visit a/the museum
museum 是可数名词，表示“参观博物馆”时常用 visit a/the museum。
We visited a museum yesterday.
我们昨天参观了一家博物馆。
用于收集和展示具有科学、历史或艺术价值的物品的场所
A building or institution where objects of scientific, historical, cultural, or artistic value are collected, conserved, studied, and displayed to the public.
博物馆
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
用于收集和展示具有科学、历史或艺术价值的物品的场所
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
We spent the whole afternoon at the science museum.
我们在科学博物馆待了一整个下午。
用法提示：museum 作名词，表示‘博物馆’。
The museum opens at nine and is free on Sundays.
这家博物馆九点开门，周日免费。
用法提示：museum 是名词，指收藏和展览文物的场馆。
She donated her old photographs to the local museum.
她把自己收藏的老照片捐给了当地博物馆。
用法提示：museum 在此句中作名词，意为‘博物馆’。
museum 是可数名词，表示“参观博物馆”时常用 visit a/the museum。
We visited a museum yesterday.
我们昨天参观了一家博物馆。
at the museum 表示在博物馆这个地方；也可说 at a museum。
She met her friend at the museum.
她在博物馆遇见了朋友。
a museum of + 名词，表示以某主题为内容的博物馆。
He works at a museum of natural history.
他在一家自然历史博物馆工作。
grammar · medium
易错句子I went to two museum last weekend.
正确表达I went to two museums last weekend.
英语可数名词前有 two 这类大于一的数词时，名词必须用复数形式，museum 的复数是规则加 -s 成为 museums。汉语名词不随数量改变词形，所以容易漏掉复数词尾。
grammar · medium
易错句子Yesterday I visited museum in the city center.
正确表达Yesterday I visited a museum in the city center.
museum 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词、物主代词等限定词。这里首次提到、不特指某一家，应用不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词系统，因此常被漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子The museum is opened at nine every morning.
正确表达The museum opens at nine every morning.
表示博物馆自身“开门、营业”这一状态时，要用不及物动词 open 的主动形式 opens；is opened 是被动语态，意思是“被（某人）打开”，用来讲开放时间不自然。
美术馆
We spent the whole afternoon at the art museum.
我们在美术馆待了一整个下午。
自然历史博物馆
The natural history museum has a famous dinosaur skeleton.
自然历史博物馆里有一具著名的恐龙骨架。
科学博物馆
The kids love the science museum because everything is hands-on.
孩子们很喜欢科学博物馆，因为所有东西都能亲手操作。
参观博物馆
We visited a museum while we were in Beijing.
我们在北京的时候参观了一座博物馆。
博物馆展品；博物馆展览
The museum exhibit features ancient Chinese pottery.
这个博物馆展览展出了中国古代陶器。
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博物馆馆长
The museum curator showed us some items that are not on display.
博物馆馆长给我们看了一些没有展出的藏品。