Westminster Abbey - one of the most famous landmarks in London - opens for visitors a medieval church. For the past 700 years, it was closed to enter. Inside, exhibited about 300 exhibits, which in chronological order tell about the history of the architectural monument.
Vanessa Simeoni, chief curator of Westminster Abbey:.
"This is an amazing place to visit.". In the history of the abbey, it is open to the public for the first time. Many exhibits could be seen in the old basement museum.
But there are those that are exhibited for the first time ".
Among such exhibits are models of the buildings of the famous British architect Christopher Wren.
The restoration of the church took more than $ 30 million. In it passed royal coronations and weddings. Here also the famous Britons were buried.
All exhibits are divided into several sections: "The Construction of Westminster Abbey", "Worship and Life", "Westminster Abbey and Monarchy" and "Abbey and National Memory".