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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : British Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The museum was established in 1753 and was based largely on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane.
The British Museum has also argued that its objects benefit from their setting, where they can be seen for free alongside other artifacts from all over the world, although a counter-argument is that the objects would be better displayed in their native countries, closer to their original context.
While the British Museum continues to assert that it is an appropriate custodian and has an inalienable right to its disputed artifacts under British law, opponents of the Museum continue to criticise it for theft, and what is perceived to be a cavalier attitude towards the right of other cultures to possess their own works.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /British_Museum   (1766 words)

  
 British Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
American Friends of the British Museum was established in 1989 as a not-for-profit organization whose principal purpose is raising awareness and financial support of the British Museum.
The British Museum in London is the United Kingdom's and one of the
British Museum unveils major Sudan exhibit The British Museum is scrapping the admission charge for a major exhibition of Sudanese artifacts to encourage
www.monna.com /art/Museums/British_Museum   (893 words)

  
 Landscape Art
Great art online, from over 8,000 famous painters, sculptors and photographers, at art museum sites & image archives worldwide.
Self appointed guardians of traditional western art, they do have lots of high resolution images of great paintings, including landscapes, from around the world.
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