Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The British Museum: The House Itself

The British Museum: The House Itself

This program covers the origins and history of the British Museum: the Act of Parliament in 1753 that created a national repository; the private collections that constituted the first treasures; the architectural background and purpose of the Greek temple; and the philosophy of displays. The program also offers a guide to some of the museum’s greatest treasures: the Egyptian collection, the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Parthenon frieze, paintings of Blake and Turner, the manuscript of Alice in Wonderland, the Celtic gold torques from Ipswich—an introduction to what is arguably the greatest museum in the world. (26 minutes)

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Part of the Series : Treasures of the British Museum


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