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museum

Definition

  • noun: a building in which interesting and valuable things (such as paintings and sculptures or scientific or historical objects) are collected and shown to the public
  • noun: an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value
  • synonyms: repository, pinæcotheca, museum pest

Examples

  • That old computer will soon be a 'museum piece'.

  • a 'museum' of natural history

  • a history 'museum'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Don't just stand there, idiot. Call a doctor. And then help me find my nose. Inspector. Very interesting museum you have here. Inspector- Please, tell me nothing. I prefer to investigate the scene of the crime spontaneously. (..)
    1975 The Return of the Pink Panther
  • (..) the Pink Panther. Largest and most famous diamond in the world. Irreplaceable. Its value cannot be estimated in terms of money. Isn't the museum worried that someone might steal it? The Pink Panther is protected. And by forces more impenetrable than any army. (..)
    1975 The Return of the Pink Panther