The British Museum is one of the greatest and best-known museums in the world, both in the diversity of its collections and in their wide range and high. - презентация

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2 The British Museum is one of the greatest and best-known museums in the world, both in the diversity of its collections and in their wide range and high quality. It was founded in 1753 by a decision of the Parliament.

3 The British Museum's collection of seven million objects representing the rich history of human cultures mirrors the city of London's global variety. It includes monuments of primitive and antique culture, Ancient East culture, the richest collection of pictures, ceramics, coins.

4 British Museum contains one of the largest libraries in the world: British Library. It has a copy of every book that is printed in the English language, so that there are more than six million books there. They receive nearly two thousand books and papers daily.

5 You can find there some of the first English books printed by Caxton. Caxton was a printer who lived in the fifteenth century. He made the first printing-press in England. Charles Dickens, a very popular English writer, spent a lot of time in the British Museum Library.

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