museum

UK /mjuːˈziːəm/ US /mjuˈziəm/
verb 2noun 1

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

excellent, fascinating, great, interesting, major

We spent the afternoon at the fascinating museum learning about ancient Egypt.

local, municipal, national, provincial, regional, town | private, public | purpose-built

open-air

The children enjoyed exploring the open-air museum filled with traditional houses from the past.

working

The blacksmith's forge operates as a working museum where visitors can watch craftspeople make tools by hand.

archaeological, folk, industrial, local history, maritime, military, railway, science, war, etc.

VERB + MUSEUM

go to, visit

MUSEUM + VERB

be devoted to sth, contain sth, house sth

The art museum contains works by famous painters from around the world.

MUSEUM + NOUN

building | collection, display, exhibition

piece

The old typewriter in my grandfather's office is really a museum piece now.

curator, director, staff | visit

PREP

at a/the ~

My children enjoyed looking at the dinosaur skeletons at the natural history museum last week.

in a/the ~

We spent the afternoon looking at paintings in a museum near the city center.

~ of

We spent the afternoon visiting the Museum of Natural History downtown.

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