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| British Museum marks 255th anniversary | |
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| CJ | Jan 15 2014, 08:08 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10572969/The-British-Museum-Google-Doodle-marks-255th-anniversary.html The British Museum, which opened its doors to the public 255 years ago today, has been celebrated with a Google Doodle. The doodle shows the musuem's Great Court, which was redeveloped in 2001 to become the largest covered public square in Europe. It is a two-acre space enclosed by a glass roof with the Reading Room at its centre. The drawing also depicts the entrance to the museum, which is a Greek Revival facade with 44 columns closely based on those of the temple of Athena Polias at Priene, an ancient Greek holy city. The museum was established largely on the collection of naturalist and collector Sir Hans Sloane, who amassed more than 71,000 objects which he wanted to be preserved after his death. Congratulations to the British Museum on its anniversary ! Has anyone here visited it?
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| Luma Party | Jan 16 2014, 02:47 AM Post #2 |
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I have. When I went to London. While it is all cool, I really hate how they stole the Egyptian Mummies. |
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| CJ | Jan 16 2014, 08:10 AM Post #3 |
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The thing is, most of the artefacts there (and in other similar museums) have been "stolen" from somewhere. If we returned all of them to their country of origin, we'd just end up emptying the world's great museums. |
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