说起博物馆,我首先想到的是伦敦的大英博物馆,建馆已近250年,可谓现代博物馆的鼻祖。可贵的是,该馆不仅至今仍保持着免费向公众开放的大家风范,而且不断推陈出新,吸引人们一而再,再而三地光顾,已经当之无愧地成为面向大众的教育中心。本文作者是剑桥大学菲茨威廉博物馆馆长,他认为,21世纪的博物馆都应成为面向大众的教育中心。 Speaking of the museum, I first think of the British Museum in London, the museum has been built nearly 250 years, can be described as the originator of modern museums. Valuablely, not only has the museum still maintained a gratuitous style of being open to the public for free, it has also brought forth new ideas to attract people to visit again and again. It has now deservedly become an education center for the general public. The writer, curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University, believes that museums in the 21st century should become education centers for the general public.