TheBritishMuseumLocatedintheBloomsburyareaofLondontheBritishMuseumisthelocationofanationalcollectionofscienceandarttreasures.Itfirstbeganin1753whenParliamentpurchasedthecollectionofSirHansSloanea
TheBritishMuseum
LocatedintheBloomsburyareaofLondontheBritishMuseumisthelocationofanationalcollectionofscienceandarttreasures.Itfirstbeganin1753whenParliamentpurchasedthecollectionofSirHansSloaneandacollectionfromSirRobertCottonalongwithSirRobertHarley'sLibrary.Firstopenedtothepublicin1759inMontagueHouseitwaslatermovedtoitspresentlocationbeingbuiltinstagesfrom1823.ThefamousReadingRoomwasbuiltin1857andisnowpartoftheglassed-inGreatCourt.
TheBritishMuseumaimsto"illuminate（照亮）thehistoriesofculturesforthebenefitofpresentandfuturegenerations".Thusthenumberandsubjectoftheexhibitsandgalleriesarevast.RangingfromAfricaAsiatheAmericasandEuropetoancientEgyptGreeceandRomeandbacktopre-historictimestheyhighlightmorethanjustBritain.AvisittotheMuseumisavisitthroughthecenturiesofmankindandwhathehasleftbehindofhimself.
4thto20thcenturyEuropeanartandarchaeologycollectionsillustrateculturesofthetime.ItemsfromthefamousAnglo-SaxonSuttonHooburialareofparticularinterest.SuttonHoolocatedinEastSuffolkcontained11barrows（坟墓）andtheremainsofaSaxonshipcompletewithgoldandsilvertreasures.
TodaytheBritishMuseumcontainsoneofthemostcomprehensivecollectionsofartandarchaeologyintheworld.
Admission:Free;chargeforspecialexhibitions.
GETTINGTHERE
ThemainentranceisonGreatRussellStwithanalternateentranceonMontaguePlace.
Busroutes:TottenhamCourtRoadandGowerStreet:10242973134;SouthamptonRow:6891188;NewOxfordStreet:781922b25385598.
60. Thepurposeofthefirstparagraphisto .
A.honorSirRobertCotton
B.praisewhatParliamenteverdid
C.tellthelocationoftheBritishMuseum
D.tellthebriefhistoryoftheBritishMuseum
61. TheBritishMuseumtrytoachieveitsaimby .
A.offeringfreebigexhibits
B.highlightingcivilizationsofBritain
C.includingcollectionsofdifferentcultures
D.presentingprehistoriccollectionsofdifferentcultures
62. Wecanconcludeth
