ n-ti [[Nile|Nile Valley]] ( [[Nubia]]), bin din gbaai [[Predynastic Egypt|Predynastic]] [[Neolithic]] saha ({{circa|10,000 [[Anno Domini|BC]]}}), [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic (Christian)]] saha (12th century [[Anno Domini|AD]]) zaŋ hali na ni zuŋɔ, di yuma nyɛla din gari 11,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan.aspx |title=Department of Egypt and Sudan |work=British Museum |access-date=26 March 2019 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326112938/https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> * <gallery widths="190px" heights="190px"> File:Bm-ginger.jpg|Room 64 – Egyptian grave containing a [[Gebelein predynastic mummies|Gebelein predynastic mummy]], late [[predynastic]], 3400 BC File:London - British Museum - 2273.jpg|Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the pharaoh [[Senusret III]], {{circa|1850 BC}} File:ThreeStatuesOfGoddessSakhmet-ProfileView-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg|Room 4 – Three black granite statues of the goddess [[Sakhmet]], {{circa|1400 BC}} File:British Museum Egypt 086.JPG|Room 4 – Colossal statue of Amenhotep III, {{circa|1370 BC}} File:Colossal quartzite head of Amenhotep III, British Museum EA7.jpg|Great Court – [[Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III]], {{circa|1350 BC}} File:Egyptian Couple BM (1).JPG|Room 4 - Limestone [[Statue of Horemheb and Amenia|statue of a husband and wife]], 1300–1250 BC File:P1050700 (5022075232).jpg|Room 63 - Gilded outer coffins from the tomb of [[Henutmehyt]], Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC File:Book of the Dead of Hunefer sheet 5.jpg|Book of the Dead of [[Hunefer]], sheet 5, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC File:British Museum Egypt 101.jpg|Room 4 – Ancient Egyptian bronze statue of a [[Gayer-Anderson cat|cat]] from the Late Period, {{circa|664}}–332 BC File:British Museum Egypt 107.jpg|Room 4 – Green siltstone head of a Pharaoh, 26th–30th Dynasty, 600–340 BC File:The black siltstone obelisk of Pharaoh Nectanebo II, c.350 BCE. From Cairo, Egypt. British Museum.jpg|Great Court – Black siltstone [[Obelisks of Nectanebo II|obelisk of King Nectanebo II]] of Egypt, Thirtieth dynasty, {{Circa|350 BC}} File:Fayum-66.jpg|Room 62 – Detail from the mummy case of Artemidorus the Younger, a Greek who had settled in [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], Egypt, during Roman times, 100–200 AD </gallery> <gallery widths="190" heights="190"> File:Aegina treasure 01.jpg|Room 12 – A gold earring from the [[Aegina Treasure]], Greece, 1700–1500 BC File:BM; RM18 - GR, The Parthenon Galleries 1 Temple of Athena Parthenos (447-438 B.C) + North Slip Room, -Full Elevation & Viewing North-.JPG|Room 18 – Parthenon statuary from the east pediment and [[Metopes of the Parthenon|Metopes]] from the south wall, Athens, Greece, 447–438 BC File:BM, GNR; The Acropolis & The late 5th C BC ~ Erechtheum Caryatid + Ionic Column (Room 19).jpg|Room 19 – [[Caryatid]] and [[Ionian order|Ionian]] column from the [[Erechtheion]], Acropolis of Athens, Greece, 420–415 BC File:Tomb of Payava 2.jpg|Room 20 – [[Tomb of Payava]], Lycia, Turkey, 360 BC File:Fragmentary horse from the colossal four-horses chariot group which topped the podium of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, British Museum (8245662728).jpg|Room 21 – Fragmentary horse from the colossal chariot group which topped the podium of the [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], Turkey, {{Circa|350 BC}} File:Gold wreath BM 1908.4-14.1.jpg|Room 22 - Gold oak wreath with a bee and two cicadas, western Turkey, {{Circa|350–300 BC}} File:Column drum Ephesus.JPG|Room 22 – Column from the [[Temple of Artemis|Temple of Artemis in Ephesus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], Turkey, early 4th century BC File:Asklepios Melos BM Sc550.jpg|Room 22 - Colossal [[Asclepius of Milos|head of Asclepius]] wearing a metal crown (now lost), from a cult statue on [[Melos]], Greece, 325–300 BC File:Head and left hand from a bronze cult statue of Anahita, a local goddess shown here in the guide of Aphrodite, 200-100 BC, British Museum (8167358544).jpg|Room 22 – Bronze head and hand of an ancient [[Satala Aphrodite|Hellenistic statue]] discovered in [[Satala]], Turkey, 200–100 BC File:SFEC BritMus Roman 011.JPG|Room 1 - Farnese [[Hermes]] in the Enlightenment Gallery, Italy, 1st century AD File:GladiatorHelmetBM.jpg|Room 69 - Roman gladiator helmet from [[Pompeii]], Italy, 1st century AD File:Lely Venus BM 1963.jpg|Room 23 - The famous version of the '[[Crouching Venus]]', Roman, {{Circa|1st century AD}} File:Spinario-British Museum.jpg|Room 22 – Roman marble copy of the famous '[[Boy with Thorn|Spinario (Boy with Thorn)]]', Italy, {{Circa|1st century AD}} File:Apollo Kitharoidos BM 1380.jpg|Room 22 – [[Apollo of Cyrene]] (holding a [[lyre]]), Libya, {{Circa|2nd century AD}} </gallery> {{anchor|Islamic art}} * <gallery widths="190px" heights="190px"> File:Raminathicket2.jpg|Room 56 – The '[[Ram in a Thicket]]' figure, one of a pair, from [[Ur]], Southern Iraq, {{circa|2600 BC}} File:Standard of Ur - War.jpg|Room 56 – The famous '[[Standard of Ur]]', a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace, from [[Ur]], {{circa|2600 BC}} File:British Museum Middle east 14022019 Panel Imdugud 2500 BC 3640.jpg|Room 56 - [[Tell al-'Ubaid Copper Lintel|Sculpture of the god Imdugud]], lion-headed eagle surmounting a lintel made from sheets of copper, Temple of Ninhursag at [[Tell al-'Ubaid]], Iraq, {{circa|2500 BC}} File:Statue Kurlil BM WA114207.jpg|Room 56 - Statue of Kurlil, from the Temple of [[Ninhursag]] in Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq, {{circa|2500 BC}} File:Ishtar goddess.jpg|Room 56 – The famous Babylonian '[[Burney Relief|Queen of the Night relief]]' of the goddess [[Ishtar]], Iraq, {{circa|1790 BC}} File:Carved ivory depicting a woman at a window.jpg|Room 57 - Carved ivory object from the [[Nimrud Ivories]], Phoenician, Nimrud, Iraq, 9th–8th century BC File:Jehu-on-Obelisk-of-Shalmaneser.jpg|Room 6 – Depiction of the hypocrite, [[Jehu]], King of Israel on the [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]], Nimrud, c. 827 BC File:Winged Human-headed Bulls.JPG|Room 10 – [[Lamassu|Human Headed Winged Bulls]] from [[Khorsabad]], companion pieces in the [[Musée du Louvre]], Iraq, 710–705 BC File:BM; ANE - RM 55, Cuneiform Tablets Display.1.JPG|Room 55 – Cuneiform Collection, including the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]], Iraq, {{circa|669}}–631 BC File:Dying Lion.R.jpg|Room 55 – ''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]'' (detail), [[Nineveh]], Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, {{circa|645 BC}} File:BabylonLion-BM.JPG|Room 55 - Panel with striding lion made from glazed bricks, Neo-Babylonian, [[Nebuchadnezzar II]], Southern Iraq, 604–562 BC File:Britishmuseumoxustreasuregoldchariotmodel.jpg|Room 52 – A chariot from the [[Oxus Treasure]], the most important surviving collection of [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid Persian]] metalwork, c. 5th to 4th centuries BC File:Decorated column base from Persepolis.jpg|Great Court - Decorated column base from Hundred Column Hall, [[Persepolis]], 470–450 BC File:Bmane2002-1-114,1.jpg|Room 53 - Stela said to come from Tamma' cemetery, [[Yemen]], 1st century AD File:British Museum Yemen 07d.jpg|Room 53 - [[Alabaster]] statue of a standing female figure, Yemen, 1st-2nd centuries AD File:Brass box BM 1878 12-30 674.jpg|Room 34 - Cylindrical lidded box with an Arabic inscription recording its manufacture for the ruler of Mosul, [[Badr al-Din Lu'lu']], Iraq, {{Circa|1233}} – 1259 AD </gallery> ===Department of Prints and Drawings=== <gallery widths="190" heights="190"> File:Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of an unknown young woman - British Museum 180945001.jpg|[[Rogier van der