1759-01-15

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This Day in History: 1759-01-15

(January 15, 1759)
The British Museum, which houses the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone among its world-renowned antiquities and archaeological collections, was founded by an act of Parliament in 1753 and opened to the public on this day in 1759.
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