British Museum

noun

1. a national depository and museum in London, England, housing important collections in archaeology, art, and natural history.

British Museum

noun

1. a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British Library

Example Sentences

The British Museum is to receive what is believed to be the highest-value gift ever received by a UK museum with the acquisition of £1bn worth of Chinese ceramics.

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The director of the British Museum, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, said it was an "incomparable private collection".

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The donation will take the number of Chinese ceramics held by the British Museum to 10,000 pieces, making it one of the most important collections of such items of any public institution outside the Chinese-speaking world.

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After the donation is completed, pieces will be lent to the Shanghai Museum in China and Metropolitan Museum in New York as part of the British Museum's support of exhibitions worldwide.

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The final transfer of ownership to the British Museum will be subject to the Charity Commission's consent.

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