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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British Museum

French President Emmanuel Macron had earlier posted a photograph of an image of the Bayeux Tapestry which the British Museum had projected on to the white cliffs of Dover.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

AFP journalists at the British Museum saw a metal case holding the 11th-century work being unloaded from a truck which carried it across the Channel in a hushed-up, high-security operation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived at the British Museum in London, where it will go on display in the UK for the first time since it was created nearly 1,000 years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Starting from September 10, visitors at the British Museum will be able to view the UNESCO-listed artwork in an exhibition that runs until July 2027.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room in the British Museum.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez