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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for museum piece
Noun
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The study’s authors further stated that the poison found in the artifacts would not have killed prey instantly, but rather slowed prey down, thereby making the animal easier to catch.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Get a close look at more than 400 photos and 500 original artifacts from those who survived and died at the concentration camp.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Debbie Mathews LeRoy is the owner and principal at her eponymous design and antiques firm.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
5 Jan. 2026
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Furniture over the last 100 years has been mass-produced, while anything antique was made by hand.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Maybe ‘Bazball’ can learn a thing or two from this old-fashioned bowling relic.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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In an era when attentive service often feels like a relic — perhaps another quiet casualty of the pandemic — this kind of efficiency now registers as something close to remarkable.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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