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 The equipment inside is so old that replacement parts are occasionally purchased from owners of historic henequen machines otherwise on display as museum pieces. Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for museum piece
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Noun
  • People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In their home in Rambouillet, paintings, antiques and knick-knacks line walls and shelves in a manner reminiscent of an exhibition.
    Caroline Baum, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Exclusivity, here, means embracing the bespoke or antique.
    Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Jadeite Cabbage, like most of the National Palace Museum’s collection, is an imperial relic once housed at the Forbidden City in Beijing before being relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War.
    Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Their jaws dropped at the troves of historic artifacts and country music relics laid out before them.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2025

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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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