Weyden]] - ''[[Portrait of a Young Woman (van der Weyden)|Portrait of a Young Woman]]'', {{circa|1440}} File:A fool, seated on a basket, about to be shaved by a nun holding a wafer iron by Hieronymus Bosch.jpg|[[Hieronymus Bosch]] - A comical barber scene, {{circa|1477}}–1516 File:Botticelli, allegoria dell'abbondanza, disegno.jpg|[[Sandro Botticelli]] - ''Allegory of Abundance'', 1480–1485 File:Leonardo da vinci, Study for the Burlington House Cartoon.jpg|[[Leonardo da Vinci]] – The [[Islamic views of Mary|Virgin]] and [[Jesus in Islam|Child]] with [[Saint Anne]] and the Infant Saint [[John the Baptist]] (prep for '[[The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist|The Burlington House Cartoon]]'), {{circa|1499}}–1500 File:Adam study - Michelangelo.jpg|[[Michelangelo]] – Studies of a reclining male nude: [[Adam]] in the fresco ''[[The Creation of Adam|The Creation of Man]]'' on the vault of the [[Sistine Chapel]], {{circa|1511}} File:Raffaello, studio di testa di madonna e bambino.jpg|[[Raphael]] – ''Study of Heads, Mother and Child'', {{circa|1509}}–1511 File:Titian - Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea - WGA22989.jpg|[[Titian]] – ''[[Crossing the Red Sea|Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea]]'', 1515–1517 File:Dürer Kopf eines Walrosses.jpg|[[Albrecht Dürer]] - Drawing of a walrus, 1521 File:A Lady, called Anne Boleyn, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg|[[Hans Holbein the Younger]] - ''Portrait of Anne Boleyn'', 1536 File:Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel - Allegory on Life and Death.jpg|[[Joris Hoefnagel]] and [[Jacob Hoefnagel]] - ''Allegory on Life and Death'', circa 1598 File:Peter Paul Rubens - Study for the figure of Christ on the Cross (cropped).jpg|[[Peter Paul Rubens]] - ''Study for the figure of Christ on the Cross'', 1610 File:Head of a monk, 1625-64, Francisco de Zurbarán. Drawing, 277 x 196 mm. British Museum.jpg|[[Francisco de Zurbarán]] - ''Head of a monk'', 1625–1664 File:Drawing of mules by Claude Lorrain.jpg|[[Claude Lorrain]] - Drawing of mules, including one full-length, 1630–1640 File:The Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg|[[Rembrandt]] – ''[[Lamentation of Christ|The Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross]]'', 1634–35 File:A woman with a rose drawn by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg|[[Thomas Gainsborough]] - Drawing of a woman with a rose, 1763–1765 File:Newport Castle by JMW Turner.jpg|[[J. M. W. Turner]] - Watercolour of Newport Castle, 1796 File:The happy effects of that grand systom of shutting ports against the English!!.jpg|[[Isaac Cruikshank]] - 'The happy effects of that grand system of shutting ports against the English!!', 1808 File:Hampstead Heath by John Constable watercolour.jpg|[[John Constable]] - ''London from Hampstead Heath in a Storm'', (watercolour), 1831 File:Notes Nocturne lithograph by James McNeill Whistler 1878.jpg|[[James McNeill Whistler]] - ''View of the Battersea side of Chelsea Reach'', London, (lithograph), 1878 File:Van Gogh - In the Orchard - 1883.jpg|[[Vincent van Gogh]] - Man Digging in the Orchard (print), 1883 </gallery> ===Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory=== [[File:British Museum (6425125707).jpg|thumb|250px|Gallery 50 – View down the Roman Britain gallery]] [[File:Waddesdon_Bequest_(2).JPG|thumb|upright=1.15|Gallery 2a – Display case of Renaissance metalware from the [[Waddesdon Bequest]]]] <gallery widths="190px" heights="190px"> File:British Museum Olduvai handaxe.jpg|Room 2 – [[Handaxe]], [[Lower Palaeolithic]], [[Olduvai Gorge]], Tanzania, {{circa|1.2&nbsp;million years BC}} File:Sleeping Reindeer 4512630872 d31dcb1207 o.jpg|Room 3 – [[Swimming Reindeer]] carving, France, {{circa|13,000 years BC}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://my.page-flip.co.uk/?userpath=00000013/00012513/00053413/&page=11|title=BM