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British Museum

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
British Museum

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Moravians / Gillick Pageant / Beaufort House

This unusual memorial was created by Ernest and Mary Gillick in their studio ...

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Sir Hans Sloane - WC1

London County Council Sir Hans Sloane, 1660 - 1753, physician, benefactor of...

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Other Subjects

Henry E. Poole

Henry E. Poole

Secretary to the Commissioners for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. Became librarian in Great Smith Street in March 1881 and went on to be employed by Westminster City Council as a branch libra...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Sidney Colvin

Sir Sidney Colvin

Born Norwood, Surrey. Art and literary scholar and museum administrator. He was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from 1876 to 1884, and then keeper of the department of prints and draw...

Person, History, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

Originally erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was on the section south of Rotten Row and east of West Carriage Drive with the mid-point opposite Rutland Gate.  The cast-...

Building, Architecture, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Music / songs, TV & Radio

4 memorials
Public Record Office

Public Record Office

Known as ‘The Strong Box of the Empire’, the Public Record Office was created as a repository for parliamentary records after the 1834 fire which destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster, where ...

Group, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Ashton Lever

Sir Ashton Lever

Natural history collector. Born at the family seat near Manchester where he also died. His museum was at Leicester House on the northern side of Leicester Square and called the Holophusikon, or Hol...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Science

1 memorial