as in gallery
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed
a trip to the Museum of Natural History
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Recent Examples of museum
Today, the convent is a museum with exhibits on local history that’s sometimes used for wedding banquets and special events.
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Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Sacramento is currently home to museums such as the Crocker Art Museum, the California State Railroad Museum, the California Museum and the Aerospace Museum of California.
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Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
The fun is free with museum admission, and guests are encouraged to bring blankets to relax in the grass.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
This includes religious sites, historical locations, museums, monuments, and libraries.
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Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for museum
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Sacramento is currently home to museums such as the Crocker Art Museum, the California State Railroad Museum, the California Museum and the Aerospace Museum of California.
—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
The fun is free with museum admission, and guests are encouraged to bring blankets to relax in the grass.
—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
This includes religious sites, historical locations, museums, monuments, and libraries.
—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for museum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for museum
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Over the past few years, the gallery and exhibition platform has staged in-situ showcases in notable 20th-century artist and architect homes around New York and in the Hamptons, including at late textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse Reserve.
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Rather, our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles—not just meteoroids but larger bodies, such as comets, asteroids, and other cosmic detritus—and Earth is right in the firing line.
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The logo of Meta is seen at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025.
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The stone lantern adorned with deer in Osaka Garden on the grounds of the Museum of Science and Industry is from the exhibition, and just southeast of there one of the stone structures from the World's Fair is now a Chicago Park District restroom.
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“Museum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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