 | Originally,
this museum has been built in 1753 in order to protect the arts collection of
the physician Sir Hans Sloane. British Museum is
one of the oldest museum in the world. |
| Today,
the museum houses the collection of Sloane as well as numerous presents and purchases
from all the world, which means a display of thousand
years of art history. |
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Robert Smirke was in charge of the building and the architecture of the British
Museum. He decided to make a square, Great Court, which is a covered square
surrounded by shops, coffee and restaurants . |
| The museum is organized
in several departments so as to visit the museum
easier. |
| Indeed,
the floors of the museum propose a display of different collections like African
art on the ground floor or the Asian collection
on the upper floor. |
| The
most attractive exhibitions that the museum suggests are the Elgin Marbles, reliefs
of the Pantheon, Lindow Man and the Egyptian
mummies. |
| It
is absolutely fantastic the gold coffin of Henutmehyt
and Ginger mummie, a mummified body dated over 5000 years
ago. Among the most important finds in the museum is the famous Rosetta
Stone, the key to understand egyptian writing and decipher it. |
| There is a
section where is reproduced coins history, where
it is possible to find almost all of coins existing in the world. |
| This museum
is free, but we invite all the visitors to make a
little donation so this fantastic place will remain free! |
| For more informations:
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk |
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