Modernising a museum

 Part 3: For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

 

Modernising a museum

 

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England – the world’s oldest university museum – has recently gone through a major (0) TRANSFORMATION (TRANSFORM). The architects wanted to create a new space that would make the museum one of the world's important and (17)_________(INNOVATE) cultural showcases.

 

The collections in the museum are absolutely (18)_________(STAND) and cover the cultures of east and west, charting the aspirations of manking from the prehistoric era to the present day. The approach that was adopted was based on the idea that (19)________ that have shaped our modern societies did not develop in isolation but were part of a complex interrelated world. Each object has a (20)________ story to tell, and these are gradually uncovered through tracing the journey of ideas and influences across time and continents.

 

 

People who knew the old museum say it has (21)_______(GO) an amazing makeover. The new layout  (22)_______(ABLE) people to appreciate the objets fully; it Is (23)___________(ACCESS) to everyone, from school children to academic scholars, so (24) to all those involved in redesigning this wonderful treasure house.