Reindeer|work=page-flip.co.uk|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301030041/http://my.page-flip.co.uk/?userpath=00000013%2F00012513%2F00053413%2F&page=11|url-status=dead}}</ref> File:Ain Sakhri Lovers - British Museum - Joy of Museums.jpg|Room 2 – [[Ain Sakhri lovers]], from the cave of [[Ain Sakhri]], near [[Bethlehem]], {{circa|9000 BC}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/p/ain_sakhri_lovers_figurine.aspx|title=British Museum - Ain Sakhri lovers figurine|work=British Museum|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-date=21 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021025025/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/p/ain_sakhri_lovers_figurine.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> File:British Museum gold thing 501594 fh000035.jpg|Room 51 – [[Mold cape|Mold gold cape]], North Wales, Bronze Age, {{circa|1900}}–1600 BC File:Wandsworth Shield.png|Room 50 – [[Wandsworth Shield]], Iron Age shield boss in La Tène style, England, 2nd century BC File:IronAgeTorcBritishMuseum.JPG|Room 50 – Gold torc found in [[Needwood Forest]], central England, 75 BC File:Roman emperor head.jpg|Room 49 - Bronze head of a Roman emperor, [[Claudius]] or [[Nero]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=figure {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1965-1201-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708040219/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1965-1201-1 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |access-date=2025-03-10 |work=The British Museum |url-status=live }}</ref> from Rendham in Suffolk, eastern England, 1st century AD File:Romano-British crown and diadem.jpg|Room 49 – Romano-British crown and diadem found in [[Hockwold cum Wilton]], England 1st century AD File:Mosaic2 - plw.jpg|Room 49 – [[Hinton St Mary Mosaic]] with face of Christ in the centre, from Dorset, southern England, 4th century AD File:Corbridge lanx.jpg|Room 49 – [[Corbridge Lanx]], silver tray depicting a shrine to Apollo, northern England, 4th century AD File:British Museum Coleraine Hoard.jpg|Room 41 – Silver objects from the Roman [[Coleraine]] Hoard, Northern Ireland, 4th-5th centuries AD File:Sutton Hoo helmet 2016.png|Room 41 – [[Sutton Hoo helmet]], Anglo-Saxon, England, early 7th century AD File:Virgin and Child BM PE1978-05.02-3.jpg|Room 40 – Ivory statue of [[Virgin and Child]], who is crushing a dragon under her left foot from Paris, France, 1310-1330 AD File:Chaucer Astrolabe BM 1909.6-17.1.jpg|Room 40 – Chaucer [[Astrolabe]], the oldest dated in Europe, 1326 AD File:British Museum Royal Gold Cup.jpg|Room 40 – [[Royal Gold Cup]] or [[Saint Agnes Cup]], made in Paris, France, 1370–80 AD File:Holy Thorn Reliquary front 2018 (cropped).JPG|Room 2a – [[Holy Thorn Reliquary]], made in Paris, {{circa|1390s AD}} File:Ship Clock at British Museum.jpg|Room 38 – [[Mechanical Galleon]] clock, Augsburg, Germany, around 1585 AD File:Carillon Clock with Automata, by Isaac Habrecht - British Museum.jpg|Room 38 – Carillon clock with automata by [[Isaac and Josias Habrecht|Isaac Habrecht]], Switzerland, 1589 AD File:Inside the British Museum, London - DSC04228.JPG|Room 39 – Ornate clock made by [[Thomas Tompion]], England, 1690 AD </gallery> ===Department of Asia=== [[File:BrMus Amravati.jpg|thumb|Room 33a – [[Amaravati Sculptures]], southern India, 1st century BC and 3rd century AD]] [[File:Room 95-6752.JPG|thumb|Room 95 – The [[Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art|Percival David collection]] of Chinese ceramics]] [[File:Lord Shiva Nataraja at the British Museum.jpg|thumb|Statue of Lord Shiva Nataraja.]] * <gallery widths="190" heights="190"> File:Poids cubiques harappéens - BM.jpg|Room 33 - Cubic weights made of [[chert]] from [[Mohenjo-daro]], Pakistan, 2600-1900 BC File:Periodo degli zhou dell'est, coppia di vasi rituali hu. V sec. ac. 01.JPG|Room 33 - One of the [[hu (vessel)|hu]] from Huixian, China, 5th century BC File:CrystalGoose.JPG|Room 33 - A [[hamsa (bird)|hamsa]] sacred goose vessel made of [[crystal]] from Stupa 32, [[Taxila]], Pakistan, 1st century AD File:Death of the Buddha BM.jpg|Room 33 - Stone sculpture of the death of Buddha, Gandhara, [[Pakistan]], 1st-3rd centuries AD File:Ku K'ai-chih 001.jpg|Room 91a - Section of the [[Admonitions Scroll]] by Chinese artist [[Gu Kaizhi]], China, c. 380 AD File:Denesar Khera Buddha.JPG|Room 33 - Gilded bronze [[Dhaneswar Khera Buddha image inscription|statue of the Buddha]], Dhaneswar Khera, India, 5th century AD File:Amitabha Buddha Statue, British Museum - panoramio.jpg|The [[Amitābha]] Buddha from Hancui on display in the museum's stairwell, China, 6th century AD File:Luóhàn at British Museum.jpg|Room 33 - The [[arhat|luohan]] from Yixian made of glazed stoneware, China, 907-1125 AD File:Goddess Ambika from Dhar.JPG|Sculpture of [[Ambika (Jainism)|Goddess Ambika]] found at [[Dhar]], India, 1034 AD File:Tirthankaras.jpg|Sculpture of the two Jain tirthankaras [[Rishabhanatha]] and [[Mahavira]], [[Orissa, India]], 11th-12th century AD File:British Museum Kang Hou Gui Top.jpg|Room 33 - Western Zhou bronze ritual vessel known as the "[[Kang Hou Gui]]", China, 11th century BC File:Seated Avalokiteshvara BM OA 1985.5-11.1.jpg|Room 33 - A crowned figure of the [[Bodhisattva]] Khasarpana Avalokiteśvara, India, 12th century AD File:British Museum Asia 2 (cropped).jpg|Room 33 - Covered hanging jar with underglaze decoration, Si Satchanalai (Sawankalok), north-central [[Thailand]], 14th-16th centuries AD File:Hu-shaped altar vessel BM 1989.0309.1.jpg|Room 33 - [[Hu (vessel)|Hu]]-shaped altar flower vessel, Ming dynasty, China, 15th -16th centuries AD File:Judge assistant hell BM OA1917.11-16.1 n02.jpg|Room 33 - An assistant to the Judge of Hell, figure from a judgement group, [[Ming dynasty]], China, 16th century AD File:British Museum Asia 41-2.jpg|Room 33 - Statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze. [[Nepal]], 16th century AD File:Indischer Maler um 1615 (I) 001.jpg|Portrait of Ibrâhîm 'Âdil Shâh II (1580–1626), [[Mughal Empire]] of India, 1615 AD File:Utagawa Toyoharu (attributed to), Courtesans of the Tamaya House.jpg|Room 90 - Courtesans of the Tamaya House, attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu, screen painting; Japan, [[Edo period]], late 1770s or early 1780s AD File:SFEC BritMus Asia 027.JPG|Room 33 - Large statue of [[Buddha]] made of [[lacquer]] from Burma, 18th-19th century AD File:Seated.Lama-01-British.Museum.jpg|Room 33 - Figure of seated Lama; of painted and varnished papier-mâché, [[Ladakh]], India, 19th century AD </gallery> === Copyright settlement === Silimiin goli August yuuni 2023, British Museum nyɛla ban daa di alizama ni lahabali lɛbigira Yilin Wang din daa niŋ ka bɛ zaŋ lahabali shɛli o ni daa lɛbigi ka di nyɛ yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisi tum tuma ka di pa o yidani la [[Qiu Jin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=The British Museum reaches settlement with translator whose work was used without permission |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/british-museum-reaches-settlement-translator-whose-work-was-used-permi-rcna98999 |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=NBC News |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828000552/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/british-museum-reaches-settlement-translator-whose-work-was-used-permi-rcna98999 |url-status=live }}</ref> === Tibet naming conventions === Silimiin goli January yuuni 2025, British Museum nyɛla [[Tibetans|Tibetan]] ni daa galim shɛba ka fii pirinla bɛ daa zami ni [[Tibet]] nyɛla "Xizang," saha ŋɔ di nyɛla [[government of the People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Socktsang |first=Loboe |date=24 January 2025 |title=Tibetans demand apology from the British Museum for use of 'Xizang' |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/24/tibet-british-museum-xizang/ |access-date=25 January 