2. Reading The Best Of Manhattan’s Art Galleries

3. What’s the main idea of this passage? What kind of book is it from perhaps? The passage introduces _______________________ ____________. It’s perhaps from ___________________. some best art galleries of Manhattan A tourist guide book

4. 1 2 3 4 5 The Frick Collection Guggenheim Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art street avenue Match the numbers on the map with the museums.

5. Henry Clay Frick The Frick Collection

6. Guggenheim Museum

7. Metropolitan Museum of Art

8. Museum of Modern Art

9. Whitney Museum of American Art

10. 1. Museum of Modern Art has the greatest collection of art in the United States. 2. Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces you to ancient ways of living. 3. The admission price of Museum of Modern Art is very cheap and it is often crowded. 4. Metropolitan Museum of Art covers more than 5000 years of civilization from many parts of the world including China. F T F T _________________________________ Metropolitan Museum of Art ______________ not cheap/expensive True or False?

11. Read the passage and complete the chart. nameaddressWhich centuries? What countries? America Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.) 53th St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Contemporary (mainly art by living artists) late 19th century to the 21st century Western countries

12. From ancient to modern times Guggenheim Museum Western countries The Frick Collection Western countries Modern (from late 19 th century onwards) pre- twentieth century 5 th and Madison Avenues 5th Avenue & 88th Street 5th Avenue & 82nd Street Metropolitan Museum of Art all over the world

13. 1.Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. 2.This museum owns5,000 superb modern paintings, sculptures and drawings. 3.The reputation of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection. 4.It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the same museum. 5.The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture. How to introduce a museum