Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "museum" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

aquatic park san francisco big city cities city europe famous cities large metropolis new york city sculpture

Derived Terms

antimuseum cybermuseum dime museum ecomuseum geomuseum imaginary museum living museum minimuseum multimuseum museomics museum beetle museum pest museum piece museum problem museum restoration museum-goer museumed out museumesque museumgoer museumgoing museumification museumify museumist museumization museumize museumless museumlike museumobile museumwide museumworthy nonmuseum open air museum open-air museum wax museum

Derived From

um

Has Part

collection of important things exhibits interesting artifacts lots of old and unusual things

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

deposit depositary depository repository

Type Of (IsA)

archive of objects building to display important items depository institution product display organization

Receives Action

located in city

Related Terms

museography museology museophile

Related Terms

acquisition artistic building conservation cultural dedicate educational exhibition historical institution interpretation museography museology museophile museum beetle museum pest objects scientific study

Used For

developing cultural values display old objects displaying artifacts displaying historical artifacts educating public education entertainment examining antiquities go into and learn lot learn about things learn information learning learning and teaching and preserving preserve art preserving historical artifacts preserving information for future generations research seeing art show rare artifacts store artifacts storing and displaying artifacts storing artifacts studying historical artifacts visit on rainy day

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.