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  2. Akan Drum - Wikipedia

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    This is the oldest African-American object in the British Museum and was part of its founding collection. This drum was chosen to be featured in A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of radio programmes that started in 2010 as a collaboration between the BBC and the British Museum. [9]

  3. British Museum - Wikipedia

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    The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [3] It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.

  4. List of largest art museums - Wikipedia

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    Building Name City Country Gallery space in m 2 (ft 2) Year established Louvre: Paris France 72,735 (782,910) [2] 1792 State Hermitage Museum: St. Petersburg Russia 66,842 (719,480) [3] [note 1]

  5. Which artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

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    The British Museum houses the biggest collection of Chinese relics anywhere in the West – at least 23,000 objects – ranging from paintings that date back to the Tang dynasty (618 to 907 AD) to ...

  6. Natural History Museum, London - Wikipedia

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    The cast was given as a gift by the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, after a discussion with King Edward VII, then a keen trustee of the British Museum. Carnegie paid £2,000 (equivalent to £272,185 in 2023) for the casting, copying the original held at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History .

  7. National Museum of American History - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center is a historical museum in Washington, D.C. It collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is the original Star-Spangled Banner.

  8. 32 facts about American Bulldogs - AOL

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    Alongside the American Bulldog, this group also includes the bull terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, mastiff, doberman pinscher, and cane corso. 20. Sensitive and caring

  9. Exploring the city where modern America was born - AOL

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    Twisting through the American city of Boston, the Freedom Trail isn’t long, but links so many must-see locations where modern America began that you’ll need more than a day to do it justice.