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The actual governance of the British Museum, however, is delegated to its board of trustees. [1] At the museum's inception its most senior member of staff was called "principal librarian". The job title became "director and principal librarian" in 1898, and "director" in 1973, on the separation of the British Library from the museum.
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.
Museum Planning is the creation of documents to describe a new museum’s vision, the visitor experience and an organizational plan for a new institution, or one undergoing a major expansion or change in focus. Museum plans may include some or all of the following: A review of institutional resources, assets and collections
The resignation was supported by staff members at the British Museum, who were reported by The Guardian to "expressed support" for Soueif. [4] In a 2018 letter to The Guardian , chair of the trustees Richard Lambert stated that the Elgin Marbles should remain in the museum and opposed their repatriation to the Greek government .
A number of research projects, [27] [28] working groups, [29] and other initiatives have explored how conservation can become a more environmentally sustainable profession. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Sustainable conservation practices apply both to work within cultural institutions [ 29 ] (e.g. museums, art galleries, archives, libraries, research centres ...
The Museums and Galleries Act 1992 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992 c. 44) the long title of which is "An Act to establish Boards of Trustees of the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Wallace Collection; to transfer property to them and confer functions on them; to make new provision as to transfers to and between the collections of ...
British Museum Act 1805; British Museum Act 1807; British Museum Act 1816; British Museum Act 1824; British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824; British Museum Act 1832; 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 ...
The national museums of the UK are funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of the British government, and are all located in England. There are 14 national museums, all established by Acts of Parliament, as well as another eight which are sponsored by the DCMS.