Gift shops in museums used to be the last stop of each visit,     1     people would buy souvenirs for     2     (they) and their friends. But what happened last month when the British Museum opened its online store on Chinese e-commerce website Tmall     3     (say) otherwise. The store has become so popular since its launch     4     some of its items have already sold out. It’s even more interesting     5     (consider) the fact that many of its customers in China have     6     (probable) never been to the museum before.

Museum products contain history. For example, in the British Museum store there are different kinds of sticky tape with patterns inspired by famous Rosetta Stone.     7     the design developing over the years, museum products are no longer limited to exhibits to be put on the bookshelf     8     duplicates (复制品) of famous paintings to be hung on the wall. They now mean items that we can put to use every day – jewelry,       9     (glass), cushion covers – which means we are able to not only “own”     10     piece of history, but also hold it in our hands, wear it on our neck or even sleep on it.