museum
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- musæum (archaic)
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From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
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Wikipedia museum (plural museums or musea)
- A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
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building or institution
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museum (plural museums)
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museum n. (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje)
- museum
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museum n.
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Declension of museum