博物馆(bó wù guǎn) - museum in Mandarin

博物馆 (bó wù guǎn) means museum, from 博 (bó, broad, extensive, learned), 物 (wù, thing, object) and 馆 (guǎn, hall, building for public use), literally a "broad-things hall", a building that gathers a wide range of objects together. The same 馆 (guǎn) appears in 图书馆 (tú shū guǎn), library, and 展览馆 (zhǎn lǎn guǎn), exhibition hall.

博物馆 (bó wù guǎn) usually implies a permanent collection built around history, science or culture, as opposed to 展览馆 (zhǎn lǎn guǎn), which leans towards temporary or changing exhibitions, though the two overlap and a large complex can use both words for different wings of the same building.

参观 (cān guān), to visit (a place, formally), is the verb that pairs with 博物馆 (bó wù guǎn) rather than 去 (qù) alone when the visit itself is the point of the sentence: 我们参观了大英博物馆 (wǒ men cān guān le dà yīng bó wù guǎn), "we visited the British Museum".