i Register
In some senses, museum is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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.