British Museum
The British museum is
located at Great Russell Street in the centre of London. It is very close to
other huge tourist attractions like Covent Garden for instance.
The museum has one of
the largest collections in the world. Annually
the museum is visited by more than six million people. The museum has a variety
of ancient artefacts but they also have a collection of present day artefacts.
It differs from mummies, to books, to farming shit (of 15 million years old).
The history of the
museum begun with the death of Hans Sloan. He was a traveller and in his last
will he left his treasures to the king
and the state. After him a lot of people followed by donating their artefacts
to the Government. To hold all these treasures the state ordered to build a
museum.
However, a lot of the
artefacts donated to the museum weren’t exactly bought. There is a suspicion
that a lot of the artefacts that Hans Sloan donated, had been stolen. This
means that over half of the collection displayed in the museum is actually
stolen. This results in a lot of controversy because the museum is very proud
of its collection.
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