museum

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuːˈziːəm/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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

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

He worked at the Oslo Zoological Museum .

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

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