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Музеи Лондона

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Танянской Лидией Ивановной

учителем английского языка

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Museums of London

There are a lot of various museums in London.

They tell the story of London and its people.

For example,

The British Museum

In the British Museum you can see 44 massive columns and the reading room of the British Library. Also it is containing Britain’s most important collection of ancient art, writings, coins, drawings. The British Museum was opened in 1753. The Museum regularly organizes exhibitions in special halls .

Only in London will you have the chance to visit the fictitious address of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson .

The Science Museum is a famous museum in SW London, housing collections that illustrate the history and development of science, engineering and industry, with many working models.

The Victoria and Albert Museum is a famous museum in South central London.It is named after Queen Victoria and her husband. It was opened in 1851.

In one of the halls of the Victoria and Albert Museum you can see collections of sculpture, watercolours,miniatures and a large library.

The National Gallery is an art gallery in Trafalgar Square, which contains the largest permanent collection of western paintings in Britain, most of which were painted between 1200 and 1900. It was opened in 1824.

The Tate Gallery is one of London’s best known art galleries, opened in 1897. It contains a unique collection of British paintings from the 16 th century to the present day, as well as modern foreign paintings and sculpture.The Gallery also regularly hold special exhibitions.

The museum of Madam Tussaud’s is a famous waxworks museum in London, opened in 1835 by Marie Tussaud(1760-1850).It contains wax figures of famous characters in both history and contemporary life.

The Natural History Museum is a museum in London which is open to the public.It has 68 million specimens of animals, plants and minerals. It is famous for its collection of the bones of dinosaurs. It was opened in 1881.

The Museum of London is a museum of London from prehistoric times to the present day,opened in 1976.

The London transport Museum contains a large collection of buses, trams and carriages of tube. It is very popular for children.