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There are few things in representing sport: Poster from 1980 Olympic Games exhibition, the BM 1919-20 football team & the Blackheath pedestrian, George Wilson, whose toenails were allegedly donated to the in 1815.

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covers everything from its building history, its staff & collectors, its collections, its displays & exhibitions & more. 1855 building the Reading Room, AW Franks, 1890s display & Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972

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opened to the public for the 1st time 1759 in Montagu House, a French-style mansion in Gt Russell St. Here’s the deed signing Hans Sloane’s collection over to Trustees, an early guidebook & an entry ticket.

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December 29, 1170: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins
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Did you know there are cat mummies? It’s true! So they could accompany their royal companions in the afterlife. Meow.

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11 June 323 BC: Alexander the Great died in Babylon at the age of 32. His body was placed in a golden sarcophagus and enshrined in his namesake city of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins

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is big & diverse: from 1950s photo archive of stone sculpture, slip catalogues relating to the collection, gallery display images (1898) & building history (Front Hall in 1929). And loads more!

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