卢浮宫博物馆

Have you ever seen da Vinci code(达芬奇密码）?
The Musée du Louvre, or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre — is the largest national museum of France, the most visited museum in the world, and a historic monument. It is a central landmark of Paris, located on the Right Bank of the Seine(塞纳河） in the 1st neighbourhood. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
No.3 The Winged Victory of Samothrace(胜利女神尼卡）, also called the Nike of Samothrace,[1] is a third century B.C. marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world.
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 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Until 1997, when the current British Library building opened to the public, replacing the old British Museum Reading Room, the British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored 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（免费开放）, although charges are levied for some temporary special exhibitions. Since 2001 the director of the Museum has been Neil MacGregor.
No.2 Aphrodite of Milos （维纳斯）, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue(雕像）and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Created at some time between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm high. Its arms and original plinth（底座） have been lost. From an inscription（题字，碑铭） that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch.
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The history of the museum
1. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace which began as a fortress (堡垒） built in the late 12th century under Philip II. 2. In 1672, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles （凡尔赛宫）for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture. 3. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed（判 决） that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation‘s masterpieces（杰作）. 4. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition（展览） of 537 paintings. 5. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. 6. The size of the collection increased under Napoleon when the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. 7. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
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人们一涉足这艺术的海洋，总是先睹其中最著名的“镇宫三宝”， 即“爱神维纳斯”、“胜利女神尼卡”和“蒙娜丽莎”。
No.1 Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the Government of France and is on the wall in the Louvre in Paris, France. It is perhaps the most famous and iconic painting in the world.
英国 伦敦大英博物馆
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（全面） in the world and originate from（来源于） all continents（洲）, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.
镇馆之宝——亚尼的死者之书
"The Book of Dead" is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth By Day." The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll and placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased.