- a place or building where objects of historical, artistic, or scientific interest are exhibited, preserved, or studied
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mu•se•um /myuˈziəm/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a building where works of art or other objects of value are kept and displayed.
mu•se•um
(myo̅o̅ zē′əm),USA pronunciation n.
- a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.
- Greek Mouseîon, equivalent. to Moûs(a) Muse + -eion suffix of place
- Latin mūsēum place sacred to the Muses, building devoted to learning or the arts (referring esp. to the scholarly institute founded in Alexandria about 280b.cognate with)
- 1605–15
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museum /mjuːˈzɪəm/ n
'museum' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bayeux
- Beaulieu
- Bilbao
- Bloomsbury
- BM
- curator
- diorama
- docent
- Fontainebleau
- Greenwich
- guestbook
- Guggenheim Museum
- guppy
- keeper
- Libeskind
- Louvre
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- mus.
- museum piece
- Pei
- Pitt-Rivers
- repository
- Rijksmuseum
- Science Museum
- showcase
- Soane
- Tower of London
- Uffizi
- V and A
- Vatican
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Waterhouse
- waxwork
- Webb
- Wright
- acquisition
- art
- bargello
- bird
- board of trustees
- British Library
- British Museum
- brood
- chapman
- civic center
- clocker
- collection
- conduct
- conservator
- Cooperstown