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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Today, a memorial and museum stand on the site of the former camp complex, commemorating the roughly 50,000 concentration camp prisoners and nearly 20,000 Soviet POWs who died on its grounds.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
The museum’s redisplay of its collection, meanwhile, is one of its most thorough refreshes in recent memory.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Unlike the Amon Carter of Museum of American Art, which has transformed itself from a similar collection of Remingtons and Russells collected by its namesake and former Star-Telegram publisher into a museum telling the ongoing history of American art, the Richardson has stuck to its mission.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2025
Come nightfall, the winner will snuggle into a bed placed between the Sainsbury Wing and the rest of the museum.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
The museum’s redisplay of its collection, meanwhile, is one of its most thorough refreshes in recent memory.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Unlike the Amon Carter of Museum of American Art, which has transformed itself from a similar collection of Remingtons and Russells collected by its namesake and former Star-Telegram publisher into a museum telling the ongoing history of American art, the Richardson has stuck to its mission.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2025
Come nightfall, the winner will snuggle into a bed placed between the Sainsbury Wing and the rest of the museum.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for museum
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“Museum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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