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The head of London's British Museum will step down at the end of this year and is to work on a major new cultural project in Berlin, it said Wednesday. Neil MacGregor, who has been in charge since 2002, will leave in December to work on part-time projects including advising German Culture Minister Monika Gruetters on the development of the Humboldt Forum. MacGregor organised a popular exhibition on German history last year at the British Museum, which is the most visited tourist attraction in Britain. The Humboldt Forum, a new museum due to open in 2019, is described by Gruetters as "our most ambitious cultural project" and will be housed in a former imperial palace in Berlin.

 

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