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mu·se·um
noun
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
mu·se·um [myoo-zee-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L m?séum place sacred to the Muses, building devoted to learning or the arts (referring esp. to the scholarly institute founded in Alexandria about 280 b.c.) < Gk Mouse?on, equiv. to Moûs(a) Muse + -eion suffix of place]
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mu·se·um (my??-z?'?m) Pronunciation Key
n. A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.
[Latin M?s?um, 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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museum
1615, "the university building in Alexandria," from L. museum "library, study," from Gk. mouseion "place of study, library or museum," originally "a seat or shrine of the Muses," from Mousa "Muse." Earliest use in ref. to Eng. institutions was of libraries (e.g. the British Museum); sense of "building to display objects" first recorded 1683.
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museum
noun
a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
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