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British Museum

@britishmuseum

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Joined January 2009

British Museum
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Dec 5, 2018
We’re excited to announce our next major show, opening in 2019! #MangaExhibition will explore the phenomenon of manga, and will be the largest exhibition of the art form ever to take place outside of Japan. ow.ly/LXIe30mRrsW
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Aug 30, 2018
In 2005, #Banksy installed this ‘cave painting’ in one of our galleries without permission, and without anyone noticing. He gave it a fake ID number and label, and it remained on the wall for 3 days before the Museum was alerted to the prank via Banksy’s website!🤦‍♀️ #IObject
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Dec 25, 2023
Wishing you the very merriest of Christmases! ❤ Lots of love, The British Museum ⛄ 🎅 🎄
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Jul 28, 2019
🐰🐇 Beatrix Potter was born #onthisday in 1866. She made these charming illustrations for her 1909 book ‘The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies’. Who’s your favourite Beatrix Potter character? ow.ly/feXL30pdDAD
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May 17, 2018
We’ve made an exciting new acquisition! To celebrate Egyptian footballing star @MoSalah being top scorer in the Premier League this season, we’ll be displaying his boots alongside objects from ancient Egypt in the run up to the Champions League final ⚽️🏆
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Jun 17, 2023
#DidYouKnow that the ancient Egyptian word for cat was ‘mioew’? 🐈 This upright cat statue sits in typical Egyptian fashion, and was probably intended as a dedication to the cat-goddess Bastet 🐱 ow.ly/TEZY50OQfmo
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Feb 3, 2019
Everyone’s talking about the #Superbowl today, so here’s a superb owl from the collection! 🦉🏈 This sleepy owl was made in the 19th century by Utagawa Hiroshige. The inscription is a haiku, which roughly translates as: ‘The old maple looks rosy and refreshed from end to end’
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Apr 25, 2019
🐧 ‘One can’t be angry when one looks at a Penguin’ In 1860, English art critic John Ruskin wrote a letter saying he often visited the Museum to look at penguins to cure his states ‘of disgust and fury’ #WorldPenguinDay
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Jan 4, 2019
Replying to @TheMERL
Hey @TheMerl, here's a quacking duck that's got to be at the top of the bill✨ It's a cosmetics container made around 1300 BC in ancient Egypt🦆 ow.ly/QDr430nc1We
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Apr 1, 2018
Here are some #Easter bunnies drawn by Beatrix Potter! 🐰💐☀️ After feasting in Mr McGregor’s lettuce patch, the Flopsy Bunnies have fallen asleep in this illustration from 1909
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May 20, 2023
Can you bee-lieve this brilliant bug is over 3500 years old? 🐝✨ It was made by the Minoans, who inhabited the island of Crete from around 3000 BC. They used the bee to symbolise power and prosperity, making it a frequent motif in their art and jewellery Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝
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Mar 28, 2020
We’ve rounded up 11 ways you can explore the Museum from home in this blog: ow.ly/pRkS30qtenx #MuseumFromHome
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Feb 3, 2018
These two statues of women are both over 4,000 years old and represent citizens from two of the world’s oldest cities – Mohenjodaro in modern-day Pakistan, and Ur in Iraq.
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Aug 25, 2018
🎲Gaming dice haven’t changed much since ancient times – these examples span 1,600 years and date back to around the 6th century BC! Can you guess which is the oldest?