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museum
A building or institution in which objects of historical, scientific, or artistic importance are collected, preserved, and shown to the public.
Am Wochenende besuchen wir das Technische Museum in Berlin.
At the weekend, we are visiting the Technical Museum in Berlin.
The word 'Museum' (museum) is often used as the base word for more specific names. The topic is placed before it, e.g. 'Kunstmuseum' (art museum), 'Technikmuseum' (technology museum), or 'Naturkundemuseum' (natural history museum).
Das Deutsche Museum in München ist ein berühmtes Technikmuseum.
The Deutsches Museum in Munich is a famous technology museum.
With the word 'Museum' (museum), the preposition 'in' is very important. Movement to a museum is expressed with 'ins Museum' (in + das), while being there is described with 'im Museum' (in + dem).
Wir gehen am Nachmittag ins Museum.
We are going to the museum in the afternoon.
Common verbs used with 'Museum' (museum) are 'ein Museum besuchen' (to visit a museum), 'in ein Museum gehen' (to go to a museum), or 'etwas in einem Museum ausstellen' (to exhibit something in a museum).
Letztes Jahr habe ich über zwanzig Museen besucht.
Last year I visited more than twenty museums.
gallery
Both a museum and a gallery display art to the public. A museum collects and preserves significant objects, whereas a gallery exhibits works of art and often sells them as well. Museum is appropriate when referring to an institution's own collection, while Galerie is appropriate for an exhibition with possible sales.
Das Museum bewahrt das Gemälde in seiner Sammlung und zeigt es der Öffentlichkeit.
The museum preserves the painting in its collection and displays it to the public.
Die Galerie zeigt das Gemälde in ihrer Ausstellung und bietet es zum Verkauf an.
The gallery displays the painting in its exhibition and offers it for sale.
