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British Museum

national museum in London, United Kingdom
Organization National Museum Q6373

Facts

45 properties

Identity

Instance of
national museum, non-departmental public body, art museum, museum, charitable organization[5][6][7][8]
Official website
www.britishmuseum.org, britishmuseum.org[33][34]
Official name
The British Museum

Status and dates

Inception
1753[28]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1753-01-01 uk_ccuk 2011-03-21 edition 2026-10-01 · ogl-3.0 ↗GND (DNB) 1759 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Location
building of the British Museum, Montagu House, Bloomsbury[12][13][14]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.519°, -0.127°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
London Borough of Camden, Metropolitan Borough of Holborn[3]
Postal code
WC1B 3DG[15]
Street address
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Industry and activity

Field of work
cultural heritage[1]

Financials

Total revenue
1.5k (158–21.5M, n=9)

People

Founder
Hans Sloane[11]
Chairperson
George Osborne, Richard Lambert, Niall FitzGerald, John Boyd, Graham C. Greene[16]
Director / manager
Hartwig Fischer, Neil MacGregor, Suzanna Taverne, Gowin Knight, Matthew Maty, Charles Morton, Joseph Planta, Henry Ellis, Anthony Panizzi, John Winter Jones, Edward Augustus Bond, Edward Maunde Thompson, Frederic G. Kenyon, George Francis Hill, John Forsdyke, T. D. Kendrick, Frank Francis, John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden, Basil Gray, John Pope-Hennessy, David M. Wilson, Robert G. W. Anderson[37]

