The British Museum [originaltext] The British Museum

The British Museum is a great building in London,/ not far from London University. /Thousands of visitors go to it every day/ to see the rare, strange and beautiful things it contains. /What interests many people more than anything else is the large library,/ in which there are millions of books./ The library is also a reading-room, /with tables and chairs for students who wish to study;/ but if you want to borrow books to read there/ you must first get a reader’s ticket from the office. One can not borrow books to take away. / In other parts of the museum there are things/ that have been brought from countries all over the world./ They help us to understand the history of foreign lands/ and the people who live on them./ On the way out you can buy pictures of the most interesting things that are shown in the museum.