10th form "Art Galleries and Museums in Britain" Grammar

1. ____ public art galleries include the National Gallery, the National portrait Gallery, the Tate Gallery and the Wallace Collection.

2. Art exhibitions ____ at the Royal Academy of Art and at the Hayward Gallery.

3. The National Gallery ____ one of the finest collections of masterpieces in the world.

4. In 1824 the government bought the collection of pictures _____ by John J. Angerstein.

5. The specially built gallery in Trafalgar Square was opened in 1838. It was visited by ___ crowned Queen Victoria.

6. Now the main collection of more than 2,000 pictures ____ chronologically in 4 wings.

7. The National Portrait Gallery includes pictures of ____ personalities, sculpture, miniatures, engravings and photographs.

8. It was established in 1856 with the aim of _____ British history.

9. The gallery does not display portraits of living persons, ____ members of the Royal family. The portraits are accompained by items in their historical context.

9. The gallery does not display portraits of living persons, ____ members of the Royal family. The portraits are accompained by items in their historical context.

10. The Tate Gallery houses the national collection of British works of the 16 - 20th centuries. Sir Henry Tate, the sugar magnate, offered ____ the building of a new gallery and donated his own collection of 64 paintings there.