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museum

[ myoo-zee-uhm ]

noun

  1. a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.


museum

/ ³¾Âá³ÜËˈ³úɪə³¾ /

noun

  1. a place or building where objects of historical, artistic, or scientific interest are exhibited, preserved, or studied
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±²Ôt±ð°ù·³¾³Ü·²õ±ðu³¾ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of museum1

1605–15; < Latin ³¾Å«²õŧ³Ü³¾ place sacred to the Muses, building devoted to learning or the arts (referring especially to the scholarly institute founded in Alexandria about 280 b.c.) < Greek ²Ñ´Ç³Ü²õ±ðî´Ç²Ô, equivalent to ²Ñ´Çû²õ ( a ) Muse + -eion suffix of place
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of museum1

C17: via Latin from Greek Mouseion home of the Muses, from Mousa Muse
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The Los Angeles museum had seen this coming.

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Libraries across California are bracing for cuts to early literacy, information access and continuing education programs after the Trump administration’s latest effort to slash federal spending took aim at the nation’s libraries and museums.

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The artwork is primarily conceptual and performance, avoiding some of the stickier issues of transport, storage and insurance most museum loans entail.

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While many, if not most, of the pieces shown at the fair were museum worthy, Design.Space was never intended to be a museum, says Lee.

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Paired will be a show drawn from the museum’s permanent collection and chosen by a group of teen curators.

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