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RomanHeritage

is a non-profit cultural website about Ancient Rome, with Republican & Imperial Roman sites, roman ruins, Museums, books & movies, re-enactment groups, statues, Mosaics, frescoes, bronzes, etc.

Roman Heritage / Legado Romano

web sin ánimo de lucro sobre el Imperio romano, los yacimientos, ruinas romanas, museos, libros y películas, reconstrucción histórica, estatuas, mosaicos, frescos, etc.

Roman Heritage /Heredité Romaine

c'est une website sur l'empire Romain avec de Ruines romaines, museés, livres et films, groupes de reconstrucion historique, statues, mosaics et frescos.

British Museum Museo Brit nico

The Bristish Museum only allows pictures by individuals, for "private purposes", or as stated by themselves http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/services/photography.aspx:

"Taking photographs in the Museum

Hand-held cameras, including cameras fitted with flash bulbs or electronic flash units, may be used for private purposes in the galleries unless otherwise indicated. Private photography in the galleries requiring the use of a stand, special lighting or other equipment is only permitted by prior arrangement with the Broadcast Unit. You must apply for permission at least ten working days beforehand, indicating which objects you proposed to photograph and the galleries in which the objects are situated. The Broadcast Unit deals with all professional and commercial requests to photograph exhibits and locations within the Museum. Commercial or professional photography must be arranged in advance through the Broadcast Unit."

Futher on, images can be obtained at the http://www.bmimages.com/aboutus.asp or, as stated by themselves:

"British Museum Images

British Museum Images is the on-line digital image website of the British Museum catering primarily for the image-buying professional. It offers access to rights-managed images of objects held in the British Museum's collection. One can search, buy, license and download hi-resolution (300dpi, JPG) digital images for use in publishing, TV, merchandising and advertising on-line. Access to download low-resolution (72dpi, JPG) un-watermarked images for layout purposes at no extra cost. The British Museum do not supply images on transparency or print format for commercial use, only digital files."

Following @ROMANHERITAGE.COM policy of spreading the culture worldwide on the net, we have accepted a few pictures donated by Ms. M. C. in 2012 which we are reproducing without paying any licence whatsoever. We insist once again on the issue that sculptures, mosaics, archeological pieces, etc. from the Roman era (and by that token, almost any antiques) may "belong" or "be under custody" of a particular institution, or Museum, but that does not give them the right to become the exclusive administrators of their images.

Back in 1994 I had the opportunity to visit the Parthenon in Athens for the first time in my life. When I was climbing to the Akropolis, I was asked to sign on a manifesto prepared by the Greek Socialist Government, asking for the devolution of the parthenon Marbles stayng in London, and now at the British Museum, since Lord Elgin took them a century ago. I kindly ask the young lady to wait for my return, and after visiting the Akropolis, I sat down with her for a long half an hour. I explained her that I fall in love with history in 1977 when as a teenager, I visited the British Museum for the first time, like many people before and after me. Even if the property should belong to the contemporary Greek Government or even the State, I did not see the point of "plunder Back" european or american Museums to reunite everything in a single place.

The Museums are places thought to spread the culture and to make it available to the general public. So is @ROMANHERITAGE.COM

Although we are including the hours and map, we suggest you would visit the British Museum web pages before visiting http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting.aspx?ref=header