(ˈ)myü|zēəm, ÷ ˈ ̷ ̷_ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
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Etymology: Latin Museum, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa Muse — more at muse
1. obsolete : a scholar's library : study
admitted to an audience in his museum — Charles Johnstone
2.
a. : an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value
British Museum
American Museum of Natural History
National Air and Space Museum
b. : a room, building, or locale where a collection of objects is put on exhibition
art museum
science museum
striking outdoor museum , two hundred acres of it — Bernard De Voto
c. : exhibit , collection
the little museum of … lore assembled in the foyer — Claudia Cassidy
3. : something that resembles a museum
the parlor was a museum of Victorian bric-a-brac
codes are maintained as no mere museums of legal rules and principles — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink