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What are cookies?

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The law currently states that we can send "necessary" cookies to your device i.e., functional cookies which are essential to allow you to use the website, but that we must obtain your permission if we wish to use any other cookies.

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Cookies used on our website

This site uses different types of cookies. Some of our cookies are first party (which means they are set by the British Museum), but other cookies are placed by trusted third parties.

On this site we use cookies provided by KOHA, the developers of the library website software. These are all necessary cookies which are essential for the functioning of the website. Full details on all the essential cookies set by Koha on this website including information on whether they are session or persistent cookies, can be found here.

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