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The British Museum is one of the world's great
museums. Founded in 1753 by Act of Parliament, the Museum contains one of the most
comprehensive collections of art and antiquities in existence, spanning some two million
years of human history. The Museum is committed to making these collections from ancient
and living cultures available for research and enjoyment in the widest possible manner and
to the broadest possible audience. Its mission is to encourage visitors to compare and
contrast human material culture from across the globe and throughout time, thereby promoting
the understanding of world civilizations. Now approaching its 250th anniversary, the Museum
continues to build on its reputation as a key international centre for scholarly and
educational activity.
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Creating a Great Museum: Early Collectors and The British Museum
From: The British Museum
In this seminar, Marjorie Caygill, historian for The British Museum,
introduces us to some of the great British collectors of the
seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, whose appetites
for acquisition have been of great benefit to the viewing public
ever since. Rather than a definitive study of English collecting,
or a complete list of collectors whose donations have enriched The
British Museum, this seminar provides interesting vignettes on the
lives of several collectors, and attempts to address the question,
'What is a collector?' What emerges is also a portrait of collecting
itself--its passions and eccentricities--as well as the diminishing
opportunities in our day for vast accumulation of materials by a
single individual.
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A Path to Burmese Culture: The Art of Lacquer
From: The British Museum
Lacquer is visually and culturally fascinating, but it is seldom the subject of serious
study or international exhibit, despite revealing a great deal about Southeast Asian
culture. Richard Blurton of The British Museum rights the balance.
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