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Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of the British Museum from 2003 to 2015, [1] and founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin until 2018.
A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010. [2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase. The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its role in hosting the project.
Germany: Memories of a Nation is a 2014 book by British historian and then director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor. The work was published in conjunction with his BBC Radio 4 series and a major exhibition at the British Museum.
1974–1977: Sir John Pope-Hennessy; 1977–1992: Sir David M. Wilson; 1992–2002: Robert Anderson 1999–2001 Suzanna Taverne (managing director) [2]; 2003–2015: Neil MacGregor
The "Lion-Man" artefact. Living with the Gods is a 30-part BBC Radio 4 series presented by Neil MacGregor, a former director of the British Museum. [1] It explores human societies and what MacGregor describes as "the connections between structures of belief, and the structures of society". [2]
The Centenary Book of Sark: a history and description of the artist William A Toplis by Chris Andrews, Fiona Kelly and Amy McKee: His own pillow [36] 28 November 2021: Neil Gaiman: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe: A Victorian accounts ledger, a fountain pen and an unlimited supply of ink [37] 5 December 2021: Helen Macdonald: The Karla ...
Articles relating to the Elgin Marbles and their depictions, a collection of sculptures and other parts of the Parthenon (and other sacred and ceremonial structures built on the Acropolis of Athens) taken by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, while Greece was under Ottoman rule, and sent to Britain.
Neil MacGregor; Maitreyabandhu; Adam Mars-Jones; Edward Marsh (polymath) Sean Mathias; Bernard Mayes; Bob Mellors; Edwin Morgan (poet) Chris Morris (activist) Douglas Murray (author) Francis Edwin Murray