南京理工大学英美文化PPT话题介绍.ppt

TOPIC:  Name two or three museums in the UK and the USA and tell more about them! 美英文化 博物馆的足 迹 大英博物馆 (The British Museum) 美国大都会艺术博物馆 ( The national history museum ) The history The treasures The movie * The British Museum The British Museum in London is a museum of human history and culture. It is among the 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. * Although it is a museum of cultural art objects and antiquities (古物) today, the British Museum was founded as a “universal museum” first. Its foundation lies in the will (遗嘱) of the physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753). During the course of his lifetime Sloane gathered a large collection. Not wishing to see his collections broken up after his death, Sloane bequeathed (遗赠) them to King George II. * At that time, Sloane’s 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 history The treasures The movie * 敦煌壁画（fresco) 瓷碗 茶壶 The history The treasures The movie 美英文化 博物馆的足 迹