Relations

Has part(s)
British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum Department of the Middle East, British Museum Department of Asia, British Museum Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory, British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum Department of Greece and Rome, King Edward VII Galleries, Elgin Marbles, King's Library, Room 2A, British Museum, Waddesdon bequest[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Member of
Digital Preservation Coalition[2]
Owner of
Harley Manuscripts, The Ancient of Days, Arundel Manuscripts, Elijah rescuing Prince Nur ad-Dahr from drowning in a river, Rosetta Stone, Elgin Marbles, Sutton Hoo helmet, Standard of Ur, Waddesdon Bequest, Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III, Oxus Treasure, Crouching Venus, Younger Memnon, Bronze Head from Ife, Tree of Life, Akan Drum, Double-headed serpent, Piranesi Vase, Kayung totem pole, Hoa Hakananai'a, Ringlemere Cup, Statue of Tara, Lewis chessmen, Lycurgus Cup, Holy Thorn Reliquary, Mold gold cape, Basse Yutz Flagons, Hinton St Mary Mosaic, Sphinx of Taharqo, Mechanical Galleon, Jade terrapin, Vindolanda tablets, Balawat Gates, Lindow Man
More facts +27
Activity policy in this place
photos allowed
Architect
Robert Smirke[9]
Associated electoral district
Holborn and St Pancras
Bequest income
+350124, +4669
Collection or exhibition size
+8000000
Date of official opening
1759
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Encyclopedia Americana, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Belarusian encyclopedia
Disabled accessibility
wheelchair accessible
Donations
4.5M (4.5M–21.5M, n=6)
Fax number
020 7323 8616
Fee
+0
Has facility
accessible toilet[36]
Has works in the collection
National Museum of World Cultures
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building
Historic county
Middlesex
Located on street
Great Russell Street[29]
Main Wikidata property
P8565
Main regulatory text
British Museum Act 1963[10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Livius, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Wikidata:Gruppo Wikidata per Musei, Archivi e Biblioteche/BIB, monitored by Wiki Loves Collective Memories
Open days
all days of the week
Phone number
+44 (0)20 7323 8000
Position held by head of the organization
Principal librarian, Director and principal librarian, Director of the British Museum
Significant event
claim for restitution of an artwork, name change, British Museum stubs out controversial tobacco sponsorship deal[30][31][32]
Social media followers
736k (469k–2.1M, n=10)
Sponsor
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport[35]
Topic has template
Template:British Museum, Template:British-Museum-db
Visitors per year
5.8M (1.3M–6.8M, n=20)[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]
🏷️ Also known as
en the British Museum en BM en British Museum ar المتحف البريطاني cs Britské muzeum de Britisches Museum el Βρετανικό Μουσείο en-gb BM en-gb the British Museum es Museo Britanico es Museo Británico fa موزه بریتانیا fr Musée britannique he המוזיאון הבריטי hi ब्रिटिश संग्रहालय ja 大英博物館 ja 英国博物館 ko 대영박물관 ms Muzium British pl Muzeum Brytyjskie
🔖 Identifiers · 173
ROR ID
00pbh0a34
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
134857252
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79107735
GND ID
38379-X
OpenAlex ID
I1295435021, P4310311586
GRID ID
grid.29109.33
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
British Museum from NE 2 (cropped).JPG ↗
AGORHA UUID
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ARAE ID
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ARCHON code
1461
ARTIC artist ID
3305
Show all 173 identifiers +161
Agence photo RMN package ID
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Alexander Turnbull Library ID
81855
Alvin ID
alvin-organisation:1678
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
3380
Arachne entity ID
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ArchINFORM project ID
8192
Art UK venue ID
british-museum-7062
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
britu-muziejus
Artist-info location ID
20082
Athenaeum museum ID
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BAnQ authority ID
0000011091
BBC News topic ID
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BBC Things ID
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BHL creator ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNMM authority ID
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BaGLAMa GID
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Bibale ID
1230
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11871460b
Biblissima authority ID
Reilingen
British Listed Buildings ID
101130404
British Museum person or institution ID
104636
British Museum place ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0102F7543
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Charity Commission no.
1140844
CiNii Research ID
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Comic Vine ID
4020-60539
Darwin Correspondence ID
8646
De Agostini ID
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Discogs label ID
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EGAXA ID
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Early Modern Letters Online location ID
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Edition humboldt digital ID
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Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
197729
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/British-Museum
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
british-museum-londres
FAST ID
536918
FES digital collections entity ID
351659
Facebook username
britishmuseum
FactGrid item ID
Frederick IV of Oettingen
Flanders Arts Institute organisation ID (former scheme)
british-museum
Foursquare City Guide venue ID
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FranceArchives agent ID
301157545
Freebase ID
/m/01hb3
GeoNames ID
6697862
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1100764
GitHub account
BritishMuseum, BritishMuseumDH
Google Arts & Culture partner ID
the-british-museum
Google Doodle
the-255th-anniversary-of-the-british-museum
Google+ ID
103128144782058926318
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
british-museum
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0012308
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
British_Museum
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1884023
Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online ID
Британський_музей
Ground level 360 degree view URL
www.google.com
HAL structure ID
312418
Harper's tag
british-museum
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
organization/894664638761
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
9562
IDAI.gazetteer ID
2090937
IMDb ID
co0105278
ISFDB author ID
185160
IdRef ID
026472309
Instagram username
britishmuseum
J9U entity ID
987007259036205171
Japan Search name ID
英国博物館
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
3722
Jewish Museum Berlin person ID
jmb-pers-503388
KISTI ID
K000344558
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
38379-X
Kallías ID
KS00027742
Klexikon article ID
Britisches Museum
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/izobrazitelnoe_iskusstvo/BRITANSKI_MUZE.html
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
