The Museum was founded in 1753. It was 250 years old in 2003! It is the oldest Public Museum in the world.
Bottom left: The Great Court was finished in 2000. It surrounds the 19th c. Reading Room.
Bottom: The Reading Room of the British Library in the Museum. Famous people such as Mahatma Gandhi and George B. Shaw used to read here. Most famous collections of the museum: Egyptian Collection; Assyrian and Babylonian Collection; Greek and Roman Collection
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