jan 1, 300 BC - Ptolemy I founds Musaeum in Alexandria (300 B.C.E)
Description:
The Musaeum included the famous Library of Alexandria and was an institution founded by Ptolemy. This original Musaeum was the home of music or poetry, a philosophical school, and library such as Plato's Academy, also a storehouse of texts. It did not have a collection of works of art, rather it was an institution that brought together some of the best scholars of the Hellenistic world, to a modern university.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 300 BC
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~ 2327 years ago