Packet 5: Tossup 16

Recent exhibitions at this institution have highlighted a drawing collection donated by the “arrogant connoisseur” Richard Payne Knight. Conservators at this institution preserved the Natufian Ain Sakhri Lovers and the Magdalenian Swimming Reindeer sculpture. Since 2007, the Kayung totem pole has dominated (10[1])this institution’s Great Court. (10[1])A broadcaster and this institution partnered for the original A History of the World (10[2])in 100 Objects series. (10[1])In 1753, (10[1])Hans Sloane bequeathed the initial (10[2])collection (10[3])of this institution, (10[2])whose most-viewed artifacts include the Lewis Chessmen (10[4])and the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal (10[1])reliefs. A set of friezes, metopes, (10[2])and pediments displayed (10[2])at this museum are the subject of a longstanding repatriation (10[1])dispute (-5[1])with the government of Greece. For 10 points, what massive museum in Bloomsbury houses the Elgin Marbles? ■END■ (10[1])

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