museum
noun
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 July 2024
The American Sign museum, already touted as the largest public sign museum in the country, just got even bigger.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 July 2024
As one of the fastest growing cities in the South, the Queen City is known for a lot of things — several pro sports teams, multiple museums — and, of course, its bustling brewery scene.
—Charlottefive Staff, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2024
There was the revelation, weeks after Floyd's murder, that the city’s history museum, visited annually by Pensacola public school children, was named for a local leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
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museum
noun
from Latin Museum "a place devoted to the Muses, a place for the study of special arts and sciences," from Greek Mouseion (same meaning), from Mouseios "of the Muses," from Mousa "Muse, goddess of an art or science" — related to music
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