What is the world's oldest museum?

mk2norwich

The British Museum in London, which was opened in 1759. Jul 17 02, 9:54 PM

Fosse4

Sorry MK2Norwich but the Ashmolean at Oxford was opened before that(1683)and was the first museum open to the Public but the first Museum (literally home of the Muses) University of Alexandria built by Ptolemy Soter approx 300 BC (Ref Brewers Phrase and Fable - Museum) Jul 17 02, 10:22 PM

Brainy Blonde

The founding of the Vatican Museums can be traced back to 1503 when the newly elected Pope, Julius II della Rovere, placed a statue of Apollo in the internal courtyard of the Belvedere Palace built by Innocent {VIII;} he brought the statue from the garden of his titular church of St. Peter in Chains. In 1506 the Laocoon was added to the collection, after its discovery on the Esquiline Hill before the eyes of Giuliano di Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html Jul 18 02, 5:05 AM

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