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Item Details
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THE MUSEUM
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| By: |
Rupert Smith |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0563539135 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780563539131 |
| Publisher: |
EBURY PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2007 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
The British Museum is home to a remarkable collection of treasures from around the world, including its famous Egyptian mummies, the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone and the Sutton Hoo helmet. Accompanying a major ten-part BBC television series, this work takes us behind the scenes to see how this amazing place works. |
| Synopsis: |
Egyptian mummies, Michaelangelo's drawings, sculptures from Greece and Rome, exquisite porcelain from China, bronze masterpieces from Africa, the remarkable finds from Sutton Hoo - these are just some of the awe-inspiring objects in the British Museum's famous collections. But the Museum is more than just a treasure house: it is a London landmark, a tourist magnet, a national and international resource- a museum of the world for the world. Keeping this remarkable institution running is a team of 1000 staff who supervise the galleries, plan major exhibitions and manage a flow of nearly 5 million visitors a year. Rupert Smith has been granted special access to the huge variety of people who work in the Museum, including expert curators, conservators, heavy-object handlers and the people who clean the fabulous new glass roof of the Great Court. Accompanying a major ten-part BBC television series, The Museum takes us behind the scenes for the first time to see how this amazing place works.Illustrated with over 120 colour photographs, and with a foreword by the Museum's director, Neil MacGregor, this fascinating book is a celebration of the British Museum and the many dedicated people who work there. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
BBC Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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