Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum has been named Briton of the Year by The Times of London. Joining the museum in 2002 when it was nearly $7 million in debt and had closed one-third of it galleries MacGregor has since helped restore the museum to an attraction that now receives more than six million visitors a year.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
BRITON OF THE YEAR
Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum has been named Briton of the Year by The Times of London. Joining the museum in 2002 when it was nearly $7 million in debt and had closed one-third of it galleries MacGregor has since helped restore the museum to an attraction that now receives more than six million visitors a year.
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