museum

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On the lower level of the museum is a special-exhibitions gallery that also may be used for the display of art.

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  1. noun A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.

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  • She realized he would destroy the museum, and the museum was all she had, now that her marriage had fallen apart. —  The Tree of Death
  • Looming over all the good things at the museum is the chance it might have to close this year because of money problems. —  Latest News
  • But with more space, she argued, the museum will be able to present a much broader selection of contemporary art. —  Aspen Times - Top Stories
  • Wyeth's first one-man exhibition in a museum was at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H., in 1939. —  WCAX - Local News
  • Photographs of birds 'eggs, nests, skin, and other ornithological wonders of the museum are all photographed in natural light. —  VQR
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  1. Latin Mūsēum, from Greek Mouseion, shrine of the Muses, from Mouseios, of the Muses, from Mousa, Muse; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French muséum, musée = Spanish museo = Portuguese museu = Italian museo, from Latin musēum, from Greek μουσεῖον, a temple of the Muses, a place of study, a library or museum, also (late) mosaic, from μοῦσα, a Muse: see Muse.
 

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