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The British Museum at 250

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry Cunliffei
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG
Colin Renfrew
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
Chris Gosden
Affiliation:
Pitt-Rivers Museum, 64 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN
Helen Geake
Affiliation:
Portable Antiquities Scheme, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ

Extract

The British Museum marked the 250th anniversary of its foundation this year, with an exhibition, The Museum of the Mind: art and memory in world cultures. We asked four archaeologists to review the show: Barry Cunliffe, professor at Oxford University and a trustee of the Museum; Colin Renfrew, professor at Cambridge University and former trustee; Chris Godsen, curator at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford University and Helen Geake, formerly at Norwich Castle Museum and now working on the British government's portable Antiquities scheme for England and Wales. Here is what they say.

Type
Debate
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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Mack, John. 2003. The Museum of the Mind: art and memory in world cultures. London: British Museum Press.Google Scholar