as in gallery
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed a trip to the Museum of Natural History

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Recent Examples of museum Often, these sorts of exhibits that merge science and art are in science-centric museums or educational institutions. Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025 Back in January, the museum found a fossil of a plant-eating dinosaur, believed to be nearly 68 million years old, lying about 800 feet below the parking lot, the museum announced this week. ABC News, 11 July 2025 Mount Vernon -- the mansion, garden, distillery, tombs, museum, and splendid view -- is a few miles away, so why not start our birthday year with Washington (1732–1799), the father of our country, our ... Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 July 2025 The museum, also called The Cuban, located in the heart of Miami, shows the prison cells and execution walls where communism’s empty promises led the island. Luka Ladan, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for museum
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  • Plus coffee shops, restaurants, bars, artists’ galleries, artists’ studios and shops.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • More than 50 years after opening the Machu Picchu Gallery of the Americas in Los Gatos, Olga Enciso Smith is hosting La Peña de la Unidad, a cultural gathering, on July 18–19 in downtown San Jose, where her gallery is currently located.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
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  • This record offensive effort came a year after the league’s annual exhibition game was a competitive contest that pitted the U.S Olympic team against WNBA All-Stars.
    Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
  • Walk through the exhibition and yes, her Hannah Montana impersonator wig is, in fact, there.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 July 2025

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“Museum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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