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museum

Saymyoo-ZEE-uhm/mjuˈziəm/UK/mjuːˈziːəm/

Pluralmuseums, musea

3 meanings of museum

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A building or institution that collects, preserves, studies, and displays objects of scientific, historical, cultural, or artistic value for public education.

    The museum acquired a rare collection of medieval manuscripts last year.

    Several small museums in the region focus on local mining history.

Less common meanings

  1. 2
    verbcolloquial
    To spend time visiting museums.
    I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming.
    2014, Robin Reardon, Educating Simon
  2. 3
    verbrare
    To place an object in a museum, typically for preservation or public display.
    I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are.
    2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery

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Origin

Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), a shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα), became Latin mūsēum ("library, study"), the source of the English word.