大英博物馆British Museum

The British Museum is a museum in London dedicated to human history and culture. Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building.The British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and as with all other national museums in the United Kingdom it charges no admission fee, except for loan exhibitions.

位于伦敦的大英博物馆致力于展示人类的历史和文化。馆内共有大约八百万件来自各个大洲的永久收藏品，是目前规模最大、收藏品种最齐全的博物馆。这些收藏品展现着人类自有史以来的文化故事。该博物馆建立于1753年，最初的收藏品大都来自身兼医生和科学家的汉斯·斯隆爵士。1759年1月15日，博物馆首次在布鲁斯姆伯里的蒙塔古大厦对外开放，也就是目前博物馆所在地。大英博物馆的特别之处在于它将国家图书馆和博物馆都安置在同一座建筑中。该博物馆是非官方的公众机构，由文化、媒体暨运动部赞助，此外它和英国其他博物馆一样免费对外开放（借展除外）。