museum

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.

go to, visit

be devoted to sth, contain sth, house sth

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

building

collection, display, exhibition

piece

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

curator, director, staff

visit

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.