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museology

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

noun

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


museology British  
/ ˌmjuːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the science of museum organization

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of museology

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

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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

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