Bloomberg gifts £20m and Roman artefacts to London Museum

Bloomberg gifts £20m and Roman artefacts to London Museum

The donations from Bloomberg have been described as a "momentous gift" by London Museum.

Bloomberg breaks record for the largest private donation to London Museum

Bloomberg Philanthropies has broken the record for the largest private donation to the London Museum, with a gift of £20m and a world-renowned collection of Roman artefacts. London Museum will use the money to aid its move from 150 London Wall to Smithfield market, which is currently scheduled for completion in 2026. The artefacts, which total more than 14,000 objects and were uncovered on the site of Bloomberg’s European headquarters in the Cit…

Bloomberg Donates 14,000 Artifacts Unearthed in Renovation to London Museum

The London Museum has received a donation of more than 14,000 Roman artifacts from the site of a 3rd century CE temple. The trove was unearthed between 2012–14, during the construction of Bloomberg’s European headquarters in London. The temple from which the artifacts came was dedicated to the Roman god Mithras. The cult was mysterious and complex, with a number of internal levels, and became known for bull sacrifice. Roman mithraeums are comp…

London Museum to display its largest ever Roman archaeology archive donation

The London Museum has received a £20 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the single largest archive of archaeological material ever received by the museum. The collection of mostly Roman artefacts was discovered when Bloomberg’s new office building was being constructed, and the site provided one of the best-preserved collections of often lost fabric and wooden remains in London. Site excavation works April 2013 (c) ianVisits The …

London Museum receives more than 14,000 Roman artifacts and £20M from Bloomberg

The London Museum has received a gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, comprising more than 14,000 Roman artifacts discovered during the construction of Bloomberg’s European headquarters, along with a £20 million donation to support the museum’s relocation to Smithfield. This is the largest private contribution ever made to the museum and the biggest archaeological archive it has ever received. Roman wooden writing tablet and stylus. Credit: Londo…