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The British Museum, founded in 1753, contains world-famous collections of antiquities from Egypt, Western Asia, Greece and Rome, as well as Prehistoric and Romano-British, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern and Oriental collections; Prints and Drawings; Coins, Medals and Banknotes.
 
The Museum\'s collections number some six-and-a-half million objects ranging in size from shreds to colossal statues. The collections are maintained both for exhibition and as a research resource for some 30,000 enquiries from professional academics, school-children, tourists each year. The Museum site more.. type: Palaces address: Great Russell Street openinghours: Mon-Sat 10 am- 5pm, Sun 12-6 tel: 020 7323 8000
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Kate Moss Joins Gild: Mega-Statue Museum-Bound - E! Online


E! Online

Kate Moss Joins Gild: Mega-Statue Museum-Bound
E! Online - Aug 28, 2008
And the British Museum has already heeded its call. While the venerable London museum has so far only released a close-up photo of the statue's face, ...
Kate Moss Coming To The British Museum Londonist
Golden girl Moss to come to British Museum Opodo
Solid gold statue of Kate Moss unveiled at British Museum Telegraph.co.uk
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Turkey's Emperor Hadrian bust on display at British Museum - Hürriyet


Turkey's Emperor Hadrian bust on display at British Museum
Hürriyet, Turkey - 20 hours ago
Meanwhile, the British Museum in London has begun exhibiting the bust of Roman Empire Hadrian which was brought to light during the excavations last year, ...

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Mace set to scoop £130m British Museum revamp - Contract Journal


Mace set to scoop £130m British Museum revamp
Contract Journal, UK - 13 hours ago
By Brian Warner It is understood that Mace has trumped two rivals for a £130m makeover of the British Museum in Russell Square. ...

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Legality of Earl of Elgin’s acquisition challenged by scholar - Times Online


Times Online

Legality of Earl of Elgin’s acquisition challenged by scholar
Times Online, UK - Aug 28, 2008
But the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures has been called into question by a challenge to the validity of a crucial 19th-century legal document. ...
After 1500 years, pagans plan Acropolis prayer The Associated Press
Acropolis now Spectator.co.uk (subscription)
Athens welcomes the ghost of Phidias to new rooftop gallery Times Online
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