User:MS Dakshin Sidarth/British museum

Here are some facts about the British Museum, London, The United Kingdom :


 * The British Museum possesses artifacts from every continent in the world.
 * The British Museum is the first public museum in the world, which means that it is the first museum to be opened to the public
 * The British Museum is historically older than the United States of America. It opened for the first time in 1759 while the United States Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
 * A tabby cat named Mike guarded the gates of the museum for around two decades.
 * The British Museum covers an area of around 1 million square feet (990,000 square feet to be exact).
 * Initially, The Buckingham Palace could have been considered to house the artifacts. But it was later rejected.
 * The British Museum has been accused of being the "World's largest receiver of stolen goods" by Australian and British human rights advocate Geoffrey Robertson QC.