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Code	DS/UK/381
Name	The British Museum; 1753-.
Biography	Physician, naturalist and collector, Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed his collection of over 71,000 objects to King George II for the nation in his will. He died in 1753 and an Act of Parliament extablished the British Museum. It opened to the public in 1759, free of admission. The museum is still open today and stands on its original site in Bloomsbury, London. It recieves six million visitors per year.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/the_museums_story/general_history.aspx

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MCR/1/1/32	Great Britain: Forestry Education and Misc	27 Aug 1873-21 Dec 1926

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