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Recent Examples of museum piece
Signs like this are museum pieces that are out there still doing their thing, as much as the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument, and they should be celebrated, not gutted.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
There’s also a museum piece, which is mostly fake.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
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
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
There’s also a museum piece, which is mostly fake.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for museum piece
Noun
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Despite their rarity, the artifacts can help historians better understand and contextualize life in the region.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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As such, while its physical gold value is measurable, the artifact itself is considered priceless.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Then there’s Bittner Antiques of Shelburne, Vt., which specializes in a range of antiques, vintage, and old objects, which include watches, jewelry, silver, fine art, books and ephemera, photography, military, furniture, collectibles, coins and currency, Americana, and decorative art.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Fossil collector Kun-Yu Tsai was perusing antiques in 2008 when an unusual-looking jawbone caught his eye.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Holly Messinger, the textiles conservator at The Arabia Steamboat Museum, carefully laid out the pieces of a frock coat, an 1850’s relic recovered from the bottom of the Missouri River.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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In evolutionary terms, Vasuki is a relic from a vanished world — a creature forged in solitude and set loose by tectonic chaos.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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