museum

[myoo-zee-uh m] /myuˈzi əm/
noun
1.
a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.
Origin
1605-15; < Latin mūsēum place sacred to the Muses, building devoted to learning or the arts (referring especially to the scholarly institute founded in Alexandria about 280 b.c.) < Greek Mouseîon, equivalent to Moûs(a) Muse + -eion suffix of place
Related forms
intermuseum, adjective
Examples from the web for museum
  • Now, though, many museum directors are finding virtue in necessity.
  • Before dreaming up a plan for a museum of modern art, he started out as a film maker.
  • museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain.
  • Join revelers in museum workshops and a grand parade.
  • Science has moved on since then, of course, and cloud chambers are now largely museum pieces.
  • Browse the city's new museum row for culture and treats more.
  • Today we're going to recommend that you visit a museum.
  • Nintendo is quietly testing it for use as a museum guide and an educational tool.
  • The curator of a local museum has asked you to design an exhibit highlighting your life.
  • My advisor took me and my parents to lunch at a lovely restaurant in a local museum.
British Dictionary definitions for museum

museum

/mjuːˈzɪəm/
noun
1.
a place or building where objects of historical, artistic, or scientific interest are exhibited, preserved, or studied
Word Origin
C17: via Latin from Greek Mouseion home of the Muses, from MousaMuse
Word Origin and History for museum
n.

1610s, "the university building in Alexandria," from Latin museum "library, study," from Greek mouseion "place of study, library or museum, school of art or poetry," originally "a seat or shrine of the Muses," from Mousa "Muse" (see muse (n.)). Earliest use in reference to English institutions was of libraries (e.g. the British Museum); sense of "building to display objects" first recorded 1680s.

museum in Technology

Museums on the Web (https://comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html). (https://galaxy.einet.net/GJ/museums.html).
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Encyclopedia Article for museum

institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humankind and the environment. In its preserving of this primary evidence, the museum differs markedly from the library, with which it has often been compared, for the items housed in a museum are mainly unique and constitute the raw material of study and research. In the museum the object, in many cases removed in time, place, and circumstance from its original context, communicates itself directly to the viewer in a way not possible through other media. Museums have been founded for a variety of purposes: to serve as recreational facilities, scholarly venues, or educational resources; to contribute to the quality of life of the areas where they are situated; to attract tourism to a region; to promote civic pride or nationalistic endeavour; or even to transmit overtly ideological concepts. Given such a variety of purposes, museums reveal remarkable diversity in form, content, and even function. Yet, despite such diversity, they are bound by a common goal: the preservation and interpretation of some material aspect of society's cultural consciousness.

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