museology

American  

[myoo-zee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌmyu ziˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.

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museology British  

/ ˌmjuːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the science of museum organization

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Other Word Forms

• museological adjective
• museologist noun

Etymology

Origin of museology

First recorded in 1880–85; muse(um) + -o- + -logy

Example Sentences

Lisa Steinbrueck, a conservator with a master’s in museology — and Victor Steinbrueck’s daughter —worries about their exposure.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023

Finally, graduate programs in museology offer courses devoted to sustainability.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Fiona Candlin, professor of museology at Birkbeck University in London, has been documenting small independent museums in the UK for a project called Mapping Museums.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2019

“Passchendaele: Landscape at War” prepares the visitor for the museum’s eerie permanent exhibition, which swears off the In Flanders Fields Museum’s modern museology for uncanny dioramas.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017

The single most successful art exhibition ever recorded in the history of Western museology is here at last, resplendently installed in the very museum that organized the show in the first place.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2013