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The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum () was a museum in Bristol, United Kingdom exploring the history of the British Empire and the effect of British colonial rule on the rest of the world. ==The museum== The museum opened in 2002 in Bristol's historic old railway station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, following renovation and conversion costing £8 million.〔 It was completed in 1840 and includes the passenger shed and the adjoining former engine and carriage shed. It is over with timber and iron roof spans of , this Grade I listed building〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 has been nominated as part of a World Heritage Site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= British Empire and Commonwealth Museum )〕 The museum had a flourishing publications department, producing books on aspects of colonial life such as the history of the Northern Rhodesia Police, and a register of titles of the regiments of the Honourable East India Company and East Indian Armies. The museum also held the collection of artefacts of the Commonwealth Institute; extensive still photograph, paper, film and oral history archives, and a costume collection. These are now in the care of Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives (apart from loans which were returned to their owners). The museum was also the home of the New World Tapestry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Bristol: Pow Wow – Special exhibition until 1st November 2006 )〕 Unlike many national museums in Britain, the BECM was not publicly funded, but owned and operated by a charitable trust; consequently an admission charge was in place. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Empire and Commonwealth Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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