大英博物馆与纽约的大都会艺术博物馆、巴黎的卢浮宫同列为世界三大博物馆,它建于18世纪中期。1753年,豪富的英国医生兼古玩家汉斯·斯龙爵士去世时,把他所收集的古董书画和自然标本等珍贵文物,赠给了国家,议会通过法案决定筹资兴建一座国家博物馆,来保存和利用这批文物以及其 The British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris with the world’s three major museums, it was built in the mid-18th century. In 1753, when the wealthy British doctor and antiquarian Sir Hans Sloane died, he donated precious antiques such as antique calligraphy and painting and natural specimens collected by him to the country. The Parliament passed the bill and decided to raise funds to build a national museum to save and use These artifacts and their