3. Read the text again and answer the following questions:

1. How many functions do museums perform in society?

2. How seriously do people take museums if they see them as “an attractive facade for society”?

3. What does the speaker mean by saying that “the relationship between society and museums is not a one-way street”?

4. What can public sectors do to keep art museums working? How can private sectors contribute to it?

5. Why is there a need to bring art and people together? What is the role of museums in it?

6. When will works of art be called challenging? Give examples of such works. Have you ever been challenged by a work of art (an installation, an exhibition etc.)? What was it?

7. What do museums need to do to make art more understandable and enjoyable?

8. Does a visit to an art museum require much effort? What kind of effort is it?

9. What do people learn when looking at the objects displayed?

10. How do museums reflect the composition of society?

11. What did British museums authorities decide to include in displays? Would you approve of their decision?

12. What makes a work of art a great one?

13. Give examples of great works of art. Where are they displayed? How accessible are they to people?

14. What museums are mentioned in the text? What other world-known museums do you know?

Language work

1. Fill in the table with derivatives:

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives
access
	exhibit
	understand
display
	install
	enjoy
collection

2. Complete the sentences using the words from the table. In some sentences more than one word can be used.

1. The Art of the Brick museum show is now touring the U.S. It is the first major ______________ to focus exclusively on the use of the popular LEGO® building block as an art medium.

2. The $42-million expansion of the University of Michigan Museum of Art has doubled its space, allowing more of the museum's collection to be _____________.

3. Students in this class will deepen their ___________________ of the masters' painting techniques by copying works of art in the Museum's galleries.

4. Minneapolis Institute of the Arts membership gives a free pass to their ticketed exhibitions and _____________ to members-only events and publications.

5. The Denver Art Museum is interested in making art meaningful and ____________ to people of all ages and backgrounds.

6. Museums enable people to explore their____________ for inspiration, learning and ___________. They are institutions that collect, safeguard and make ____________ artifacts, which they store for society.

7. Modelled on the protests and celebrations on the National Mall, Jean Shin’s latest ____________ — a crowd in miniature — will be ______________ at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington beginning May 1.