272 years ago today, the British Museum Act was given Royal Ascent by King George II, establishing what has become today the most visited museum on Earth. The British Museum was the first of a new kind of museum—national, belonging to neither church nor king, freely open to the public and aiming to collect everything. […]
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272 years ago today, the British Museum Act was given Royal Ascent by King George II, establishing what has become today the most visited museum on Earth. The British Museum was the first of a new kind of museum—national, belonging to neither church nor king, freely open to the public and aiming to collect everything.
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