Happy Birthday, British Museum?

In 1753, an English scientist called sir Hans Sloane gave his collection of historical objects to the people of London, and the British Museum was born.
The Museum bought the Marbles for 35,000 pounds in 1816 from Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to Turkey. In 1999, President Clinton said, ‘I think that the Marbles should go back to Greece.’ But the British government disagrees.
In December 2000, the new Great Court was opened by the Queen. With its modern glass roof and beautiful stone walls. But it was expensive - it cost 100 million pounds! Now the Museum is 5 million pounds in debt. Later, 150 people lost their jobs because there wasn't enough money to pay them.