Associations to the word «Museum»

Wiktionary

MUSEUM, noun. A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
MUSEUM BEETLE, noun. The beetle Anthrenus museorum.
MUSEUM BEETLES, noun. Plural of museum beetle
MUSEUM PIECE, noun. (slang) a very old item.
MUSEUM PIECE, noun. (informal) an obsolete form of technology

Dictionary definition

MUSEUM, noun. A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.