British Museum

American  

noun

1. a national depository and museum in London, England, housing important collections in archaeology, art, and natural history.

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British Museum British  

noun

1. a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British Library

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Example Sentences

Experts from the British Museum and English Heritage said the research – which claims Harold's troops did not march across land but arrived by sea – was exciting.

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It comes amid preparations for the Bayeux Tapestry to go on display at the British Museum, on loan from France, following a historic agreement.

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At the British Museum, Prof Michael Lewis, curator of the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition, said Licence had come up with a "fascinating discovery", that Harold took "an easier, more logical, trip south by ship to meet Duke William in battle".

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The Natural History Museum took the number one spot from the British Museum, which topped the chart for the previous two years.

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However, the British Museum is expected to have a particularly strong year ahead, with the Bayeux Tapestry set to go on display from September.

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