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Synonyms for museum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : myoo-zee-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : myuˈzi əm

Top 10 synonyms for museum
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Définition of museum

Origin :
  • 1610s, "the university building in Alexandria," from Latin museum "library, study," from Greek mouseion "place of study, library or museum, school of art or poetry," originally "a seat or shrine of the Muses," from Mousa "Muse" (see muse (n.)). Earliest use in reference to English institutions was of libraries (e.g. the British Museum); sense of "building to display objects" first recorded 1680s.
  • noun place for viewing artifacts or
Example sentences :
  • The British Museum, indeed, was another of Esmond's birthplaces.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • You did not see, then, what Miss Delacour says of the lady who took her to that Museum?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And now it is in a museum in Paris, far from its old owner's home.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • You will find it in the Museum, "I hae been at Crookie-den," etc.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • There also was the museum or university, in which many learned men were at work.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • It is becoming a perfect nightmare to me ever since it has been hung in the Luxembourg Museum.'
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • The gentleman purchased the shark for a museum in Fleetwood.
  • Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
  • He was offered a position in the archeological department of the museum.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "There is an expedition from the New York museum about to start for Syria," he said.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Preserved, you understand, same as one of them specimens in a museum.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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