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Definition of museum
: an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value American Museum of Natural History; also : a place where objects are exhibited an art museum
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Examples of museum in a Sentence
a museum of natural history
a trip to the Museum of Natural History
Recent Examples of museum from the Web
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As previously announced, Hallie Gordon will direct Jessica Dickey's century-spanning drama about what happens after a museum guard dares to touch a famous painting.
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According to Stamp Journal, there's a museum dedicated to the craft in Pyongyang.
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Details: 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Perez Art Museum Miami, 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-375-3000 or www.pamm.org; free with museum admission ($16 adults, $12 kids 7-18, free 6 and under).
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Lucas’s museum, which is expected to open at L.A.’s Exposition Park in 2021, will include the Star Wars creator’s personal collection of art and memorabilia.
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There’s a reason museum-goers pause at the entrance to Life Is Cheap, Anicka Yi’s current show at the Guggenheim.
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A similar exhibit is still part of the museum today.
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Floor to ceiling windows overlook both the museum grounds and the neighboring University of Louisville campus.
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Even though all non-avian dinosaurs hatched from eggs and grew over the course of years, the most common depictions of dinosaurs – from museums to movies – are adult animals who are often the biggest representatives of the species.
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Origin and Etymology of museum
Latin Museum place for learned occupation, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa
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MUSEUM Defined for English Language Learners
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: a building in which interesting and valuable things (such as paintings and sculptures or scientific or historical objects) are collected and shown to the public
MUSEUM Defined for Kids
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: a building in which objects of interest or value are displayed an art museum a museum of science
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