2006-09-10 22:39:23 · 10 answers · asked by nemo 4 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The first museum was the British Museum in London, which was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759, although you had to buy a ticket to get in.
The first truly 'free' public museum was the Louvre Museum in Paris, it opened in 1793
The 'museum' in Florence, Italy was really not a museum it's name is Accademia dell'Arte del Disengno which translates to Academy of the Art of Design, pretty much an art school founded in 1561, it's name now is Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze = Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. At the time of its inception, it was not a public building, but a private art school. The painting and statues were there to help the students fine tune their skills.
The Ashmolean Museum was not a public museum, it was a university museum and was intended to be used as study materials for the students.
2006-09-11 00:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metropolitan Police Museums The Crime Museum The Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world put together purely for recording crime
2006-09-10 22:47:10 · answer #2 · answered by jennifersuem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Capitoline Museums open to the first public in 1734 under Clement XII, the Capitoline Museums are seen the 1st museum contained in the worldwide, understood as a place the place artwork would desire to be enjoyed via all and not in basic terms via the proprietors.
2016-09-30 13:55:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1866, it is one of the oldest and most renowned museums focusing on anthropological material, and is particularly strong in New World and Mesoamerican ethnography and archaeology.
2006-09-11 00:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by Rijied 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.
it was founded in 1683. It is one of the oldest museums in the world and was the first museum in Britain to be open to the public.
2006-09-10 22:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by ggurl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the oldest public museum is in florence, italy. it was established in the 16th century and in the 18th century it was bequeathed to the people of florence. most major european museums date from the middle of the 19th century.
2006-09-10 22:49:47 · answer #6 · answered by homersdohnut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sumeria!!!And the world's oldest "zoo" was in mesopotamia also..that of Nabonidus!!THE MIDDLE EAST IS A LAND OF FIRSTS;YET MANY ARE OBSCURED AND FORGOTTEN BY IT'S INGRATE DESCENDENTS!!!LIKE US!!!
2006-09-11 09:23:31 · answer #7 · answered by eldoradoreefgold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know that the largest, still as it is living people and environment, is the old city of Sana'a, in Yemen...
it's just beautiful...I've there alot
2006-09-11 20:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by Gossai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE SKY!
2006-09-10 22:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by Mathiyan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT IS STILL THERE WHERE IT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW IT........
2006-09-10 22:46:14 · answer #10 · answered by Sarang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