Some of the details are interesting https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/14_Morgan%20REV.pdf

It wasn’t only people that were evacuated from London during the Second World War. Antiquities and works of art were moved outside of the capital in their thousands. Relocated to stately houses, abandoned tube stations and purpose-built, climate-controlled bunkers – this is the story of how the British Museum pulled off ‘the biggest, mass evacuation of objects in any museum’s history.’

Music: 'Flashing Swords'&nbsp;– Cats on the Beach: http://www.catsonthebeach.net/
© Cats on the Beach 2015

'Tech Toys'&nbsp;– Lee Rosevere: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere
© Lee Rosevere 2015
Used and adapted under Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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