Edward VII stone plaque

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# Edward VII Stone Plaque - British Museum, Montague Place On June 27, 1911, King Edward VII stood at this very spot on Montague Place to lay the foundation stone for what would become the Edward VII Galleries, a monumental expansion of the British Museum that he championed as a symbol of the natio...

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British Museum, Montague Place

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King Edward the Seventh's Galleries. This stone was laid by His Majesty King Edward the Seventh on the twenty-seventh day of June in the seventh year of his reign