The British Museum, one of the world's oldest and most eminent museums, has a history as rich and varied as its vast collections. Founded in 1753, the museum opened its doors to the public in 1759 in Montagu House, Bloomsbury, on the site of the current building. Its founding collection was that of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane, a vast assembly of artifacts and natural specimens. The museum's mission, from its inception, was to be a "repository of knowledge" and to make its collections accessible to the public for free, a revolutionary idea at the time. Over the centuries, the British Museum has grown in size and scope. It is now home to a collection that spans over two million years of human history, showcasing objects worldwide. Among its most famous items are the Rosetta Stone, the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, a collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures brought to Brita...
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