展览馆(zhǎn lǎn guǎn) - exhibition hall, gallery in Mandarin

展览馆 (zhǎn lǎn guǎn) means exhibition hall or gallery, from 展览 (zhǎn lǎn, exhibition, to exhibit) and 馆 (guǎn, hall, building for public use, the same 馆 found in 博物馆, bó wù guǎn, museum, and 图书馆, tú shū guǎn, library). 展 (zhǎn) means "to display, unfold" and 览 (lǎn) means "to view, look over", so 展览 (zhǎn lǎn) reads as "display and view".

Unlike 博物馆 (bó wù guǎn), museum, which usually holds a permanent collection, 展览馆 (zhǎn lǎn guǎn) more often suggests changing or temporary exhibitions, art shows, trade fairs, design showcases, though the two words overlap in everyday use and native speakers aren't always strict about the distinction.

The verb pattern to know is 展出 (zhǎn chū), to put on display, as in 展出了很多古代文物 (zhǎn chū le hěn duō gǔ dài wén wù), "displays many ancient artefacts", where 出 (chū) adds the sense of items being brought out for the public to see.