Top 25 museums in the world in 2013

By Lu Na
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   British Museum, UK


British Museum [Xinhua]

The British Museum, which is located in London, is one of the largest, oldest and most comprehensive museums in the world with about 8 million collections. Established in 1753, it collected precious objects from the whole world. It has more than 70,000 precious relics from ancient Egypt, demonstrating its advanced civilization. Additionally, it has more than 20,000 precious relics from China, including paintings of the Tang and Song Dynasties (618-908 and 960-1279, respectively), plus embroidery and porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1644 and 1644-1912, respectively).


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