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Museum · Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, London, England

British Museum

The British Museum is the national museum in Bloomsbury, London, whose permanent collection documents human culture from every continent.

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The British Museum is a national museum in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. The UK government's page on it describes an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the government's culture department (DCMS), with a permanent collection of over 8 million works that originates from every continent and documents human culture from its beginnings to the present. Wikidata keeps the museum (Q6373) apart from the building that houses it (Q41778642); this record is the museum. Entry and booking terms are set by the museum, so check its own site before visiting.

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London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. XTOUR maps the museums, galleries, churches, palaces, parks and markets that lie inside Greater London or the City of London, and keeps places that are only reached from London, such as Windsor Castle, apart from the city.

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