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But 100 years of wowing museum visitors takes its toll on even the mightiest dinosaur. Once a year specialist cleaners arrive ready to tackle the accumulated layers of dust and grime. With each of its 292 fragile bones to dust and clean, the work continues late into the night. As a dinosaur worker it' s really nice to see a dinosaur occupying this central position in the museum. Some of my colleagues might be a bit annoyed that this is happening, but if they have something else that' s 26 metres long that they want to put in its place, I' m open to discussion. Ten years after working here, exploring the museum is like reacquainting myself with an old friend. One thing I do remember, beyond the public displays is really where the museum begins. Although the iconic building dates from 1881, each generation since has added to it, as the growing collections needed more and more space to expand. The result is a confusing fivemile labyrinth of corridors. Though much of this is everything you' d expect from a 21st century museum, there are still secret corners where time has stood still. |
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dàn suí zhe shí jiān de liú shì, zuì wéi qiáng dà de kǒng lóng, yě huì yīn luò yì bù jué de guān guāng zhě ér shòu dào sǔn shāng, zhuān yè qīng jié shī měi nián dōu yào lái cǐ bāng tā sǎo chú jīng nián lěi yuè de fú huī chén gòu, wèi le chè dǐ qīng jié 292 kuài yì suì de gǔ gé. qīng jié shī xū yào yè yǐ jì rì dì gōng zuò. zuò wéi guǎn lǐ kǒng lóng de yuán gōng, kàn dào zhè zhǐ kǒng lóng dú jù chǎng guǎn zhōng yāng bǎo dì, zhēn de hěn kāi xīn. qí tā tóng shì kě néng yīn cǐ gǎn dào xiē xǔ yù mèn. dàn ruò tā men yě yǒu 26 mǐ zhǎng de zhǎn pǐn. xiǎng yào ān fàng yú cǐ. nà hái kě yǐ tán tán shí nián qián zài cǐ gōng zuò de jīng lì ràng wǒ gǎn dào, rú jīn tàn suǒ běn guǎn jiù xiàng shì zhòng shí gù rén, fēi běn guǎn yuán gōng qǐng wù rù nèi, gōng gòng zhǎn guǎn de shēn chù biàn shì bó wù guǎn de qǐ yuán. zì rán shǐ bó wù guǎn de biāo zhì xìng jiàn zhù shǐ jiàn yú 1881 nián, suí zhe zhǎn pǐn de zēng duō, yī qí kōng jiān xū yào shí yǒu kuò jiàn, zuì zhōng xíng chéng le wǔ yīng lǐ mí gōng bān de huí láng. jǐn guǎn qí zhōng chǔ chù zhāng xiǎn zhe 21 shì jì de shí dài qì xī. mǒu xiē shén mì de jiǎo luò, réng gěi rén huí dào guò qù de cuò jué. |