2025 |work=[[Radio Free Asia]]}}</ref> ==Galleries== ;Building <gallery> File:BM, Main Floor Main Entrance Hall ~ South Stairs.6.JPG|Main Staircase, ''[[Discobolus]]'' of [[Myron]] (the Discus-Thrower) File:British Museum Reading Room Panorama Feb 2006.jpg|[[British Museum Reading Room]] File:British Museum 2010-06-04 B.jpg|Ceiling of the Great Court and the black siltstone obelisks of [[Nectanebo II]], {{Circa|350 BC}} File:Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 183.jpg|Detail of an [[Ionic order|Ionic]] capital on a pilaster in the Great Court File:England; London - The British Museum, Facade South Front ~ -Main Entrance + West Wing- Colonnade + The Africa Garden.2.jpg|African Garden – created by [[BBC TV]] programme [[Ground Force]] </gallery> ;Museum galleries ''Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan'' <gallery> File:BM, AES Egyptian Sculpture (Room 4), View South + Towards Assyrian Sculpture Gallery (Room 6).JPG|Room 4 – Egyptian Sculpture, view towards the Assyrian Transept File:BM, AES Egyptian Sculpture (Room 4), View North.3.JPG|Room 4 File:Egyptian Gallery.JPG|Room 4 </gallery> ''Department of the Middle East'' <gallery> File:BM; RM6 - ANE, Assyrian Sculpture 32 -East (N), Centre Island + North Wall- ~ Assyrian Empire + -Lamassu, Stela's, Statue's, Obelisk's, Relief Panel's & Full Projection.1.jpg|The British Museum, Room 6 – Assyrian Sculpture File:BM; RM8 - ANE, Nimrud Palace Reliefs 75 South + East Wall (S) ~ Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 B.C) + Full Elevation & Viewing South.1.JPG|Room 8 – Pair of [[Lamassu]] from [[Nimrud]] and reliefs from the palace of [[Tiglath-Pileser III]] File:BM; RM7 - ANE, Nimrud Palace Reliefs 1 Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C) ~ Full Elevation & Viewing South.JPG|Room 7 – Reliefs from the North-west palace of [[Ashurnasirpal II]], [[Nimrud]] File:BM; ANE - RM 89, Assyrian Reliefs ~ Nineveh.JPG|Room 89 – [[Nimrud]] and Nineveh Palace Reliefs File:BM; ANE - Nineveh, The Royal Lion Hunt (Room 10).JPG|Room 10 – Nineveh, The Royal Lion Hunt </gallery> ''Department of Greece and Rome'' <gallery> File:Parthenon Frieze.JPG|Room 18 – Ancient Greece File:Tomb of Merehi 1.jpg|Room 20a – Tomb of Merehi and Greek vases, [[Lycia]], 360 BC File:British Museum - Room 85, Roman Portrait Sculpture.JPG|Room 85 – Portrait Sculpture, Roman File:Townley Sculptures.JPG|Room 84 – [[Charles Towneley|Towneley]] Roman Sculptures File:SFEC BritMus Roman 022.JPG|Main Staircase – ''[[Discobolus]]'', Roman File:The Townley Caryatid (anterior).jpg|Main Staircase – [[Townley Caryatid]], Roman, 140–160 AD </gallery> ===Digital and online=== Museum ŋɔ nyɛla din mali saawara ni Google Cultural Institute din yɛn che ka bɛ lahabaya ŋɔ tooi be pohim zuɣu.<ref name="gci">{{cite web|title=British Museum Online|url=https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/the-british-museum|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-date=3 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103081312/https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/the-british-museum|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Exhibitions== * ''[https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/RP_Exhibitions_Chronology.pdf Chronology of Temporary Exhibitions at the British Museum]'', by Joanna Bowring (British Museum Research Paper 189, 2012) lists all temporary exhibitions from 1838 to 2012. * Helen Wang, 2022. ‘Displays of money and medals at the British Museum, 1759 to 2022’, ''Numismatic Chronicle'' 182, pp.&nbsp;313–338. ''Forgotten Empire Exhibition'' (October 2005 – January 2006) <gallery widths="140px" heights="140px" perrow="4"> File:Forgotten Empire Exhibition, (Room 5).1.JPG|Room 5 – Exhibitions Panorama File:The British Museum, Room 5-Persepolis Bas-relief.jpg|Room 5 – The [[Persepolis]] Casts File:BM; ANE - Forgotten Empire Exhibition, (Room 5).3.JPG|Room 5 – Exhibitions Relics File:BM; ANE - Forgotten Empire Exhibition, The Cyrus Cylinder (Room 5).JPG|Room 5 – The [[Cyrus Cylinder]] </gallery> Bin din gbaai Silimiin goli January zaŋ hali ni Silimiin goli April yuuni 2012, museum ŋɔ nyɛla ban daa ti ''[[Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam]]'', tuuli din daa galisi zaŋ n-ti [[Hajj]], di nyɛla musuliminima daantali dibaa anu la zaɣ'yini.