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The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [3] It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome National Museum of China, Beijing, China British Museum, London Natural History Museum, London Metropolitan Museum, New York City National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States Tate Modern, London, England National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea ...
American Museum of Natural History: New York City: 1869 Natural History: 1,790,000 sq ft (166,296 m 2) [8] [9] 32,000,000 [10] United States: British Museum: London: 1753 Archaeology and art 92,000 m 2 (990,000 sq ft) [11] 65,752 m 2 (707,750 sq ft) [11] More than 8,000,000 (largest in the world) United Kingdom: National Museum of China ...
Although commonly referred to as the Natural History Museum, it was officially known as British Museum (Natural History) until 1992, despite legal separation from the British Museum itself in 1963. Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881 and later incorporated ...
Museum of British Transport, Clapham (collections now at the National Railway Museum (York) and the London Transport Museum) [32] Museum of Mankind (collections now returned to the British Museum) Museum of the Moving Image (London) Nature Study Museum, 1904–1942 in the old mortuary of St George in the East church [33] [34]
The British Museum states that it “takes its commitment to be a world museum seriously. The collection is a unique resource to explore the richness, diversity and complexity of all human history ...
Long title: An Act to alter the composition of the Trustees of the British Museum, to provide for the separation from the British Museum of the British Museum (Natural History), to make new provision with respect to the regulation of the two Museums and their collections in place of that made by the British Museum Act 1753 and enactments amending or supplementing that Act, and for purposes ...
The Valley Gardens at Windsor Great Park Natural History Museum, London British Museum, London. This article lists the most-visited attractions in the United Kingdom, including art galleries, gardens, zoos, theatres, libraries and museums.