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Ex-British Museum chief wants foreigners to pay to see UK cultural treasures
EuroNews· 1 day agoThe former interim director of London's British Museum, Sir Mark Jones, believes foreign visitors to...
Charge foreign British Museum visitors and share Elgin Marbles, former boss says
The Inverness Courier· 3 days agoA former boss of the British Museum has called for the disputed Elgin Marbles to be shared with...
Charge overseas visitors £20 entry to British Museum, says former director
The Independent· 2 days agoA former director of the British Museum has called for visiting tourists to pay a general admission...
Foreign tourists should pay £20 to visit, says director
Daily Mail· 3 days agoThe British Museum's former interim director said tourists should have to pay an entrance fee of £20...
Freeloading tourists are taking embattled British taxpayers for fools
Daily Telegraph· 18 hours agoVisitors to our national museums and galleries can enter, walk through grand halls, view paintings,...
Object more than 300 years old found in Norfolk field declared as treasure
EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press· 2 days agoAn inquest at Norfolk Coroner's Court held by Samantha Goward heard that inspectors at the British Museum "accepted the finding as treasure". The specific ...
Valentine’s Day find dating back to the Battle of Hastings is declared treasure
EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press· 5 days agoA coin brooch pin modified using a silver penny was discovered by treasure hunters near King’s Lynn on February 14, 2020. In a report from The British Museum</ ...
Malmesbury Athelstan exhibition has British Library loaned items
BBC News· 12 hours agoObjects more than a millennia old have gone on display at a Wiltshire museum to celebrate the life...
Teach a man to sew, and you’ll never look shabby again
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoThe new M&S repair service is a good idea. But it’d be better to help people learn to do it...
The real-life 'history boy' who helped save a town's textile heritage
Lancashire Live via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoThe great-grandfather has been at the museum ever since as a much-valued volunteer for the last 17...