BRITISH MUSEUM - LONDON

The British Museum is a museum in London dedicated to human history and culture. The British Museum was established in 1753. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759. It is located in Great Russell Street, London WC1, England, UK. Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.

There are many departments in the museum. They are :

• Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan 

  The British Museum houses the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, over 100,000 pieces. A collection of immense importance for its range and quality, it includes objects of all periods from virtually every site of importance in Egypt and the Sudan. Egyptian antiquities have formed part of the British Museum collection ever since its foundation in 1753 after receiving 160 Egyptian object from Sir Hans Sloane.

   

       
 Rosetta Stone      Battlefield Palette    Senwosret III                     


 

• Department of Greece and Rome

  The British Museum has one of the world's largest and most comprehensive collections of antiquities from the Classical world, with over 100,000 objects.  the Greek collection includes important sculpture from the Parthenon in Athens.The Department also houses one of the widest-ranging collections of Italic and Etruscan antiquities and extensive groups of material from Cyprus. The collections of ancient jewellery and bronzes, Greek vases and Roman glass and silver are particularly important.

   

  
   Lely Venus
  
  
                           Townley Sculptures
  
  
   

        

 

 

• Department of Prints and Drawings

  The Department of Prints and Drawings holds the national collection of Western Prints and Drawings 
  ^{Prints and Drawings collection has grown to international renown as one of the richest and most representative collections in the world. there are approximately 50000 drawings and over two million prints.}
   
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  Sir Theodore Mayerne  Leonardo da Vinci
    

   

  • Department of Prehistory and Europe 

  The Department of Prehistory and Europe is responsible for collections that cover a vast expanse of time and geography. It includes the some of the earliest objects made by humans 2 million years ago; the art and archaeology of Europe from the earliest times to the present day, including the history of Britain under Roman occupation. It also includes the national collection of horology. 
  
  
  
    
  
  Lewis Chessmen
  
  
  
  
   
               Franks Casket
   
  
  
  

  • Department of Asia

    The scope of the Department of Asia is extremely broad, its collections of over 75,000 objects covers the material culture of the whole Asian continent (from East, South, Central and South-East Asia) and from the Neolithic up to the present day.
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    Amravati Sculptures
    
    
    
    Crystal Goose  
    
    

     

   

  Ku K'ai-chih                 

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