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11 ARTES GRÁFICAS – MAY 2021

British Museums
1. The British museum.

What do you know about the British Museum?

2. Fill in the blanks with the missing information using the words/expressions from the box:
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The British Museum was founded in ______.

It is located in the center of London near Oxford street, within walking distance from Tottenham Court
tube.
Entrance is ______. However, there is a donation of _____ that can be put in donation boxes found
throughout the museum.
The buildings are ________ and ________ with a startling mix of old and new effects.
A huge _______ roof covers a once open courtyard.
The use of glass makes it _______ and modern.
Apart from the remarkable _______ and displays the presenter was impressed by the mix of people. He
mentions that a lot of ______ people visit the museum on a daily basis.
There are _____ major attractions attracting most of the visitors.
The Egyptian area is located on the _______ floor. Among its displays one of the most outstanding is
the ________ ________ and various statues from the Egyptian
The _______ marbles from the Parthenon are found on the _______ floor. The Huge Chamber dating
from the _______ is very impressive and stunning.
The third is the Mummies’ section that is very ________ and gets packed.
There are also _______ tours one can hire.
Dotted around the museum are ________ _______ and different shops selling postcards, memorabilia
but also expensive ______-sized statues and priceless replicas.

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British Museums

2. The Natural History Museum.

Below is some information regarding it. Use the words given to fill in the gaps in the text.

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The Natural History Museum is one of the 3 large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington. (the
other two being the ______________and Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on
Cromwell road.
It hosts _________ main collections: Botanology – Entomology – Mineralogy –_____________–
Zoology.
Many of the collections have great historical and __________value such as specimens collected by
Darwin. It is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur ___________and ornate architecture.
Admission is free.

For discussion:
1 After reading these texts about the museums can you mention museums in Cape Verde? If yes, Can
you describe then?

2 If your answer is no, can you think of one or more museum we can create related to Cape Verde?