Museum website: opening hours, last entry and 'Voranmeldung'
You are reading the website of the Stadtmuseum in Leipzig for a class trip. The page says: 'Öffnungszeiten: Dienstag bis Sonntag 10:00–18:00. Montags geschlossen. Letzter Einlass: 17:15. Sonderausstellung „Alltag in der DDR“: nur nach Voranmeldung, Führungen um 11:00 und 14:00. Am ersten Mittwoch im Monat ist der Eintritt frei.' Your group of 12 plans to visit on Monday at 16:30 and wants a guided tour of the special exhibition at 14:00. You also read that the group can pay on the day. In your draft itinerary you write: 'Montag 16:30, Kasse, Führung 14:00, Eintritt frei.' Your teacher asks you to check the plan against the text before booking the bus. You have 20 minutes and a dictionary.
1. List every point at which the itinerary conflicts with the text.
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First, Monday is impossible: 'Montags geschlossen' means the museum is closed, so 16:30 cannot work. Second, the 14:00 guided tour cannot happen on Monday because the museum is closed; tours are listed for 11:00 and 14:00 on open days. Third, the special exhibition is 'nur nach Voranmeldung', so the plan to pay on the day conflicts with the access condition for that exhibition. General admission may be payable on the day, but the special exhibition and tour require prior registration. Fourth, free entry is 'am ersten Mittwoch im Monat', not Monday. Fifth, last entry is 17:15, so even on an open day a 16:30 arrival would leave only 45 minutes before closing at 18:00; that is not a direct contradiction, but it is tight for a group of 12.
2. What does 'nur nach Voranmeldung' require you to do, and why is 'Anmeldung' not enough?
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'Voranmeldung' means registration in advance, before the visit. 'Anmeldung' alone can mean registering on arrival. The 'nur' makes it exclusive: without prior registration, there is no access to the special exhibition. Practically, you must contact the museum before the visit, state the group size of 12, and ask whether the 11:00 or 14:00 tour is available on an open day. Do not assume you can register at the desk. The text does not give a phone number or a deadline, so a strong answer notes that you need to find the contact details and confirm. It also separates the general museum visit from the special exhibition: the 'Voranmeldung' condition applies specifically to the special exhibition.
3. Propose a feasible revised plan for the group of 12, using only details from the text.
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Choose an open day from Tuesday to Sunday, not Monday. If the group wants the 14:00 guided tour, arrive before 14:00 and register in advance for the special exhibition. A feasible plan is: Tuesday, arrive at 13:30, join the 14:00 tour after prior registration, then visit the permanent collection before the 17:15 last entry. If the group wants free entry, choose the first Wednesday of the month, but still register in advance for the special exhibition because free entry does not remove the 'Voranmeldung' requirement. The plan must respect 10:00–18:00 and the 17:15 last entry. A strong answer does not invent a tour time or claim that payment on the day replaces registration.