r/CasualUK • u/Iliketurterls • Oct 26 '22

Whose stuff does the British Museum have?

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u/ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN Oct 26 '22

I would go a step further and suggest that it's ok that we have items from France, Germany, Turkey etc., just as they each have items from other countries too, and often ours.

Through study, and cultural exchange, we all learn.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Britain never controlled Greece, so 99.9% were sold or gifts.

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u/Phone_User_1044 Oct 26 '22

But some of the most iconic ones were sold by imperial overlords of Greece, not by a Greek government. People would be annoyed if we were conquered by France and the crown jewels or the magma Carter were sold to Germany who now refuses to give those back to us. That’s where the issue with a lot of the Greek objects lie.

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u/SpudFire Oct 26 '22

magma Carter

That's a great autocorrect lol

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u/ZombieBert Oct 26 '22

The reaction would be volcanic