Museum Definition

myo͝o-zēəm
museums
noun
An institution, building, or room for preserving and exhibiting artistic, historical, or scientific objects.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Museum

Noun

Singular:
museum
Plural:
musea, museums

Origin of Museum

  • Latin Mūsēum from Greek Mouseion shrine of the Muses from Mouseios of the Muses from Mousa Muse men-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin mÅ«sÄ“um (“library, study"), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

    From Wiktionary

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