museum piece

as in artifact
something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece

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Recent Examples of museum piece When the auction happened, the $20,000 expectation for the Computer Space arcade console turned into a new record for the museum piece at $69,773. New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024 Likewise, others see their purchases as future museum pieces. Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 20 July 2024 Back on Earth, the iconic garments found new lives as museum pieces, drawing millions to see them at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016 Those things are museum pieces now—the type of fare that haunts the dreams of Indiana Jones. Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for museum piece 
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Noun
  • The images the engineers wound up getting were loaded with defects and artifacts—such a bright source would reveal a multitude of sins in any camera.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In the 1940s, efforts began to collect oral histories and artifacts about African Americans in the Bay Area.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Questers is an international organization that fosters an appreciation for antiques and collectibles and encourages preservation of antiquities and historical sites.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • Further complicating things, de Guzman says, are all the wooden homes here, relics of early 20th century construction that focused on earthquake survivability.
    Kirk Siegler, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
  • All-weather city boots can be a depressing relic of cold and slush, but trudging into January doesn’t have to be such a drag.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Museum piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/museum%20piece. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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