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kennedy |first1=Maev |title=Hajj exhibition at British Museum |journal=The Guardian |date=25 January 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/25/hajj-exhibition-british-museum |access-date=15 December 2022 |archive-date=15 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215193919/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/25/hajj-exhibition-british-museum |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berns |first1=Steph |title=Hajj journey to the heart of islam |url=https://archive.org/details/material-religion_2012-12_8_4/page/543 |journal=Material Religion |date=December 2012 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=543–544 |doi=10.2752/175183412X13522006995213|s2cid=192190977 }}</ref> ==Lihimi m-pahi== *[[2016–17 all-female UK terror plot]] ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==Kundivihira== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== {{Refbegin|30em|indent=yes}} * Anderson, Robert (2005). ''The Great Court and the British Museum''. London: [[The British Museum Press]] * Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MIBNXScRj3QC&lpg=PP1&dq=modernism%20and%20the%20museum&pg=PP1 ''Modernism and the Museum: Asian, African and Pacific Art and the London Avant Garde'']. [[Oxford University Press]], 2011, pp.&nbsp;103–164. {{ISBN|978-0-19-959369-9}}. * Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modernism-modernity/summary/v018/18.1.arrowsmith.html "The Transcultural Roots of Modernism: Imagist Poetry, Japanese Visual Culture, and the Western Museum System"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000000/http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modernism-modernity/summary/v018/18.1.arrowsmith.html |date=4 March 2016 }}, ''[[Modernism/modernity]]'' Volume 18, Number 1, January 2011, pp.&nbsp;27–42. {{ISSN|1071-6068}}. * Bowring, Joanna (2012). ''[https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/RP_Exhibitions_Chronology.pdf Chronology of Temporary Exhibitions at the British Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119160033/https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/RP_Exhibitions_Chronology.pdf |date=19 November 2018 }}'' London: British Museum Research Paper 189. * Caygill, Marjorie (2006). ''The British Museum: 250 Years''. London: The British Museum Press * Caygill, Marjorie (2002). ''The Story of the British Museum''. London: The British Museum Press * --do.-- (2009) ''Treasures of the British Museum'' London: The British Museum Press {{ISBN|0714150622}} (1st ed. 1985; 2nd ed. 1992) * Cook, B. F. (2005). ''The Elgin Marbles''. London: The British Museum Press * Esdaile, Arundell (1946) ''[[The British Museum Library: a Short History and Survey]]''. London: [[Allen & Unwin]] * Jacobs, Norman (2010) ''Behind the Colonnade''. Stroud: The History Press * Jenkins, Ian (2006). ''Greek Architecture and its Sculpture in The British Museum''. London: The British Museum Press * [[Frank Francis|Francis, Frank]], ed. (1971) ''Treasures of the British Museum''. London: Thames & Hudson (rev. ed., 1975) * [[Stephanie Moser|Moser, Stephanie]] (2006). ''Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at The British Museum''. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press * Reade, Julian (2004). ''Assyrian Sculpture''. London: The British Museum Press * Reeve, John (2003). ''The British Museum: Visitor's Guide''. London: The British Museum Press * Wilson, David M. (2002). ''The British Museum: a history''. 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