Allow Quote by Neil MacGregor

To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.

— M. E. W. Sherwood

It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things in it: that it…

— Neil MacGregor

The primary purpose of the Museum is to help people enjoy, understand, and use the visual arts of our time.

— Alfred H. Barr, Jr

One of the brilliant things about Britain is the way you've managed to save old things but to keep using them - that they've…

— Bill Bryson

The British Museum is great for seeing how excellent we were at stealing things.

— Russell Howard

Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from their role…

— Richard Fortey

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm,…

— Thomas P. Campbell

Museums provide places of relaxation and inspiration. And most importantly, they are a place of authenticity. We live in a world of reproductions -…

— Thomas P. Campbell

A lot of our insights are based on the ways in which people spend time at museums. They're curious, open, interested, and engaging. They…

— Jake Barton

My favourite museum is the British Museum.

— Felipe Anderson

A museum is like a valuing machine. Museums and the industrial society started at the same moment, and they're really tied into each other.…

— Tino Sehgal

Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They…

— Hans Haacke