museum

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

Verb

1. To place in a museum.
2. (colloquial) To visit museums.

Concepts

musée

muséum

galerie

galerie d’art

muséologique

exhibition

exposition

pièce d’exposition

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mjuːˈziːəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Phrases

The work is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

L'œuvre est actuellement dans la collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The type material is preserved in the collection of the Redpath Museum .

Le matériau de type est conservé dans la collection du Musée Redpath.

He worked at the Oslo Zoological Museum .

Il a travaillé au musée zoologique d'Oslo.

A preserved Napier Gazelle is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London .

Un Napier Gazelle préservé est exposé au Royal Air Force Museum London.

His collecting program added important Paleozoic specimens to the Walker Museum of Paleontology .

Son programme de collecte a ajouté d'importants spécimens du Paléozoïque au Walker Museum of Paléontologie.