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British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

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British Museum Act 1753 The British Museum Act 1753 ( 26 Geo 2 c 22) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The whole Act was repealed by section 13(5) of, and Schedule 4 to, the British Museum Act 1963. Bylaws, ordinances, statutes or rules in force immedi ...

(26 Geo 2 c 22) :The British Museum Act 1767 (7 Geo 3 c 18) :The British Museum Act 1805 (45 Geo 3 c 127) :The British Museum Act 1807 (47 Geo 3 sess 2 c 36) :The British Museum Act 1816 (56 Geo 3 c 99) :The British Museum Act 1824 (5 Geo 4 c 39) :The British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824 (5 Geo 4 c 60) :The British Museum Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will 4 c 46) :The British Museum Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 55) :The British Museum (Purchase of Land) Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 34) :The British Museum Act 1902 (2 Edw 7 c 12) :The British Museum Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo 5 c 23) :The British Museum Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo 5 c 46) :The British Museum Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo 5 c 34) :The British Museum Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo 6 c 62) :The British Museum Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz 2 c 23) :The British Museum Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz 2 c 18) :The

British Museum Act 1963 The British Museum Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced the British Museum Act 1902. The Act forbids the Museum from disposing of its holdings, except in a small number of special circumstances. In May 2005 a ...

(c 24) See also the 27 Geo 2 c 16, the British Museum Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict c 10) and the Copyright (British Museum) Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo 5 c 38).