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The British Museum reached a settlement with Yilin Wang after her translations of Chinese poetry by Qiu Jin were used in an exhibit without her permission.
A translator whose work was used by the British Museum without her permission reached a settlement with the institution following two months of negotiations and online campaigning — including ...
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.
British Museum item 132940 Ivory plaque from Nimrud depicting two Egyptians. From the British Museum Many thanks to Prioryman for uploading these beautiful pictures of the recently acquired Nimrud ivories. However, more images of Nimrud ivories would be helpful for the Nimrud ivories article, especially these examples: 1856,0903.511 (female heads)
The core of the collection comprises 67 manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, along with £12,000 (the Bridgewater fund). To this sum a further £3000 (the Farnborough Fund) was added in 1838 by Egerton's cousin, Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough .
The British Museum houses the biggest collection of Chinese relics anywhere in the West – at least 23,000 objects – ranging from paintings that date back to the Tang dynasty (618 to 907 AD) to ...
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British Museum Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 39) British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 60) British Museum Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 46) Museums Act 1845; National Gallery and Museums (Scotland) Act 1850; National Gallery of Ireland Act 1854; National Gallery of Ireland Act 1855; National Museum of Industry for Scotland and General Register ...