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The National Gallery
• The National Gallery in London, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings middating from the mid-13th century to 1900in its home on Trafalgar Square.
• The cinema
Early British Cinema
• Modern cinema is generally regarded as descending from the work of the French Lumière brothers in 1895, and their show first came to London in 1896. However, the first moving pictures developed on celluloid(胶片 film 胶片) 胶片 were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by a British inventor .
The Natural History Museum
• The Natural History Museum is located in London .The city is home to many museums, galleries, and other institutions. institutions. • The museum is home to life and earth science specimens（标本） （标本） comprising some 70 million items within five main collections
• The museum is a nonnondepartmental public body 赞助） sponsored（赞助） by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. As with all other national museums and art galleries in the United Kingdom, the Museum charges no admission fee, although charges 征收） are levied（征收） for some temporary special exhibitions
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• The opera • The museums and art galleries • The cinema
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the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• The United Kingdom has had a large impact on modern cinema and has one of the most respected film industries in the world. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity and the influences of American and European cinema.
• The current building is the third theatre on the site following disastrous fires in 1808 and 1857. The façade, foyer and auditorium（礼堂） auditorium（礼堂） date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive reconstruction in the 1990s. • The Royal Opera House seats 2,268 people and consists of four tiers of boxes and balconies and amphitheatre（ 圆形露天竞技场） the amphitheatre（ 圆形露天竞技场） gallery. The auditorium is 12.20 m wide and 14.80 m high. The main auditorium is a Grade 1 listed building.
• The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759

The Gallery
• An art gallery is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art. Museum can be public or private but what distinguishes a Museum is the ownership of a collection. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, sculpture, photographs, illustrations, installation art and objects from the applied arts may also be shown.
• A museum is a building or institution which houses a collection of artifacts. • Museums collect and care for objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.
The opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work (called an opera) which combines a text (called a libretto) and a musical score（乐谱）. 乐谱） Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates（合并） 合并） many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery （布景）and 布景） costumes（服装,剧装） and sometimes 剧装） includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble（合唱曲） . 合唱曲）
The Royal Opera House
• The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue 集合地） （集合地） in the London district of Covent Garden. • Originally called the Theatre Royal, it opened in 1732 and served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history.
The museums
The British Museum
• The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world