{"slug": "british-museum", "label": "British Museum", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373", "qid": "Q6373", "description": "national museum in London, United Kingdom", "entries": 20, "years": 16, "span": [-1399, 1845], "span_label": ["1400 BCE", "1845 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 20}], "also_known_as": ["The British Museum"], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "louvre", "label": "Louvre", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parthenon", "label": "Parthenon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "eighteenth-dynasty-of-egypt", "label": "Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nineveh", "label": "Nineveh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-corinth", "label": "Ancient Corinth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caria", "label": "Caria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world", "label": "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mausolus", "label": "Mausolus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-the-great", "label": "Alexander the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lysimachus", "label": "Lysimachus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1399, "year_label": "1400 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 1400 BC – 1350 BC – Garden of Nebamum (Pond in a Garden) wall painting from the tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept in The British Museum, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315282659#Events_and_trends", "title": "1400s BC (decade)", "revid": 1315282659, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1284, "year_label": "1285 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 1285 BC—Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris, illustration from a Book of the Dead is painted (19th Dynasty). It is now in the British Museum at London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296708831#Events_and_trends", "title": "1280s BC", "revid": 1296708831, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -646, "year_label": "647 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Ashurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), is made. It is now at the British Museum, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510236#Middle_East", "title": "647 BC", "revid": 1370510236, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -599, "year_label": "600 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Pitcher (container) (olpe), from Corinth, is made. It is now at The British Museum, London. (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372139014#Art_and_architecture", "title": "600 BC", "revid": 1372139014, "section": "Events › By topic › Art and architecture"}}, {"year": -459, "year_label": "460 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A statue of Apollo is cast (approximate date), of which today remains one leg, preserved at the Louvre, and the head, known as the Chatsworth Head, preserved at the British Museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173290#Arts", "title": "460 BC", "revid": 1354173290, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts"}}, {"year": -437, "year_label": "438 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Three seated Goddesses (possibly Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, are made (finished in 432 BC). They are now kept at The British Museum in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326570904#Art", "title": "438 BC", "revid": 1326570904, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": -437, "year_label": "438 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Ionic frieze on the north side of the Parthenon, is created (finished in 432 BC). Parts of this frieze are now preserved in museums in Europe, including the Horsemen (at the British Museum, London), and the Marshals and Young Women (now at Musée du Louvre, Paris), which once formed part of the Procession on the frieze.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326570904#Art", "title": "438 BC", "revid": 1326570904, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": -349, "year_label": "350 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The building of the Mausoleum in Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum in Turkey) is completed (approximate date). It is the grave of the Persian satrap and Carian ruler Mausolos and is built under the direction of his wife Artemisia. The mausoleum, which is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is today partly preserved at the British Museum in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367585688#Art", "title": "350 BC", "revid": 1367585688, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": -305, "year_label": "306 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A four-drachma coin, picturing Alexander the Great, is issued by Lysimachos from this time until 281 BC. At least one of them is now preserved at the British Museum in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326553952#Thrace", "title": "306 BC", "revid": 1326553952, "section": "Events › By place › Thrace"}}, {"year": 344, "year_label": "344 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The making of a detail of Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress to Court Ladies (attributed to Gu Kaizhi and being from the Six Dynasties period) begins (approximate year) and is completed in 406. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1314901826#Art", "title": "344", "revid": 1314901826, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 361, "year_label": "361 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "361–363 – A Julian the Apostate coin is issued. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331332525#Art", "title": "361", "revid": 1331332525, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 1753, "year_label": "1753 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – The British Museum is established in London, by Act of Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362641691#April–June", "title": "1753", "revid": 1362641691, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1753, "year_label": "1753 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 7", "text": "7 June – the British Museum is established in London by Act of Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835186#Events", "title": "1753 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835186, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1759, "year_label": "1759 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – The British Museum opens at Montagu House in London after six years of development.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354612770#January–March", "title": "1759", "revid": 1354612770, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1759, "year_label": "1759 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 15", "text": "15 January – the British Museum opens at Montagu House, Bloomsbury in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360198577#Events", "title": "1759 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360198577, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The Rosetta Stone is presented to the Society of Antiquaries of London, which in turn presents it to the British Museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341741915#January–March", "title": "1802", "revid": 1341741915, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1816, "year_label": "1816 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254414#The_arts", "title": "1816 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254414, "section": "The arts"}}, {"year": 1823, "year_label": "1823 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Work begins on the British Museum in London, designed by Robert Smirke, and the Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361959841#Undated", "title": "1823", "revid": 1361959841, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 – A drunken visitor smashes the Portland Vase in the British Museum, requiring months of repair work.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#January–March", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 7", "text": "7 February – In the British Museum, a drunken visitor smashes the Portland Vase which takes months to repair.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341030940#Events", "title": "1845 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1341030940, "section": "Events"}}]}