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museum
[ myoo-zee-uhm ]
noun
- a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.
museum
/ mjuːˈzɪəm /
noun
- a place or building where objects of historical, artistic, or scientific interest are exhibited, preserved, or studied
Other Words From
- inter·mu·seum adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of museum1
Example Sentences
“Open it up the next day as the museum to the deep state,” he added.
Northrop, who was committed to wildlife and conservation causes, and Herring also acquired the Charles Miller House — the first and oldest house in Raymond — and transformed it into the Raymond Museum.
"Open it up the next day as the museum to the deep state," he said.
The Pérez Art Museum Miami, overlooking Biscayne Bay in the city’s downtown, is just a few miles from Overtown, a historically Black neighborhood once known as the “Harlem of the South.”
Yet many residents of Overtown — which has experienced mass displacement and gentrification over the decades — have never been to the museum nor the nearby Virginia Key Beach on an island in the bay.
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