museum piece

as in artifact
something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece

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Recent Examples of museum piece Instead, like in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, it will permanently be displayed as a museum piece. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 Household items such as rugs and lamps, which themselves can be appreciated for their geometric order and symmetry, are placed in the gallery areas not as remote museum pieces but in some semblance of their practical uses. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025 More museum pieces refurbished & tested to send to the front. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 And the drone, though only eight years old, is a museum piece. David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for museum piece
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Noun
  • The adventurous archaeologist travels the globe looking for missing artifacts and historical treasures.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The artifacts included thimbles, a needle remnant and buttons — in addition to animal bones that showed signs of butchering.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While Tranter’s poking around the deadly antique, a high-ranking police officer named Zuzana (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is focused on protecting the public.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • To do so, a Smithsonian team traveled across the country and held events in which thousands of ordinary people brought in antiques and heirlooms to donate.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other oddities and relics the designers say add to the vintage Halloween theme include skeleton keys, cracked teacups, magnifying glasses, and even hats that look like they've been left behind.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Though The Paper is set in an entirely new office in a different state, there are some relics from The Office days that were left behind.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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