The British Museum
Dedicated to human history, art, and culture. Holds an extraordinary collection of prints and drawings from Dürer, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Rembrandt.
Curatorial Character & Collection Scope
Department of Prints and Drawings, Old Masters graphic oeuvres, Renaissance and Baroque engravings, and Foster's Queen Elizabeth II Great Court.
Key Historical Milestones
Established by Act of Parliament based on the collections of physician Sir Hans Sloane.
Opens to the public in Montagu House in Bloomsbury.
Inaugurates Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, the largest covered public square in Europe.
Iconic Masterpieces (0 Works)
Holdings Digitization in Progress
Works from The British Museum are being indexed, cross-referenced with global public domain repositories, and calibrated for ultra-high-resolution 300 DPI fine-art reproduction.
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