museum

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. (ambitransitive) To place in a museum.
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To visit museums.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuːˈziːəm/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

art museum

exhibition

expo

exposition

gallery

picture gallery

repository

salon

studio

Sentences

These paintings hang today in the Pilgrim Hall Museum .

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

It was later transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum .

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

The museum was an initiative of the Merseyside Development Corporation .

He worked at the Oslo Zoological Museum .