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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.
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 ...
During the 1840s approximately 13% of the books consulted in the museum were from the King's Library. This percentage declined as the museum's book collection grew in subsequent decades, but the King's Library remained well-used. From 1857, the gallery was used to display notable volumes from the whole of the museum's printed books collection. [2]
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.
The Greenfield Papyrus is a papyrus that contains an ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead and is named after Mrs. Edith Mary Greenfield, who presented it to the Trustees of the British Museum in May 1910. [1] [2] Now in the collections of the British Museum, London, it is one of the longest papyri in existence with a length of 37 metres. [3]
More than 100 members of the museum’s visitor services and security teams will take seven days’ action from February 13. Staff at British Museum to walk out during half-term break Skip to main ...
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 British Museum Reading Room is the subject of an eponymous poem, "The British Museum Reading Room", by Louis MacNeice. Much of the action of David Lodge's 1965 novel The British Museum Is Falling Down takes place in the old Reading Room. The 'Glass Ceiling' of Anabel Donald's 1994 novel is the ceiling of the Reading Room, where the ...