museum piece

noun

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2 : one that is out-of-date : a thing of the past

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

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Bonds that never mature, or do so after a century or longer, aren’t just museum pieces. — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, "The Bond That’s Still Paying Interest, 280 Years Later," 6 Jan. 2019 Even in the 21st century, the Gatling gun is no mere museum piece. — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, "The Story of the Gatling Gun," 22 Aug. 2016 Along the way, the plates themselves have become iconic, recycled into coffee tables, museum pieces, even fine art sculptures. — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, "A Heavenly Disk To Map The Universe," 13 Aug. 2018 That fatberg was removed in chunks, but one of those chunks was given a second life as a museum piece. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Watch London's Gross Fatberg Gruesomely Transform in Real Time," 15 Aug. 2018 Is Barbie a museum piece without contemporary relevance? — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, "An immigrant story, atrocity tourism, the future of Barbie," 28 June 2018 His apartment has become a staging area for the museum pieces, including a 1901 Koken barber chair and antique poles of various sizes and styles. — New York Times, "'Barbering Is an Art’," 4 May 2018 The panels, measuring 4-by-8 feet and bigger, get turned into all kinds of products, including skylights, hockey rinks, shower doors, greenhouses, store signs, patio tables, boxes to protect museum pieces and bullet-resistant bank teller windows. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Q&A: Plastic sheet distributor’s products take center stage," 29 Mar. 2018 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

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museum piece

noun

English Language Learners Definition of museum piece

: 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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