/ mjuˈziːəm; NAmE / noun
a building in which objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific interest are kept and shown to the public :
a museum of modern art
a science museum
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (denoting a university building, specifically one erected at Alexandria by Ptolemy Soter): via Latin from Greek mouseion seat of the Muses, based on mousa muse.