It is important in managing the British Museum to maintain the continuity of purpose of the institution as a museum. Our museum has always had the role of a storehouse of objects from cultures worldwide, to serve the public and scholarly visitors.
經營大英這個國家博物館，最重要的是堅守博物館這個機構的存在目的：我們一直是保存世界各地文物的大庫房，這些文物在此服務來訪的觀眾及研究學者。