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Museum

//mjuːˈziːəm// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

    "visit the history museum"

  2. 2
    a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To place in a museum. ambitransitive

    "I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are."

  2. 2
    To visit museums. colloquial, intransitive

    "I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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