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[[File:British Museum from NE 2.JPG|thumb]]'''The British Museum''', in [[Bloomsbury]], central London, founded in 1753, is one of the greatest museums in the world, noted for famous exhibits such as the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone. Until 1997 it also housed the British Library and its famous circular Reading Room.
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[[File:British Museum from NE 2.JPG|thumb]]'''The British Museum''', in [[Bloomsbury]], central London, founded in 1753, is one of the greatest museums in the world, noted for exhibits such as the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone. Until 1997 it also housed the British Library and its famous circular Reading Room.
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The Director of the British Museum (since 2002) is [[Neil MacGregor]]
  
 
The museum houses a number of items of LGBT interest, notably the [[Warren Cup]].
 
The museum houses a number of items of LGBT interest, notably the [[Warren Cup]].
  
In 2009 the Museum hosted the pre-launch for [[LGBT History Month]] 2010.
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In 2009 the museum hosted the pre-launch for [[LGBT History Month]] 2010.
  
 
==External sites==
 
==External sites==

Revision as of 10:30, 12 April 2012

British Museum from NE 2.JPG
The British Museum, in Bloomsbury, central London, founded in 1753, is one of the greatest museums in the world, noted for exhibits such as the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone. Until 1997 it also housed the British Library and its famous circular Reading Room.

The Director of the British Museum (since 2002) is Neil MacGregor

The museum houses a number of items of LGBT interest, notably the Warren Cup.

In 2009 the museum hosted the pre-launch for LGBT History Month 2010.

External sites

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/themes/same-sex_desire_and_gender/introduction.aspx LGBT page on the British Museum website.

http://londonist.com/2011/03/explore-4000-years-of-lgbt-history-at-the-british-museum.php London 1st article