Dört Ziyarette British Museum'u Nasıl Görebilirim - How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

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HOW TO SEE THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN FOUR VISITS

W. BLANCHARD JERROLD

London

1852

INTRODUCTION

VISIT THE FIRST

SOUTHERN ZOOLOGICAL ROOM.—Hoofed Animals:—Giraffe;
Walrus; Rhinoceros; Buffalo; Antelope.

SOUTHERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Hoofed Animals:—Wild Ox;
Hippopotamus; Elephant; Llama; Bison; Armadillo; Deer.

     MAMMALIA SALOON.—Bears; Monkeys; Cat Tribe; Dog Family;
     Bear Tribe; Mole Tribe; Marsupial Animals; Seal Tribe;
     Corals

EASTERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Birds of Prey; Perching
Birds; Scraping Birds; Wading Birds; Web-footed Birds.

NORTHERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Bats; Reptiles; Serpents;
Tortoises; Crocodiles; Frogs.

     BRITISH ZOOLOGICAL ROOM.—Carnivorous Beasts; Glirine
     Beasts; Hoofed Beasts; Insectivorous Beasts; British
     Reptiles; British Fish.

     NORTHERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY—(continued).—Spiny-finned
     Fishes; Soft-finned Fishes; Cartilaginous Fishes;
     Sponges; Shell-fish; The Beetle Tribe; Butterflies and Moths.

EASTERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Star-fish; Sea-eggs; Shells.

VISIT THE SECOND

NORTHERN MINERAL AND FOSSIL GALLERY.—Fossil Vegetables;
Minerals; Fossil Animals; Fossil Fishes; Fossil Mammalia.

     THE EGYPTIAN ROOM.—Human Mummies; Animal Mummies;
     Sepulchral Ornaments; Egyptian Deities; Sacred
     Animals; Household Objects; Tools; Musical Instruments;
     Toys; Textile Fabrics.

THE BRONZE ROOM.—Greek and Roman Bronzes.

ETRUSCAN ROOM.—Etruscan Vases

ETHNOGRAPHICAL ROOM.—Chinese Curiosities; Indian
Curiosities; African Curiosities; American Curiosities

VISIT THE THIRD

     EGYPTIAN SALOON.—Egyptian Sculpture; Egyptian
     Coffins; Egyptian Tombstones; Sepulchral Vases;
     Human Statues; Egyptian Sphinxes; Egyptian Frescoes.

THE LYCIAN ROOM.—Lycian Tombs; Lycian Sculpture.

THE NIMROUD ROOM.—Assyrian Sculpture.

VISIT THE FOURTH

Townley Sculpture; Antiquities of Britain.

PHIGALEIAN SALOON.—Battle with the Amazons.

     ELGIN SALOON.—Elgin Marbles; Metopes of the Parthenon;
     Eastern Frieze; Northern Frieze; Western Frieze;
     Southern Frieze; Eastern Pediment; Western Pediment;
     Temple of the Erectheum; Temple of Theseus;
     Lantern of Demosthenes.

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION.

The money to found a British Museum was raised by a lottery in themiddle of the last century. Sir Hans Sloane having offered his booksand museum of natural history to Parliament, for less than half itsvalue (20,000£.), it was purchased, together with the famous Harleianand Cottonian MSS., and deposited in Montague House,

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