British Museum Act

British Museum Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to the British Museum.

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The British Museum Act 1753
The British Museum Act 1767
The British Museum Act 1805
The British Museum Act 1807
The British Museum Act 1816
The British Museum Act 1824
The British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824
The British Museum Act 1832
The British Museum Act 1839
The British Museum Act 1878
The British Museum Act 1894
The British Museum Act 1902
The British Museum Act 1924
The British Museum Act 1930
The British Museum Act 1932
The British Museum Act 1938
The British Museum Act 1955
The British Museum Act 1962
The British Museum Act 1963

British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824

The British Museum Act 1824 was repealed by section 13 of, and the fourth schedule to, the British Museum Act 1963. The long title is "An Act to carry into Effect the Will of Richard Payne Knight Esquire, so far as the same relates to a Bequest by the said Richard Payne Knight of a Collection of Coins, Medals and other valuable Articles, to the British Museum; and to vest the said Collection in the Trustees of the said British Museum, for the Use of the Public.""

British Museum (Purchase of Land) Act 1894

The British Museum Act 1894 enabled the trustees of the British Museum to purchase 69 houses surrounding the museum from the Bedford Estate so that they could be demolished, and the museum buildings expanded to the west, north and east sides of the existing museum.