museum piece

noun

Definition of museum piecenext
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 This is no museum piece at all — see this truly great film to be reminded of our lives today. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026 Fantasia’s 30th anniversary celebration extends even deeper into genre history with a repertory slate that frames retro cinema as a living tradition rather than a museum piece. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026 Where a skipjack under sail was not a museum piece but a working vessel. — Serena C. McIlwain, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026 The conventional wisdom often treats Japanese management as a museum piece. — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for museum piece
Recent Examples of Synonyms for museum piece
  1. artifact
  2. antique
  3. relic
Noun
  • Photos and artifacts are on display in the Prince Kūhiō Room, in the corner of the hotel lobby.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The island showcases a rich human history, including Native American artifacts, Spanish missions and grand Gilded Age mansions from the Carnegie era.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of artifact
Noun
  • The trailer shows the team, who are part of the Heritage Crime Unit, on the trail of a new case set in the rich and colorful world of art and antiques, where greed, obsession, lust, and revenge drives people to murder.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Gregory Solomon, a kindly, kooky, antiques dealer in his 90s whom Victor found in the phone book, provides both high comic relief and an outsider’s perspective on the value of these objects that once meant so much to the family.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of antique
Noun
  • The results on Tuesday also rendered the Cybertruck an instant relic.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But they would eventually be seen as a relic of the bygone days when Mexicans ruled — days that gringos imagined would never return.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of relic

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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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