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Neil MacGregor quotes: Bavaria made the adoption of the Beer Purity Law a condition of its joining the new German Empire.

Bavaria made the adoption of the Beer Purity Law a condition of its joining the new German Empire.

Neil MacGregor quotes: 1945 nearly eight million Germans had been killed or were missing,

1945 nearly eight million Germans had been killed or were missing,

Neil MacGregor quotes: Japan appears to be the birthplace of the soup and the home of the stew.

Japan appears to be the birthplace of the soup and the home of the stew.

Neil MacGregor quotes: Astonishingly, at least to a non-German, the issue arose again at the reunification of 1990.

Astonishingly, at least to a non-German, the issue arose again at the reunification of 1990.

Neil MacGregor quotes: The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material.

The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material.

Neil MacGregor quotes: over 10 per cent of the population; two thirds of them from the armed forces.

over 10 per cent of the population; two thirds of them from the armed forces.

Neil MacGregor quotes: Among the accused was the author of Romeo and Juliet, one William Shakespeare.

Among the accused was the author of Romeo and Juliet, one William Shakespeare.

Neil MacGregor quotes: The spread of Viking bling is a good indication of the spread of its culture.

The spread of Viking bling is a good indication of the spread of its culture.

Neil MacGregor quotes: the addition made in 1990: Albert Einstein, the first Jew in Walhalla.

the addition made in 1990: Albert Einstein, the first Jew in Walhalla.

Neil MacGregor quotes: There's the constant concern with what happens to you when you die. Every society thinks about that and makes things to deal with that.

There's the constant concern with what happens to you when you die. Every society thinks about that and makes things to deal with that.

Neil MacGregor quotes: Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't.

Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't.

Neil MacGregor quotes: For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

Neil MacGregor quotes: Altogether one quarter of German territory was lost in 1945, territory which had for many centuries belonged to Germany.

Altogether one quarter of German territory was lost in 1945, territory which had for many centuries belonged to Germany.

Neil MacGregor quotes: For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.

For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.

Neil MacGregor quotes: in 1596 a man called William Wayte claimed to have been set upon by four assailants outside the Swan Theatre

in 1596 a man called William Wayte claimed to have been set upon by four assailants outside the Swan Theatre

Neil MacGregor quotes: A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.

A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.

Neil MacGregor quotes: [The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could live together.

[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could live together.

Neil MacGregor quotes: It is, as we know, the victors who write the history, especially when only the victors know how to write.

It is, as we know, the victors who write the history, especially when only the victors know how to write.

Neil MacGregor quotes: Objects are better than text at conveying narrative

Objects are better than text at conveying narrative