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The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose, to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties that endanger free society and are still among the greatest threats to our liberty.

Neil MacGregor

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Neil MacGregor
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 16
Art Historian
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Robert Neil MacGregor
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