museum piece

noun

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

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Definition of museum piece

1 : something preserved in or suitable for a museum

2 : one that is out-of-date : a thing of the past

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Examples of museum piece in a Sentence

That old computer will soon be a museum piece.
that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece

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Some seemed to think the museum piece was the typist, not the typewriter.

— james barron, New York Times, "Typing a Novel About Vassar, Word for Word, as Art," 29 Apr. 2018
Many women displayed their Leiber bags like museum pieces.

— james r. hagerty, WSJ, "Judith Leiber Escaped Holocaust and Made Sparkly Handbags for the Rich and Famous," 4 May 2018
Sadly, two fatal crashes and very high mission costs would ultimately ground the spacecraft, leaving the three remaining shuttles as museum pieces on display in Chantilly, Va., Cape Canaveral, Fl, and Los Angeles, Ca.

— ernie mastroianni, Discover Magazine, "The First Shuttle Launch," 12 Apr. 2018
All the noodles were served in beautiful large, heavy handmade bowls, which to my untrained eye seemed like priceless museum pieces.

— david tanis, New York Times, "Bouncy Noodles, Bright Greens, Quick Broth: A Perfect Bowl," 16 Mar. 2018
With upgrades like custom stainless steel gas tanks, handlebars, and subframes, as well as handmade leather seats and handgrips, Eccles creates one-of-a-kind motorcycles that look like museum pieces but are meant to be ridden.

— scott christian, Esquire, "5 Stores That Specialize in One-of-a-Kind Objects for Men," 14 Sep. 2015
Mike Leach, coach of Washington State, is a genuine museum piece, at times outrageous, always disheveled.

— nick canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Four just not enough for college playoff; how about we go to 16?," 14 Oct. 2017
In addition to those two, other notable museum pieces from the Crawford include: a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing and a 1956 Lotus 11 Race Car.

— terry troy, cleveland.com, "Local GMC dealers embrace "Like a Pro"," 8 Oct. 2017
The owl, by an Asian street artist, has become as famous as any museum piece.

— The Economist, "Chic Greek graffitiHow angry street art is making Athens hip," 30 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of museum piece

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museum piece

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Definition of museum piece for English Language Learners

: a valuable object that is in a museum or that is suitable for a museum
: something or someone that is very old or old-fashioned

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