Museums

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New words museum - музей tower - башня fortress – крепость royal palace - королевский дворец treasury - сокровищница, казна raven - ворон rare – редкий, редкостный precious – драгоценный stuffed animal - чучело животного ancient remains – древние останки exhibit - экспонат heavy – тяжелый tool - орудие, инструмент interior – интерьер

The Tower The Tower of London

The Tower of London is the oldest palace in Europe. It was a fortress, a royal palace, the treasury for the Crown Jewels and later a prison. It is more than 900 years old. Now The Tower is one of the most popular museums. It is called – the house of ravens.

The legend says that without ravens the Tower will fall. The legend says that without ravens the Tower will fall.

The Tower Bridge

The British Museum The British museum started as a museum which collected everything – rare books and pictures, precious stones and stuffed animals, birds and butterflies, and ancient remains from all over the world. Today the British museum is a treasure house of old, beautiful and interesting objects. Its interesting! The heaviest exhibit is a winged lion made of stone. It weighs 16 tons. The oldest exhibit in the museum are stone tools from Africa, they are more than a million years old.

The National History Museum The National History Museum was opened in The museum was originally just a department of the British Museum. Now the museum is famous for its beautiful galleries. The museum is well known for its exhibitions which include Human biology, Story of the earth, Discovering … It has the finest natural history collection in the world – 68 million It has the finest natural history collection in the world – 68 million exhibits.

Big Ben is the biggest clock bell in Great Britain.

The minute hand of Big Ben is 14 ft long, the hour hand is 9 ft, the figures are 2 ft long. 14 ft = 4.26 meters 9 ft = 2.74 meters 2 ft = 0.6 meters

The magnificent interior of St. Pauls Cathedral contains fine paintings, sculptures, monuments and works of art, foremost of which are the original choir stalls The magnificent interior of St. Pauls Cathedral contains fine paintings, sculptures, monuments and works of art, foremost of which are the original choir stalls