Гроза, 9. Students book. Unit 8. Lesson 7. Exercise 1b

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Jane Brown: We are now in the magnificent Reading Room, at the heart of the Great Court. When the Reading Room was completed in 1857, it immediately became one of the great sights to see in London. It is one of the most famous reading rooms in the world. The renovation of the Reading Room cost 100 million pounds – a very expensive project. On 6th December 2000, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth die Second formally re-opened it.
The information centre combines the very best in modem technology with more traditional sources of information. The Museum’s multimedia database is free for all visitors to use. After the tour you will have an opportunity to use the computers in the Reading Room – all with touch screens. They are very easy to use, even for someone without any experience of working on computers. You simply touch the picture on the screen. The system gives information on around 5000 exhibits from the Museum’s collections. For each object you will find a short article and high quality images. You can enlarge the images and study them in detail.
The Reading Room has a reference library of about 25000 books, catalogues and other printed material. Please note that this means that you can’t borrow books but you can use the library to find any information you need. The British Museum no longer holds the national collections of manuscripts and journals. They are now in the new British Library.