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The Protection of National Treasures at the British Museum During the First and Second World Wars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Marjorie L. Caygill
Marjorie L. Caygill*
Affiliation:
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London W.C.l, England.
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Abstract

With the emergence in the 20th century of long-range methods of destruction, museums and galleries have had to develop appropriate measures to protect their collections. The British Museum first took such measures on site in 1914 and followed this by evacuating some of its most valuable objects in 1918. Similar procedures were followed in the Second World War and, despite major damage to the building, no significant items (apart from books) were lost.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 29
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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