British Museum
The British Museum
The British Museum located in London holds finest collection of art works in London. There are more than 7 million objects and is the largest and diverse museum in world with art works from all continents that illustrate and document the story behind human culture from earlier to present. The British Museum was built during the year 1739, based on collections from Sir Hans Sloane, a famous scientist as well as physician.
The museum was opened to the public on Jan 15 1759 in Bloomsbury, along site with the present museum building. The expansion of building over 2 and ½ centuries has created many branch institutions, out of which the 1st is British Museum in South Kensington in the year 1887. Some famous objects present in collection including Elgin Marbles from Parthenon are objects involving controversy and calls for return from the originating countries. Read the rest of this entry »