Treasures of the British Museum

The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth and range of its collections is unequalled by any other national museum. The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, drawings by Botticelli and Michelangelo, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis Chessmen and the Sutton Hoo treasure are all to be found here. Treasures of the British Museum reveals and delights the reader with the intriguing stories behind these treasures and many more. This timely new edition brings the story up to date, with chapters on important acquisitions made by the Museum in the last fifteen years, including the Warren Cup and the 'Queen of the Night'. A beautiful redesign incorporating full colour photography throughout gives this classic volume a fresh new look.

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Caygill, Marjorie

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Abrams

The Story of the British Museum

Reference

British Museum Press

It is visited by 4.5 million people from all over the world each year, it is free and it is currently celebrating its 250th anniversary. Back in 1753 the British Museum was founded following the bequest of Sir Hans Sloane's own collection of antiquities to the British nation. The inspired idea to bring together a collection of artefacts, paintings, books and curiosities for everybody to enjoy free of charge was `an extraordinary experiment in public education'. This pictorial history of 250 years of the British Museum takes a decade-by-decade look at its expansion and its acquisitions which included the Parthenon sculptures, the Sutton Hoo ship burial, Viking hoards, medieval manuscripts, Wedgwood pottery, Chinese paintings, Egyptian mummies and so much more.

The British Museum: 250 Years

The BM is the greatest treasure house in the world and it could fill many books with pretty pictures ... but this is more than that. A choice selection of topics, some well known and obvious (Sutton Hoo, the Royal Cemeteries at Ur, the Elgin Marbles), others less obvious (the Folkton Drums, the Lothar Crystal), fifty in all, serve as the basis for description and discussion of both objects and collectors and the way in which the BM has acquired them. This unusual and interesting approach makes for a magnificent book: superb pictures, highly readable descriptions and lots of human interest anecdotes. The 2009 edition is significantly expanded with twelve new objects discussed, representing a refocusing away from Europe and the Near East and also showcasing artefacts, such as the Ringlemere Cup, acquired over the last few decades. `About as good as a book of this sort can be. A magnificent present ... if you can bear to part with it.'

BRITISH MUSEUM

The story of the British Museum

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications

A souvenir guide to the Reading Room of the British Museum which has recently been restored to its original architectural splendour and was opened to the public in December 2000. The guide also presents a concise illustrated history of the library, and its illustrous readers, during the last 150 years.

The British Museum Reading Room

Americas

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

The British Museum A-Z Companion

Routledge

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