as in gallery
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed
a trip to the Museum of Natural History
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Recent Examples of museum
The museum has four enormous hangers that hold more than 350 flying vehicles.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Cinema Society and museum members receive tuition discounts.
—arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
What’s ultimately lost if a local museum goes away?
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Her paintings and narrative quilts are featured in the nation’s most prestigious art museums.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Cinema Society and museum members receive tuition discounts.
—arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
What’s ultimately lost if a local museum goes away?
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Her paintings and narrative quilts are featured in the nation’s most prestigious art museums.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for museum
Noun
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Plus coffee shops, restaurants, bars, artists’ galleries, artists’ studios and shops.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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More than 50 years after opening the Machu Picchu Gallery of the Americas in Los Gatos, Olga Enciso Smith is hosting La Peña de la Unidad, a cultural gathering, on July 18–19 in downtown San Jose, where her gallery is currently located.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
Noun
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This is an exhibition — his exhibition — titled ‘Football City, Art United’, part of the biennial Manchester International Festival.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Roughly a quarter are on display at two permanent exhibitions — their original museum in Orlando and their Las Vegas flagship — as well as five traveling shows circling the globe.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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“Museum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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