# museum

Pronunciation: say "myoo-ZEE-uhm" US /mjuˈziəm/, UK /mjuːˈziːəm/

## Noun

1. A building or institution that collects, preserves, studies, and displays objects of scientific, historical, cultural, or artistic value for public education.
   - Simple: A place where people can see important or interesting things, like art or old objects.
   - _The museum acquired a rare collection of medieval manuscripts last year._
   - _Several small museums in the region focus on local mining history._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To spend time visiting museums.
- (verb) To place an object in a museum, typically for preservation or public display.

## Origin

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

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/museum (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).