British Museum London
The UK's major national museum, with enormously rich and varied collections covering world history and culture: it has magnificent holdings in classical antiquities, medieval art, prints and drawings, and numerous other fields, and it formerly also housed the national library of manuscripts and printed books. It was established by Act of Parliament in ... ...
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