| Act of Parliament | |
 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
| Long title | An Act to alter the composition of the Trustees of the British Museum, to provide for the separation from the British Museum of the British Museum (Natural History), to make new provision with respect to the regulation of the two Museums and their collections in place of that made by the British Museum Act 1753 and enactments amending or supplementing that Act, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 1963 c. 24 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 July 1963 |
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| Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The British Museum Act 1963 (c. 24) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced the British Museum Act 1902. It was introduced by the second ministry of the Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The Act forbids the British Museum and the Natural History Museum from disposing of their holdings, except in a small number of special circumstances. In May 2005 a judge of the High Court of England and Wales ruled that Nazi-looted Old Master artworks held at the British Museum could not be returned.
The Act also made the Natural History Museum an independent organisation from the British Museum, with its own board of trustees.
See also
References
- Ruling tightens grip on Parthenon marbles, The Guardian, 27 May 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
External links
- The British Museum Act 1963, as amended, from Legislation.gov.uk
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