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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The couple, from Merrillville, got in line to go through the 9/11 Never Forget Exhibit, a 53-foot tractor that unfolds into a 1,000-foot traveling museum with remnants and historical information about the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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The move from the historic presidential palace, which is to be turned into a museum, marked not only the merger of the capital with its once-declining banlieues.
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At the country’s Abba museum, tourists aren’t allowed to pay for anything with cash.
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Wearing a 'Calabasas' dad hat and an orange slip dress, North used her museum trip as an opportunity to try this season's corset trend.
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Proceeds from the event benefit the mill and museum's upkeep and programs.
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The center, scheduled to open in January 2018, will involve the museum, Goethe University Frankfurt, the Justus Liebig University Giessen, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology.
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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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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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