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Makkis Guide For Ielts Speaking
Makkis Guide For Ielts Speaking
Cue Card
Describe a museum that you have visited
You should say:
Possible Answer:
I have visited 5-6 museums in total in different countries and enjoyed visiting the (tell a museum name you
know about) in (say the country name). I went to the museum 2 years back while visiting the city. Visiting
the museum was not in our tour plan and yet we went there as it was prominently expressing its present in
front of us. I went there with my 2 friends and one cousin who were my tour partners. My cousin and one of
my friends were not at all interested to roam inside the museum as they had other plans. I insisted them to
go there and convinced them by saying that if you do not enjoy it; I would pay for the dinner!
After we bought our tickets, we entered in to the museum and the colossal front side of the museum
building and the large open garden in front of it mesmerized us. At that time I had a feeling that our time
would worth the visit.
After we entered inside the museum, we found that the place is even larger than we initially thought it
would be. There were 5 floors in the museum and the inside architecture reminded us the imperial age. We
could see the top of the building from the ground flood. People from different age groups and countries
were closely observing the museum. Taking photo was prohibited and yet I was sometimes allured to take
some hidden snaps especially when I saw the colossal dinosaur fossil and alien ship!
The first floor of the museum had some art from famous artist of the world and sculptures from different
era. The first floor gave us the impression of visiting a theatre or art gallery rather than museum. We came
to know that some of the arts were so expensive that one can buy an island by selling it! Then we moved to
the second floor which was full of Second World War memories. Guns, tanks and other war materials from
1945 WW II had been arranged there. A video was showing some of the fighting scenes of WW II.
When we reached third floor, its been already 2.5 hours. We found all the costumes and traditional things
from different parts of the world have been placed here. One can easily learn about the customs of different
ages and countries just by visiting this floor.
The next floor had more adventure and surprises for us. It has placed all the major inventions of different
ages and they were historically famous. I felt overwhelmed seeing the First computer, Speed boat, Wheel,
Motor Engine and many more famous invention of history at this floor. I was so much dying to touch the
first 4 wheeler that had been placed there.
We had visited the whole museum as much as possible and spent almost the whole day. We were so
enthralled to visit the place that we literally forgot to have our lunch. The overall experience was fantastic
and I learned so many things in few hours. As soon as I left the place, I planned to revisit it someday.
Follow-up Questions:
There are several types of museums based on the types of things they present for public exhibition and you
can talk about any type of museum you like and know about. General categories of museum are as
following:
Cultural museum, historic museum, science and technology museum, craft museum, fine arts museum,
archaeology museum, natural history museum, childrens museum, modern art museum, military history
museum, aviation museum, universal museum etc.
A botanical garden or a zoological garden is also referred as a museum but avoid describing one of these
two unless you have no clue about the other types of museum. If you plan to describe a botanical garden or
a zoological garden as a museum, make it clear at the very first level of your speaking so that the examiner
does not have any confusion.
Following are some of the museums in different cities of the world that you can google to find the details
about them:
India
Indonesia
USA
Guggenheim Museum;
Bali Museum;
Hirshhorn Museum;
Australia
Malaysia
Singapore
Peranakan Museum;
Macleay Museum;
Petrosains museum;
Maritime museum;
Fort Denison;
Iran
Vietnam
Lahore Museum;
Azadi Museum;
Spain
Turkey
UK
Reina Sofa;
Istanbul Modern;
British Museum;
Guggenheim;
CaixaForum Barcelona;
MACBA;
Russia
China
Kazakhstan
Capital Museum;
State Hermitage;
Tianjin Museum;
Geology Museum;
Beijing Planetarium;
Xibaipo Memorial;
Moscow Kremlin;
Thailand
Italy
Greece
Acropolis Museum;
Museum of Siam;
Athens;
Bangkok Planetarium;
Benaki Museum;
Prasart Museum;
Iraq
Japan
Some other Cue card topics that you should be able to answer as well if you prepare for this cue
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