466852
Larousse ID
divers/British_Museum/110272
Lex ID
British_Museum
Libraries Australia ID
35022119
LinkedIn company or organization ID
the-british-museum
Mapping Museums ID
mm.domus.SE073
Mappy place ID
568ceeaa9191b05c5d544397
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1295435021
Museum Data Service museum ID
British Museum
Museum-digital person/organization ID
28318
Museum-digital place ID
67657
Münzkabinett ID
corporation/7499
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00592486
NDL Authority ID
00640103
NE.se ID
british-museum
NL CR AUT ID
ko2002147948
NLA Trove people ID
899k (826k–899k, n=4)
NMVW ID
34461
NUKAT ID
n98069016
National Heritage List for England number
1130404
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/EA7813F6-C3D6-4EA6-8F2C-6D7EB9022440
National Library of Brazil ID
000486979
National Library of Greece ID
55943
National Library of Iceland ID
000096780
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000051233
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000024990
National Library of Korea ID
KAB201905499
National Library of Latvia ID
000078654
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*29640;=BH
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810548375205606
National Library of Portugal ID
6451
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX102968
National Library of Wales Authority ID
british-museum-employees, british-museum, british-museum-2
New York Times topic ID
organization/british-museum
Nomisma ID
bm, britishmuseum.org
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3880747
Online catalog URL
www.britishmuseum.org
Open Library ID
OL52264A
OpenStreetMap relation ID
177044
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
153451
PRELIB organization ID
662
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
10864
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
大英博物館
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
11064
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
13628
Provenio UUID
1198706e-c749-4407-8615-99811819526d
Quora topic ID
British-Museum, The-British-Museum
RA Collections ID
13866
RERO ID (legacy)
A000185085
RKD thesaurus ID
98497
Ringgold ID
4926
Routard.com place ID
4898
Royal Academy ID
british-museum
SBN author ID
CFIV001896
SHARE Catalogue author ID
443753, 558643
SNAC ARK ID
w60w2228
SNARC ID
Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
24200
Scilit organization ID
1412
Songkick venue ID
1343131
Sotheby's Museum Network ID
british-museum
Tate artist ID
british-museum-3326
Te Papa agent ID
10426
Terms of service URL
www.britishmuseum.org
The Guardian topic ID
culture/british-museum
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae ID
JMEAGLJDGJHLDJCXGLFGQ6FEFQ
Topic's main category
Category:British Museum
Treccani ID
british-museum
Tripadvisor ID
187555
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
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Union List of Artist Names ID
500125180
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058514078906706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10172047
Vatican Library VcBA ID
494/6265
Vici.org ID
13934
Vikidia article ID
fr:British_Museum
WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID
the_british_museum
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Museum", "BritishMuseum::826j3"]
WordLift URL
data.wordlift.io
X (Twitter) username
britishmuseum
Yale LUX ID
group/334bace0-b76e-40c0-8733-10362b582b29
Yle topic ID
18-149586
YouTube channel ID
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Zhihu topic ID
19574528
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🔗 Connections
← Has works in the collection 244
Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rembrandt, Albrecht Dürer, Francisco Goya, Katsushika Hokusai +236 more
Employees / affiliates 133
Robert Brown, John Edward Gray, Joseph Banks, Hans Sloane, George Shaw, Michael Roger Oldfield Thomas, George Robert Gray, Albert Günther +125 more
Located in this place 130
Rosetta Stone, Cyrus cylinder, Elgin Marbles, Benin Bronzes, Lewis chessmen, The Rhinoceros, Portland Vase, Crystal skull +122 more
← Collection 126
Rosetta Stone, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Cyrus cylinder, Library of Ashurbanipal, Elgin Marbles, Benin Bronzes, Lewis chessmen, The Rhinoceros +118 more
Owned entities 29
Rosetta Stone, Elgin Marbles, Lewis chessmen, Standard of Ur, Vindolanda tablets, Oxus Treasure, Lycurgus Cup, The Ancient of Days +21 more
Owner of 27
Rosetta Stone, Elgin Marbles, Lewis chessmen, Standard of Ur, Lindow Man, Vindolanda tablets, Oxus Treasure, Lycurgus Cup +19 more
Director / manager 16
Anthony Panizzi, Frederic G. Kenyon, Neil MacGregor, Gowin Knight, John Pope-Hennessy, George Francis Hill, David M. Wilson, Edward Maunde Thompson +8 more
Has these parts 5
Elgin Marbles, British Museum Reading Room, Secretum, British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, AI project of British Museum
← Collection items at 5
Thomas Stamford Raffles, Felix von Luschan, Royal United Services Institute, Benin Expedition of 1897, John Roxborough Norman
Instance of 4
museum, art museum, charitable organization, non-departmental public body
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Has part(s) 3
Elgin Marbles, British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, King's Library
← Affiliated with 3
Diego Tamburini, Joanne Dyer, Nick Ashton
← Exhibition history 3
Fathi Hassan, Antinous Mondragone, Anahit statue
Chairperson 2
George Osborne, John Boyd
Has works in the collection 2
Tate, National Museum of World Cultures
Named after 2
British Museum tube station, British Museum algorithm
Topic has template 2
Template:British-Museum-db, Template:British Museum
← Template has topic 2
Template:British-Museum-db, Template:British Museum
Architect 1
Robert Smirke
Associated electoral district 1
Holborn and St Pancras
Country 1
United Kingdom
Created notable works 1
Robert Smirke
FactGrid item ID 1
Frederick IV of Oettingen
Field of work 1
cultural heritage
Founder 1
Hans Sloane
Has facility 1
accessible toilet
Historic county 1
Middlesex
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
London Borough of Camden
Located on street 1
Great Russell Street
Location 1
Bloomsbury
Museum Data Service museum ID 1
British Museum
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
People who died here 1
Carl Gottfried Woide
SNARC ID 1
Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt
Sponsor 1
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Topic's main category 1
Category:British Museum
← Archives at 1
Annie Lorrain Smith
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Employees of the British Museum
← Category's main topic 1
Category:British Museum
← Creator 1
A History of the World in 100 Objects
← Filming location 1
The Day of the Jackal
← Headquarters location 1
Board of Trustees of the British Museum
← Manufacturer 1
ResearchSpace
← Museum Data Service museum ID 1
British Museum
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Fathi Hassan
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Anthony Panizzi
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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for British Museum include it tube station[52], a London Underground station[53], in United Kingdom[54] and it algorithm[55], an algorithm[56].

