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British Museum

British Museum
Photo: Luke Massey & the Greater London National Park City Initiative · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

The British Museum was established by Act of Parliament in 1753 as the first national public museum in the world. Its landmark Greek Revival building on Great Russell Street, designed by Sir Robert Smirke, was built between 1823 and 1852.

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