A treasure can be trunks of gold buried by a pirate, or bars of gold buried by a government.
A treasure can be a famous painting hanging on a wall, or a picture
painted right on a wall.
Even a building can be a treasure, and so can a piece of paper or an old
airplane.
To find out more about treasures such as these, and the places where
they are, read the next pages.
BUILDINGS JUST FOR ART
Most buildings are built for people to live in, work in, or go to school in. But in all parts of the world, there are buildings that were built for displaying works of art, such as paintings and…
FROM FORT TO ART MUSEUM
> The Louvre as it looked as a fort Once, long ago, a king of’ France built a fort to protect himself. Years later, another king of France added more buildings to the fort and turned it into a…
THE JEWEL PRISON
> The Tower of London is really a group of buildings. Usually, a prison is a place where criminals are locked up. But there is a prison in London where jewels are locked up. The jewels are the…
LET FREEDOM RING!
It was in Independence Hall, then called the Pennsylvania State House, that the Liberty Bell rang out the news that the Declaration of Independence had been adopted. That was on July 8, 1776. Before…
