museum [1]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Establishment where works of art are stored and exhibited.
ticket clerk ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
exhibition billboard ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
banner for the coming exhibition ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Long narrow strip used to publicize an upcoming exhibition.
banner for the current exhibition ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Long narrow strip used to publicize an exhibition being presented by the museum.
wheelchair ramp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
documentation center ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room reserved for museum staff; it houses technical documentation related to the museum’s activities.
entrance hall ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Large space that provides access to other rooms in the museum.
auditorium ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Hall designed for the public to attend lectures and audiovisual presentations.
museum shop ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room where items for sale are displayed.
ticket office ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Counter where admission tickets are purchased.
cloakroom ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Space designated for storing clothes, hats, umbrellas and so forth.
control center ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room equipped with monitors so staff members can watch over a museum’s various rooms.
meeting room ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
administration ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Place where tasks related to the management of museum services are carried out.
superintendent’s office ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Superintendent: person who oversees the various museum services.
curator’s office ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Curator: person who administers and is responsible for a museum’s collections.
archives ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room where documents are stored for possible use.
surveillance camera ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Instrument that transmits an image of a room to the control center; it protects against theft and vandalism.
installation work ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Three-dimensional artwork composed of elements arranged in a precise order, in keeping with the artist’s intention.
sculpture ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Artwork created from a material, which is worked to depict a given form.
painting ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Pictorial work usually executed on a canvas, which is stretched and then framed.
conservation laboratory ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room designed for the maintenance and restoration of artwork.
receiving area ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area designed to receive artwork.
unloading dock ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Facility for off-loading crates containing exhibition equipment.
interactive terminals ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Interactive computers with touch screens or keyboards that, with the visitor’s participation, provide a variety of information.
projection room ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room occasionally used to present audiovisual materials related to the exhibition’s artist or theme.
temporary exhibition rooms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rooms designed to house short-term exhibitions of a given artist or theme.
permanent exhibition rooms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rooms where the museum mounts long-term showings of the works in its collection.
library ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room where items such as books, periodicals and audio materials are classified for consultation or loan.
restrooms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rooms equipped with toilets and sinks.