Museum and Art gallery

Common expressions

  • visit a museum

  • show (you) around a museum

  • a museum has / contains (old paintings)

  • the museum opens / closes at (6pm)

  • entrance to the museum costs ￡4.50

  • there's no entrance charge

Exercise

Common expressions

  1. I'm afraid the museum doesn't open until 10 o'clock on Sundays.

  2. Is there an entrance charge to get into the gallery?

  3. I love visiting art galleries and museums when I'm on holiday.

  4. We hired a guide to show us round the art gallery.

  5. Entrance to the National Gallery is free.

  6. The art gallery contains paintings by famous artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh.

Note

  1. Note these expressions:

    1. There's an exhibition of early photographs at the National Gallery of Modern Art this month.

    2. There's a huge collection of old cars and buses on display at the Museum of Transport.

    3. Please remember that photography is not permitted inside the art gallery.

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