What is a person who has amassed over 71,000 objects to do to make sure the priceless collection is not broken up after his death? Physician and naturalistSir Hans Sloane decided to bequeath his whole kit and caboodle to King George II in the mid-1700s. In return, Sloane's heirs received a hefty sum equivalent _(1)_ nearly US$30,000, and England established the first public national museum in the world in 1753. The British Museum in London _(2)_ opened its doors to the public in 1759. The _(3)_ was free, and the collection on display consisted of manuscripts, books, drawings, prints, natural specimens, and antiquities from various cultures. As the British Empire expanded, so _(4)_ the museum's collection. Mostnotably, it _(5)_ the Rosetta Stone, a valuable key in the deciphering of Egyptianhieroglyphs, and the Parthenon sculptures in the early 19th century. Presently, the British Museum is one of the world's largest, housing nearly 100 galleries in its more than 90,000 square-meter facility. Its _(6)_ collection has some eight million works, of which only one percent, or 50,000 pieces, isshowcased publically at any single time. What's more, it is among the mostexpansive and comprehensive collections around since it documents the global history of human culture from the beginning to now. However, visitors wanting to check out the natural specimens or books and manuscripts have toventure to the Natural History Museum and the British Library respectivelysince they no longer call the British Museum home. With over three kilometers ofexhibition space, there's no _(7)_ of cultural artifacts to see at the British Museum.
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