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1、TOPIC: Name two or three museums in the UK and the USA and tell more about them!美英文化博物館的足 跡 大英博物館 (The British Museum) 美國大都會藝術(shù)博物館 ( The national history museum ) The historyThe treasuresThe movie4The British Museum The British Museum in London is a museum of human history and culture. It is among th

2、e largest museums in the world with more than seven million collections. These collections, which came from all over the world, show people the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.5 Although it is a museum of cultural art objects and antiquities (古物) today, the British Museum wa

3、s founded as a “universal museum” first. Its foundation lies in the will (遺囑) of the physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane (16601753). During the course of his lifetime Sloane gathered a large collection. Not wishing to see his collections broken up after his death, Sloane bequeathed (遺贈) them to

4、King George II.11/5/2021 At that time, Sloanes collection consisted of around 71,000 objects of all kinds including printed books, drawings and antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc. Then on 7 June 1753, the British Museum was established under the instruction of King George II.The historyThe tr

5、easuresThe movie11/5/2021敦煌壁畫（fresco)瓷碗茶壺The historyThe treasuresThe movie美英文化博物館的足 跡 大英博物館 (The British Museum) 美國大都會藝術(shù)博物館 Metropolitan Museum of Art The movieThe historyThe treasures The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially The Met), located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the U

6、nited States with among the most significant art collections. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided among nineteen curatorial departments.The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattans Museum Mile, is by area one of the worlds largest

7、 art galleries. There is also a much smaller second location at The Cloisters in Upper Manhattan that features medieval art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens. The founders included businessmen and financiers, as well as leading artists and thinkers o

8、f the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people.2 It opened on February 20, 1872, and was originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue.11The movieThe historyThe treasuresVirgin and Child圣母與圣嬰圣母與圣嬰one of the most valuable collectionsan engraving of the famous Italian artists Du Xiouthe color addition to the eg