Why It Matters

Entities named for British Museum include it tube station[52], a London Underground station[53], in United Kingdom[54] and it algorithm[55], an algorithm[56].

🛰️ Living Edge · news-derived, source-cited

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served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold

Chairperson George Osborne high0.939 independent sources

evidence “Former PM Sir Keir Starmer suggested they could be part of an antiquities loan agreement and, back in 2021, it emerged that former Tory chancellor George Osborne, then chairman of the British Museum, had had secret talks over the marbles' return with Greece.” dailymail.com · read source

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Board member Greer low0.612 independent sources

evidence “Greer was appointed to the British Museum’s board of trustees in 2005 and later served as deputy chairwoman.” northwichguardian.co.uk · read source

Located in the administrative territorial entity London low0.53contradicted35 independent sources

evidence “French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to London this Wednesday 2 September to open an exhibition at the British Museum devoted to the Bayeux Tapestry, an 11th-century work depicting William the Conqueror's conquest of England, the Elysée announced on Friday.” euronews.com · read source

Located in the administrative territorial entity central London low0.04contradicted2 independent sources

evidence “Speaking after visiting the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum in central London, she told the Press Association:” northwalespioneer.co.uk · read source

Related Entities

Adriaen Brouwer AI project of British Museum Albert Günther Albrecht Dürer Andrea del Verrocchio Andrea Mantegna Anthony van Dyck Antonis Mor art museum Benjamin West British Museum charitable organization Cristiano Ronaldo Dante Gabriel Rossetti Elisabetta Sirani Exekias Federico Zuccari Ferdinand Bol Francisco Goya Frank Auerbach Gentile Bellini George Albert Boulenger George Cruikshank George Frederic Watts George Osborne George Robert Gray George Robert Waterhouse George Shaw Gian Lorenzo Bernini Giannino Castiglioni

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. 1d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #66969: pages 301-500 (letter b)"
  2. 3d ago · Oursana · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum Department of the Middle East, British Museum Department of Asia +2
    "Created claim: Has part(s): Room 2A, British Museum, Waddesdon bequest"
  3. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 000000045904346X
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63891: ISNI fix"
  4. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 000000045904346X
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63746: replace redirected ISNI with target"
  5. 13d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    British Museum place ID → x20680
    "Created claim: British Museum place ID: x20680, Matched to British Museum (#328351014) in British Museum pla…"
  6. 22d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 11064"
  7. 24d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: Add Danish and Ukrainian descriptions, as the app will show the museum as the holder of the Holy Thorn Reliquary (Q3424428)"
  8. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Reilingen
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q81913, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  9. 19w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FranceArchives agent ID → 301157545
    "Created claim: FranceArchives agent ID: 301157545, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782644922236"
  10. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 351659
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 351659, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  11. 20w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → claim for restitution of an artwork, name change, British Museum stubs out controversial tobacco sponsorship d
    Harper's tag → british-museum
    Darwin Correspondence ID → 8646
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Livius, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Wikidata:Gruppo Wikidata per Musei, Archivi e Biblioteche/BI +1
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: british-museum, Matched to british museum (#289920325) in Harper's…"
  12. 26w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Museum Countries from MML (details)"
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