635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?
6 June - 50 minsNicholas Cullinan, the new director of the British Museum, seems to think so. “I'm not afraid of the past,” he says — which means talking about looted objects, the basement storerooms, and the leaking roof. We take the guided tour.
SOURCES:Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum.
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